The need for good ventilation has been mainly justified with health reasons, but are there reliable health criteria to rely on when defining appropriate ventilation rates? Göran Stålbom published a good summary about the history of ventilation criteria in the … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
The AIVC board decided in their last (online) meeting of September 2020 to start a project to collect, discuss and disseminate information about COVID-19 in relation to ventilation and airtightness. A working group was created to define and carry out … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
The ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force has released two new pieces of guidance. The first, ASHRAE’s Core Recommendations for Reducing Airborne Infectious Aerosol Exposure, summarizes the main points found in the detailed guidance documents produced by the ETF. Second, Communities of … Continue reading →
