TightVent Europe

TightVent Europe was launched and initiated in January 2011 by INIVE (International Network for Information on Ventilation and Energy Performance), a registered whose members include building research centers in Europe.TightVent Europe: "[http://tightvent.eu/about/more-about-tightvent-europe More about TightVent Europe]", 2011 Since then, the platform has received the financial and/or technical support from its partners: ACIN Instruments, BCCA, BlowerDoor GmbH, Buildings Performance Institute Europe, dooApp, Eurima, Industrias Gonal, Lindab, MEZ-TECHNIK, Retrotec, Soudal and SIGA.

In September 2012, TightVent Europe launched the TightVent Airtightness Associations Committee (TightVent TAAC committee) with the primary goal to promote reliable testing and reporting procedures.BUILD UP energy solutions for better buildings: "[http://www.buildup.eu/publications/34360 TightVent Newsletter 3]", September, 2012BUILD UP energy solutions for better buildings: "[http://www.buildup.eu/publications/38745 TightVent Newsletter 4]", March, 2013TightVent Europe: "[http://tightvent.eu/partners/taac TightVent Airtightness Associations Committee – TAAC]", 2013 At present, the participants are from Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the USA. The scope of this committee includes various aspects such as:

• airtightness and ventilation inspection requirements in the countries involved
• competent tester/inspectors schemes in the countries involved
• applicable standards and guidelines for testing/inspecting
• collection of relevant guidance and training documents
• knowledge and experience sharing during the meetings
• providing information on ongoing research work in the building and ductwork airtightness and ventilation inspection fields

Since 2011, TightVent Europe has published 6 reports TightVent Europe: "[http://tightvent.eu/publications/tightvent-reports TightVent reports]", 2014 in the fields of building and ductwork airtightness. The first publication on the challenges for building and ductwork airtightness was released in 2011 entitled as: “Critical steps for a wide scale implementation of building and ductwork airtightness”.BUILD UP energy solutions for better buildings : "[http://www.buildup.eu/publications/23698 Critical steps for wide scale implementation of building and ductwork airtightness]", 2011 It included an introductory paper browsing the issues of concern and collect a series of technical documents, namely those produced within the ASIEPI project as well as within the SAVE-DUCT and AIRWAYS projects. Another publication: “Methods and techniques for airtight buildings” was released in 2012, with an overview to the design principles and construction methods for building airtightness.BUILD UP energy solutions for better buildings: "[http://www.buildup.eu/publications/26565 Methods and techniques for airtight buildings]", 2012 Moreover, the publication: "Building air leakage databases in energy conservation policies: Analysis of selected initiatives in 4 European countries and the USA"BUILD UP energy solutions for better buildings: "[http://www.buildup.eu/publications/23698 Building air leakage databases in energy conservation policies: analysis of selected initiatives in 4 European countries and the USA]", 2012 was also released in 2012 with information on existing envelope air leakage databases from five countries: Czech Republic, France, Germany, UK and USA. Furthermore, another report was produced in close collaboration with the AIVC, "Building airtightness: a critical review of testing reporting and quality schemes in 10 countries",F. R. Carrie, P. Wouters: "[http://www.aivc.org/resource/tn-67-building-airtightness-critical-review-testing-reporting-and-quality-schemes-10?volume=33978 TN 67: Building airtightness: a critical review of testing, reporting and quality schemes in 10 countries]", AIVC, 2012 in 2012; a review of testing and reporting about building airtightness and quality management issues for achieving a good airtightness in 10 countries .In 2013, TightVent Europe published "Building and ductwork airtightness: Selected papers from the REHVA special journal issue on ‘airtightness’" TightVent Europe: "[http://tightvent.eu/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/TightVent-book2013-REHVA-TOC1.pdf Building and ductwork airtightness: Selected papers from the REHVA special journal issue on ‘airtightness’]", 2013 composed of relevant contributions from the special issue on airtightness of the REHVA journal.Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Associations - REHVA: " [http://www.rehva.eu/fileadmin/hvac-dictio/01-2013/rj1301_web.pdf Special Issue on airtightness]", Volume: 50, Issue: 1, January 2013

TightVent Europe publishes a biannual newsletter with up to date information on developments in respect to building and ductwork airtightness, including policy issues, publications, events, innovative technologies, case studies and research activities.

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