This page provides information on COVID-19 related events organized by our members and/or other organizations.
The Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre and the IEA EBC Annex 86 “Energy Efficient Indoor Air Quality Management in Residential Buildings” are organizing the webinar Building ventilation: How does it affect SARS-CoV-2 transmission? to be held on April 1st, 2021 at 17:00-18:30 CET. The webinar will address the potential mitigating role of building ventilation in the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Presentations and Speakers:
- Introduction, Arnold Janssens – chair of AIVC WG COVID-19, Ghent University, Belgium
- The Role of Building Ventilation in Indoor Infectious Aerosol Exposure, Andrew Persily – NIST, USA
- Modelling uncertainty in the relative risk of exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus by airborne aerosol transmission, Cath Noakes – University of Leeds, UK
- Field measurements of aerosol exposure in indoor environments, Wouter Borsboom – TNO, Netherlands
- Ventilation system design and the risk areas for spreading airborne contaminants in office buildings, Alireza Afshari – Aalborg University, Denmark
For further information on registration etc. please visit: https://www.aivc.org/event/1-april-2021-webinar-building-ventilation-how-does-it-affect-sars-cov-2-transmission
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) is organizing the following COVID-19 related learning courses in January & February 2021:
- COVID-19 and Buildings: Reoccupation After Lockdown (26 Jan 2021 – 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST)
- Reopening Commercial Buildings: Evaluating Your HVAC System’s Readiness to Mitigate the Spread of SARS-CoV-2 (27 January 2021 – 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST)
- Evaluating Your HVAC System’s Readiness to Mitigate the Spread of SARS-CoV-2 (24 February 2021 – 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST)
Click on the links above to know more.
The Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre with support from ASHRAE and REHVA organized the webinar “COVID-19 Ventilation related guidance by ASHRAE and REHVA” and held on Friday November 20th, 2020 at 16:00-17:15 (CET). The webinar presented the COVID-19 Ventilation related guidelines by REHVA and ASHRAE and had a closer look to the similarities and differences in both guidelines.
The recordings and the slides of the webinar are now available online at: https://www.aivc.org/event/20-november-2020-webinar-covid-19-ventilation-related-guidance-ashrae-and-rehva
The Portuguese association of Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (EFRIARC) is organizing the webinar: “COVID-19. HVAC guidance and emerging trends”. The webinar will be held on Thursday November 26, 2020 at 15:00 GMT. The purpose of this forum is to exchange experiences and knowledge on how to deal with the pandemic and share ideas about the consequences that it may bring to the future of the HVAC sector.
More information is available here.
The Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Associations (REHVA) is organizing an online course (~6 hours) covering key topics on how to resume activities, safely operate buildings and specifically use densely occupied indoor spaces during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
The course is based on the REHVA COVID-19 guidance documents and its modules provide basic theoretical knowledge with hands-on information taught by REHVA experts. Participants get access also to the latest REHVA guidebooks on air filtration and the hygiene requirements of ventilation systems. After going through the training material, the trainees who also successfully complete the online exams obtain a certification.
More information is available here: https://www.rehva.eu/pre-registration-safe-building-operation-during-covid-19
In response to the current pandemic, ACGIH is excited to launch a new webinar series, COVID-19 Aerosol Exposures in the Workplace. The series will consist of eight separate 1.5-hr webinars, organized around the principles of “Recognition, Evaluation and Control” and focused on … Continue reading
ATLANTA (June 12, 2020) – ASHRAE Learning Institute (ALI) will offer three free webinars plus a detailed course targeted to the European and Middle East regions, focused on mitigating potential health risks during reopening of buildings closed during the COVID-19 … Continue reading
The International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ) is organizing the last part of the webinar series on the spread of COVID-19 and infectious diseases in indoor environments. The Panel Discussion “Spread of Infectious Diseases in Indoor Environments: A … Continue reading
IEQ-GA Member REHVA, in collaboration with Build Up EU, organized the webinar “How to operate and use building services during the COVID-19 crisis” (28/04/2020, 12.00 CET). This webinar explored with top experts key notions about indoor environments (Indoor Environmental Quality, … Continue reading