TightVent Europe
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TightVent Europe is a platform focused on building and ductwork airtightness issues.[1] The platform's creation was triggered to meet the 2020 targets of the Directive on the energy performance of buildings[2] and overcome the challenges related to envelope and ductwork leakage towards the generalization of nearly zero-energy buildings.[3] The platform's main activities include producing and disseminating policy-oriented publications, networking among local or national airtightness associations, and organizing conferences, workshops and webinars.[4]
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.[5] 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.
TightVent Airtightness Associations Committee-TAAC
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.[6][7][8] 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.[8] 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