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Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre

Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre
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AIVC
Formation 1979 (1979)
Purpose Provide information on energy efficient ventilation of buildings
Membership
Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden, UK and USA
Official language
English

Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre (AIVC) is the International Energy Agency (IEA) information centre on energy efficient ventilation of buildings.

The AIVC started in 1979 in the context of the first and second oil crisis in 1973 and 1979. The Centre was established as the 5th research project (Annex 5) in the context of the implementing agreement Energy in Buildings and Communities Programme(EBC) - (at that time called ECBCS) of the International Energy Agency (IEA, 1974). Since its inauguration, in 1979, the AIVC has been running without interruption. On June 9, 2016 the executive committee of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Technical Collaboration Programme Buildings and Communities (EBC TCP), approved a 5-year extension period for the AIVC from 2017 till 2021. In the first years, the AIVC’s primary focus was understanding and finding ways to limit the energy impact of air infiltration in buildings. This was reflected in its original name “Air Infiltration Centre”. Ventilation was introduced in the name in 1986 because of the strong interactions between ventilation and infiltration in buildings and increasing interest in indoor air quality concerns. The Centre has developed an expertise in ventilation and infiltration with a series of technical notes and guides

In parallel, the scientific and professional community in this area has grown significantly as well as the amount of research and development. Therefore, since 2011, to encourage exchanges and collaboration between the various stakeholders in the field, AIVC has shifted its focus to networking activities including the use of advanced and innovative dissemination strategies. The Centre is operated by the International Network for Information on Ventilation and Energy Performance(INIVE), which is a registered European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG) whose members include building research centres in Europe.

Today, AIVC serves as a source of information for scientists and professionals interested in building ventilation and infiltration issues. The Centre holds annual conferences and workshops, publishes papers and reports, and maintains a large database of publications.

The AIVC also collaborates with the TightVent Europe and venticool platforms; both platforms are market oriented, created in 2011 and 2012 and focusing on building and ductwork airtightness and ventilative cooling strategies in buildings, respectively. In addition, the AIVC has collaborative activities with organizations such as the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ),the Federation of European Heating,Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations (REHVA),the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA), the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers ASHRAE as well as the Indoor Environmental Quality Global Alliance (IEQ-GA).


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