Summer comfort
International Workshop on Summer comfort and cooling
Barcelona, Spain 31 March & 1 April 2009
This workshop is an initiative of AIVC, organised by INIVE EEIG, in collaboration with REHVA and with the European SAVE ASIEPI and SAVE BUILDING ADVENT projects.
The main purpose of this workshop were to present and discuss the evolutions in the national regulations related to summer comfort and cooling:
- in terms of standards for achieving good summer comfort,
- for improving energy efficiency during the summer period,
- regarding building solar control,
- regarding amortisation and dissipation techniques,
- regarding night time ventilation for passive cooling,
- regarding (free) cooling techniques.
Also, to reply the following questions:
- What are experiences with compliances of regulations?
- What are major trends in the type of systems used?
- Is there a framework for the assessing of innovative passive cooling and low energy cooling systems?
The presentations of this workshop are available on the AIVC website.
This workshop was the second of a series of four workshops co-organised by AIVC and ASIEPI. See ASIEPI workshops for more information.
Last update: 30-07-2009