The Indoor Environmental Quality – Global Alliance is pleased to announce the release of a Glossary of air infiltration, ventilation, and air conditioning terms. The Glossary was developed by the member organizations’ representatives led by Professor Livio Mazzarella, Politecnico di Milano – Dipartimento di Energia. It fulfils a goal of IEQ-GA to generate documents that will be useful to all its members, as well as others that have an interest in the terms that are acceptable in these fields (air infiltration, ventilation, and air conditioning.

The Glossary is posted on IEQ-GA’s website (https://ieq-ga.net/), and it is available to all to download as a free document. It is expected that the Glossary will be utilized by all individuals who have an interest in air infiltration, ventilation, and air conditioning as a tool to be implemented for all documents, standards, manuscripts, and research papers. The Glossary contains hundreds of definitions of words relating to air infiltration, ventilation, and air conditioning. It is set up in an alphabetical format for use of use. It is noted that the definitions were taken a wide variety of standards and glossaries issued by reputable professional organizations and standards, including ASHRAE; AIVC; REHVA; ISO; European Standards; and other sources.

The Glossary is available to download here: https://ieq-ga.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IEQ-GA-Ventilation-Glossary.pdf