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AIVC March 2023 Newsletter

The March 2023 issue of the AIVC newsletter has just been released. Specific contents include:   Foreword 4 - 5 October 2023 – 43rd AIVC - 11th TightVent- 9th venticool conference in Copenhagen, Denmark 18-19 May 2023, AIVC Workshop, Tokyo...
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AIVC Workshop: “Towards high quality, low-carbon ventilation in airtight buildings”

NILIM and BRI of Japan, together with the Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre (AIVC) organise a workshop entitled “Towards high quality, low-carbon ventilation in airtight buildings" to be held on 18-19 May 2023...
The workshop is organized in 5 thematic sessions:   In the opening session, a representative of the ministry in charge of Japanese policies toward zero carbon buildings in 2030 and 2050 will describe the latest...
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Technical Article - Filling the Gap in automated measurement and verification for Energy Efficiency: SENSEI’s eensight tool

Automated measurement and verification (M&V) is a growing field of research and practice, aiming to produce tools that combine real-time data and predictive modelling methods to help understand a building’s energy consumption...
Measurement and verification (M&V) of energy savings is fundamentally an impact assessment problem, where the goal is to estimate the counterfactual energy consumption, i.e., what would the energy consumption of a building have been...
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Entech smart energies - Passive building in Quimper (France)

The Entech smart energies is an industrial building specialised in electrical energy storage and conversion in France and abroad. The building is a timber construction and...
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13th International BUILDAIR Symposium - programme is published

The programme of the 13th International BUILDAIR Symposium is published!   As usual, the symposium begins with information on the situation and activities in the countries. The first day will focus on the airtightness of the...
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Energy efficient and ecological farmhouse Straub

This historic farm from 18th century has been renovated to become energy efficient and ecological. The building was well preserved as most of constructive elements were in good conditions, however...
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13th International BUILDAIR Symposium

"Inform and discuss experiences", this is the motto for measurement teams, planners, craftsmen, architects and energy consultants to meet in Hannover on June 2 and 3, 2023 for the 13th International BUILDAIR...
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Renovation plan for museum in Brussels' Cinquantenaire Park

The Army Museum and Autoworld in Brussels' Parc du Cinquantenaire will be renovated by 2030 in the occasion of Belgium´s 200th anniversary. The process will make the building more energy efficient by...