Organizer

This webinar is organiced by the Air infiltration and Ventilation Centre (AIVC) and facilitated by the International Network for Information on Ventilation and Energy Performance (INIVE).

Indoor air quality and ventilation have a significant impact on the health and comfort of building occupants, as well as on the energy efficiency of buildings. Over the past few decades, numerous studies and initiatives have measured and examined pollutant concentrations, emission rates and regulations relating to indoor air quality.

However, the resulting data often cannot be used for further research. The datasets are typically fragmented, inaccessible, inadequately documented and poorly harmonised. This makes them difficult to compare and reuse, for example in global meta-analyses.

This webinar will present existing databases, as well as databases currently under development, covering indoor air quality, ventilation and sources of pollutants. These databases are intended to help overcome the challenges outlined above.

• 13:30 Welcome & Introduction
• 13:35 "Pandora" – an open-access database of indoor pollutant emission rates for IAQ modeling
  Marc Abadie, University of La Rochelle, France
• 13:50 Q & A
• 13:55 "R package annex" – aggregating and harmonizing IAQ measurement data compatible with an existing repository containing IAQ data from >10.000 residential homes
  Gabriel Rojas, University of Innsbruck, Austria
• 14:10 Q & A
• 14:15 "Global IAQ database" – the development of an online, interactive database with IAQ data from around the world
  Dusan Licina, EPFL, Switzerland
• 14:30 Q & A
• 14:35 "Indoor Environmental Quality guidelines database" – consolidating guidelines and standards
  Ulla Haverinen-Shaughnessy, University of Oulu, Finland
• 14:50 Q & A
• 15:00 End of webinar

Target Audience

• Scientists
• Ventilation system designers
• Ventilation equipment manufacturers
• Housing developers

Participant Information

Participation is free of charge. The presentations will be held in English.

Registration is required.

University of Innsbruck
Gabriel Rojas
E-Mail: gabriel.rojas@uibk.ac.at