The mission of IEQ-GA is to provide an acceptable indoor environmental quality (thermal environment-indoor air quality-lighting-acoustic) to occupants in buildings and places of work around the world and to make sure the knowledge from research on IEQ get to be implemented in practice. >> Read more…
The 40th AIVC Conference “From Energy crisis to sustainable indoor climate – 40 years of AIVC” will be held during the 15th & 16th of October, 2019 at ‘Het Pand’, the congress centre of Ghent University in Ghent, Belgium. It will be a joint event combined with the 8th TightVent and the 6th venticool conferences. The conference programme will include well‐prepared and structured sessions focused on the conference topics, invited speakers, long and short oral presentations arising from the call, as well as 90 seconds industry presentations.
Abstract submission is open at: https://www.dna.gr/aivc2019/ .
The deadline for the abstract submission is March 20, 2019.
For further information and updates visit us at https://www.aivc2019conference.org
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REHVA-ISHRAE seminar on the »High Performance Educational Buildings and their Indoor Environmental Quality« will be held during the ACREX 2019, on Friday 28 of February 2019, from 15:00 to 17:30h in Mumbai, India.
REHVA speakers at the sessions will be Atze Boerstra, REHVA Vice-President, Livio Mazzarella, REHVA Technology and Research Committee Co-Chair and Maija Virta, CEO at Santrupti Engineers, REHVA fellow and ISHRAE member. Mr. Boestra will discuss on Indoor Air Quality, Mr. Mazzarela will present the visual and acoustic comfort requirements and Mrs. Maija Virta will have a session on Measuring IAQ in educational buildings: old school handled approach vs continuous measurements with sensor networks.
Due to the REHVA knowledge platform cooperation with international partners, REHVA and ISHRAE are also launching a common guidebook on Building Commissioning Guidelines which is planned to be published in May 2019.
More information on a draft programme of the seminar and the progress on publication of the new REHVA-ISHRAE guidebook will follow soon.
ATLANTA – A manual to help users navigate the changes in ASHRAE’s 2016 ventilation standard is now available. The User’s Manual for ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2016, Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality, provides information on the requirements of the standard and … Continue reading
ATLANTA – In recognition of its role as an organization that connects all parts of the industry, encouraging collaboration and growth, the Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) has announced a rebranding. Launched today, the rebranding features a new logo, which … Continue reading
A new article in the August 2016 issue of The Synergist addresses the potential human health effects of wildfire smoke and residues. The article illustrates some of the uncertainties that must be addressed when evaluating human health risk from wildfire residuals, including the composition of the wildfire smoke inside a home; concentration of chemical constituents in the smoke; fate and transport of persistent wildfire residual chemicals in the interior environment; and the effects of ventilation and housekeeping practices on contaminant deposition and removal rates. The Synergist is the monthly magazine of the American Industrial Hygiene Association.
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This new report, released by the US Global Change Research Program, provides a comprehensive, evidence-based, and quantitative estimation of observed and projected climate change related health impacts in the United States. Chapter 3 of the report specifically focuses on Air Quality Impacts. … Continue reading
The Indoor Environmental Quality Global alliance organised its first sessions at the June 2015 ASHRAE Annual conference. The sessions present a holistic approach to indoor environmental quality and give information on different societies’ activities to improve the indoor environment. To … Continue reading