Call for Presentations Open

  • Notification of paper abstract decisions due December 28, 2015
  • Presentation proposals due March 7, 2016
  • Session proposals due March 7, 2016

IAQ 2016 Defining Indoor Air Quality: Policy, Standards and Best Practices
Co-Organized by ASHRAE and AIVC

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Call for Presenters Open

ATLANTA – A call for presenters is now open for the IAQ 2016 conference, “Defining Indoor Air Quality: Policy, Standards and Best Practices,” co-organized by ASHRAE and AIVC. A call for papers closed on Monday, Dec. 14.

The conference will take place Sept. 12-14, 2016, in Alexandria, Va. at the Crowne Plaza Old Town Alexandria.

The conference is the 18th in the ASHRAE IAQ series since its inception in 1986 and the 37th AIVC conference. The program will focus on current and emerging definitions of indoor air quality and how they are – or could be – implemented in government policies and in standards for the design and operation of buildings and other indoor environments used worldwide. IAQ 2016 will also highlight best practice solutions that go beyond existing minimum requirements.

Full-length conference papers are not required for accepted presentations and sessions, but presenters must agree to recording of their presentation with slides and voiceover.

The Conference is now accepting abstracts for presentations and sessions that address the conference theme, “Defining Indoor Air Quality: Policy, Standards and Best Practices.”

Authors are invited to submit abstracts on the following topics and others appropriate to the Conference theme:

  • Definitions and metrics
    • Perception vs. performance
    • Monetization of IAQ
    • DALY (disability adjusted life years) and related approaches
    • Task performance/productivity
    • Integrated IEQ metrics
  • Regulatory vs. voluntary compliance for achieving IAQ
  • IAQ certification programs
  • Low energy/high performance buildings and IAQ
  • IAQ in sustainable building programs
  • Interactions—IEQ, climate change, energy efficiency
  • Monitoring
    • Sensors and big data
    • Post occupancy evaluations
  • Best practices
    • Case studies with data
    • Design, construction, operation
    • Commissioning
  • Ventilation and infiltration
    • IAQ, energy and moisture impacts
    • Mechanical and natural ventilation performance
    • IEQ and natural ventilation
    • IAQ and building/ductwork airtightness
  • Residential IAQ standards and policies
  • IAQ in Developing Economies
  • IAQ in mobile environments—aircraft, trains, ships, motor vehicles

Individual presentation proposal abstracts require a 400-word abstract and a 100-word “promotion” abstract. Accepted individual presentations will be organized into sessions by the Steering Committee. Abstracts are due March 7, 2016. Notifications of acceptance will be sent on March 28, 2016.

Session proposal abstracts must include a 400-word overall abstract and titles and speaker information for presentations. Session format is flexible and may be panel discussion with short framing presentations or a group of longer format presentations. Target session length is 60 or 90 minutes. Abstracts are due March 7, 2016. Notifications of acceptance will be sent on March 28, 2016.

The conference program will include internationally acclaimed keynote speakers, original peer reviewed papers and the latest in indoor environmental quality control, plus invited speakers, workshops and panel discussion.

To submit an abstract, click on one of the green buttons under Begin a Submission on the left-hand corner of this page.

Publication Schedule

This is the overall publication schedule for IAQ 2016 Defining Indoor Air Quality: Policy, Standards and Best Practices, Alexandria, VA. For specific details and questions regarding these dates, please contact the conference chair.
Notification of abstract decisions due December 28, 2015
Presentation proposal abstracts due March 7, 2016
Session proposal abstracts due March 7, 2016
Final papers due March 28, 2016
Presentation proposal notifications due March 28, 2016
Session proposal notifications due March 28, 2016
Paper review notifications June 6, 2016
Final Revised Papers Due June 27, 2016
Presentations due August 29, 2016

Committee Members

The Steering Committee members are:


    William Bahnfleth, Chair
    Wane Baker
    Chris Balbach
    Charlene Bayer
    Paul Francisco
    Larry Schoen
    Chandra Sekhar
    Zuraimi Sultan
    Bob Thompson
    Don Weekes
    Eric Werling
    Bjarne Wilkins Olesen
    Pete Wouters
    Remi Carrie

The Scientific Committee members are:


    Alireza Afshari
    Pilar Linares Alemparte
    William Bahnfleth
    Wane Baker
    Chris Balbach
    Charlene Bayer
    Remi Carrie
    Pierre Deroubaix
    François Durier
    Paul Francisco
    Willem de Gids
    Jaap Hogeling
    Arnold Janssens
    Jae-Weon Jeong
    Benjamin Jones
    Maria Kolokotroni
    Risto Kosonen
    Hannu Koskela
    Jean Lebrun
    Yun Gyu Lee
    Bjarne Wilkins Olesen
    Andy Persily
    Larry Schoen
    Chandra Sekhar
    Max Sherman
    Zuraimi Sultan
    José Antonio Tenorio Ríos
    Bob Thompson
    Don Weekes
    Eric Werling
    Pete Wouters
    Hiroshi Yoshino

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