Publishing Committee
The objective of REHVA Publishing Committee is to manage and develop REHVA publications to increase the visibility of REHVA values and disseminate information to REHVA Members and Supporters. Information is gathered up from work of REHVA Technical and Research Committee and Task Forces, REHVA EU-Projects, REHVA Members, REHVA Co-operating Organisations, and from European Commission.REHVA publications are at the moment:
- REHVA Journal,
- REHVA Website,
- REHVA Publications,
- REHVA Newsletters,
- REHVA Brochures and Flyers
- REHVA Posters
Publishing Committee is in charge of managing REHVA brand, sales policy and advertising policy in REHVA publications, and production of REHVA promotion material in cooperation with REHVA Office.
Publishing Committee will have an annual meeting with both voting and corresponding members during the General Assembly of REHVA. Voting members will have operative meetings between general assemblies, to where also corresponding members and other interested participants are welcome. Publishing Committee meetings are informed at REHVA website.
Organisation of Publishing Committee
Chair of Publishing Committee
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Maija Virta, Vice-President of REHVA, FINVAC, Finland Halton Oy Haltonintie 1-3 47400 Kausala maija.virta@halton.com |
Voting Members of Publishing Committee:
- Maija Virta, chair
- Karel Kabele, co-chair
- Jacques Benoist
- Derrick Braham
- Francesca R. d'Ambrosio
- Signhild Gehlin
- Olli Seppänen
- Thomas Terhorst
REHVA Journal
REHVA Journal is an official journal of REHVA. REHVA Journal is a respected technical journal focusing on European-level activities and their impact on national level. Major topics are energy efficiency of building systems and buildings, healthy and productive indoor environment, sustainable development, renewable energy sources, and ICT in building systems.
The content of REHVA Journal is a mixture of technical articles (practical implications of latest research), editorial case studies providing the best practice in building services, and latest technology from industry. It also announces major HVAC events and publications available.
Editorial Board of REHVA Journal
Members of Editorial Board are helping the Editor to plan each issue, to give ideas of possible authors of each topic and evaluate proposed articles, if needed. Each member of Editorial Board shall supply minimum one paper a year. Publishing Committee may appoint a guest editor for a specific issue of the journal.
REHVA Website
REHVA Website (www.rehva.eu) is the most important communication channel between REHVA and the European professionals in the area of building services engineering. REHVA Website disseminates information from health, comfort and energy efficiency of buildings and communities, energy conservation and renewable energy sources, European legislation as well as national and international research initiatives. REHVA website provides also information of REHVA and its activities. It is a discussion forum for REHVA Committees and Board.
REHVA Publications
REHVA Task Forces, Conferences, and EU-projects produce several kinds of publications. The REHVA publications at the moment are:
- REHVA Guidebooks
- REHVA Reports
- REHVA Dictionary
- CD ROMs
REHVA Publications are promoted in web as well as using flyers with brief presentation of them. Specific posters may be printed when necessary. These are updated whenever new publication becomes available. Publications are sold in REHVA Bookstore (web), in various events and exhibitions, and in REHVA Office as well as resold via Member Associations and Co-operating Organisations. The primary language of all REHVA Publications is English. The Publications may be translated to national languages by Member organisations.
REHVA Dictionary
A REHVA dictionary is a glossary of technical words and terms used in building services with descriptions. The Dictionary is a web-based tool in (all) European languages freely available to everyone. There are several web-addresses where it can be found: www.rehvadictionary.eu, www.rehvadiccionario.eu, www.rehvadictionnaire.eu, www.rehvaworterbuch.eu, and www.rehvalexicon.eu. The Dictionary webpage has the look and feel of the REHVA website, and comes up in the native language by means of the personal browser setting. The “mother list” of words and terms is in English. At the moment there are about 12.000 words.