On 8 April 2020, through a joint position paper, Eurovent and REHVA call on all relevant authorities in the EU and globally to recognise the manufacturing, distribution, installation, maintenance and repair of HVACR equipment as essential business activities and therefore exempt them from COVID-19 shutdown orders and travel restrictions. Eurovent and REHVA acknowledge that HVACR equipment supports...

The IEQ-GA Global Alliance, global society launched in 2019 and providing guidelines and knowledge on the indoor environmental quality in buildings and places of work around the world, has set up some initiatives aiming to tackle the  COVID-19 issue from the IEQ perspective. The IEQ-GA's Members guidance and position documents on COVID-19 have been gathered on the IEQ-GA website in the dedicated...

REHVA's Italian member AiCARR has published an infographic with guidelines on how to operate existing ventilation and air-conditioning systems in order to reduce the risk of SARS-CoV2-19 diffusion.  Click here to download the infographic 

Replying to SCANVAC’s call for recognition of airborne transmission of COVID-19 and implementation of adequate measures to prevent it, a group of scientists from Nordic countries gathered to participate in this petition. The primary method prescribed to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 within the population is the physical distance between people and handwashing, given that transmission through...