International professional organisations launched a new initiative to raise awareness on ventilation

REHVA is one of the initiators of an international awareness campaign to promote the critical role of better building ventilation in supporting #health, #well-being, and #productivity. The first annual World Ventil8 Day (#WorldVentil8Day) is today,November 8, 2022 with parallel awareness raising actions around the world.

REHVA President Catalin Lungu said on the occasion of WorldVentil8Day: “I strongly welcome this initiative, because it contributes to raise general awareness about the importance of adequate ventilation to ensure healthy indoor environment. REHVA has been advocating for indoor air and climate quality ever since its foundation, in 1963. Promoting knowledge and high-quality engineering practice in the HVAC sector to keep healthy indoor environment is in the DNA of REHVA. We pursue this mission with our member associations, supporter companies and partners in Europe and across the world. I hope more and more organizations will join “WorldVentil8Day” in the future.”

REHVA joined BESA (the Building Engineering Services Association), CIBSE (the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers), IMechE (Institution of Mechanical Engineers) and FETA (the Federation of Environmental Trade Associations) toward the goal of improving ventilation for a healthier world.

More information can be found on https://www.worldventil8day.com/

In this first edition of the WorldVentil8Day, we highlight some REHVA resources related to indoor air quality and ventilation.

Read our latest REHVA Journal issue on the theme of IAQ and Comfort with Top 10 CLIMA papers: https://www.rehva.eu/rehva-journal/detail/05-2022

Reading suggestions from previous REHVA Journal issues on ventilation of buildings and how it can support health and productivity:

• On the history of indoor environment and it’s relation to health and wellbeing 

• Ventilation rate and room size effects on infection risk of COVID-19

• What we know and should know about ventilation

• Occupant targeted ventilation brings clean air to occupants

• Health and energy assessment of a demand controlled mechanical extraction ventilation system

Check out also our  REHVA Guidebooks about ventilation:

• No.01 – Displacement ventilation In Non-industrial Premises
• No.02 – Ventilation Effectiveness
• No.04 – Ventilation and Smoking
• No.08 – Cleanliness of Ventilation Systems
• No.09 – Hygiene Requirement for Ventilation and Air Conditioning
• No.10 – Computational Fluid Dynamics in Ventilation Design
• No.11 – Air Filtration in HVAC Systems
• No.14 – Indoor Climate Quality Assessment
• No.17 – Design of Energy Efficient Ventilation and Air Conditioning Systems
• No.19 – Mixing Ventilation
• No.23 – Displacement Ventilation
• No.25 – Residential Heat Recovery Ventilation