The AIVC workshop: “Is ventilation the answer to indoor air quality control in buildings? Do we need performance-based approaches? will take place in Brussels, Belgium on 14-15 March, 2017. The event aims to identify the pros and cons of performance-based approaches and metrics that can be considered to assess the indoor air quality (IAQ) performance of ventilation systems, as well as to draft guidelines for their use in standards and regulations.
Post date: 27 Jan 2017
Type: News
The RENEW SCHOOL International Workshop will take place on 8 February 2017 from 1pm to 6pm at the Wartingersaal, in Graz, Austria. The event aims to provide information on the developments of school buildings' retrofit in Europe, with a special focus on financing, prefabrication, energy efficiency and ventilation. The workshop topics include the following:
Post date: 10 Jan 2017
Type: Event
Over the years, different approaches and indices have been used to define indoor air quality. The most frequently used, recognised by the public, and equated with indoor air quality are, of course, ventilation rate and concentration of carbon dioxide. Other approaches define the levels of dissatisfaction with acceptability of indoor air quality, as expressed by the building occupants. At some point in time, the total concentration of airborne volatile organic compounds was proposed, as well.
Post date: 14 Dec 2016
Type: Event
The TightVent Europe Newsletter aims to keep you regularly informed about developments regarding building and ductwork airtightness, including policy issues, publications, events, innovative technologies, case studies, research activities etc.
Post date: 13 Dec 2016
Type: Publication
This report, released by the National House Building Council (NHBC) Foundation, focuses on new homes and their main advantages. It is based on the results of a NHBC survey, in late 2015, of 2000 people who had recently moved into a new home. The report is structured on 12 themes highlighting the benefits of a new home as opposed to an older one regarding energy bills and thermal comfort among others.
Post date: 15 Nov 2016
Type: Publication
The building glass façade and window industry represented by European Aluminium, EuroWindoor, ES-SO and Glass for Europe come together to call for a modernised EPBD to unleash the energy savings potential of high performing windows.
Post date: 9 Nov 2016
Type: Note
Increasingly strict building ventilation standards are making the task of achieving a good balance between healthy indoor air quality (IAQ) and lower HVAC power and energy consumption more challenging for building engineers all over the world.
Post date: 27 Oct 2016
Type: Event
The challenge of shape and form: understanding the benefits of efficient design (NF72)
Post date: 26 Oct 2016
Type: Publication
Building the Business Case: Health, Wellbeing and Productivity in Green Offices
Post date: 25 Oct 2016
Type: Publication
Under the umbrella of Messe Frankfurt’s ISH brand, ISH Shanghai & CIHE is the most influential HVAC exhibition in East and Central China. The 2017 edition will be held from 5 – 7 September at Shanghai New International Expo Centre in China. The fair continues to play an important role in introducing individual heating solutions to China’s East and Central regions.
Post date: 24 Oct 2016
Type: Event