Nordic Ventilation Group is a group of academics sharing the same interest and concerns regarding the indoor climate and ventilation. The objective of the Nordic Ventilation Group (NVG) is to develop Nordic ventilation technologies and services for good and healthy indoor environment with an energy efficient and environmentally friendly way. The work is 100% voluntary and free from commercial interest. Possible outcomes of the work can be published through various channels with the common agreement of the group. Nordic Ventilation Group was very active in 80´s and 90´s when mechanical ventilation became more common in Nordic counties. The group published several guidelines for measuring air flow rates and evaluating of the performance of ventilation. The history and objectives of the group are described in more details in the attached article (in Swedish).
The group was established again 2020. The convenor of NVG is Olli Seppänen.
The group was established again 2020. The convenor of NVG is Olli Seppänen.
The current members of the group are:
Alireza Afshari, Professor, Aalborg University
Amar Aganovic, Associate Professor, UiT The Arctic university of Norway
Guangyu Cao, Professor, NTNU - Norwegian university of science and technology
Lars Ekberg, Associate Professor, Chalmers University of Technology
Per Kvols Heiselberg, Professor, Aalborg University
Dennis Johansson, Associate Professor HVAC, Lund University
Risto Kosonen, Professor, Aalto University
Jarek Kurnitski, Professor, TalTech - Tallinn University of Technology
Ivo Martinac, Professor, KTH- Royal Institute of Technology
Hans Martin Mathisen, Professor, NTNU - Norwegian university of science and technology
Arsen Melikov, Professor, DTU - Technical University of Denmark
Panu Mustakallio, Professor of Practice, Aalto University
Peter V. Nielsen, Professor emeritus, Aalborg University
Bjarne W. Olesen, Professor, DTU - Technical University of Denmark
Thomas Olofsson, Professor, Umeå University
Pertti Pasanen, Director, University of Eastern Finland
Svein Ruud, Tekn. Lic., Senior expert, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Sasan Sadrizadeh, Associate Professor, KTH- Royal Institute of Technology
Peter Schild, Professor, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University
Olli Seppänen, Professor emeritus., Aalto University
Martin Thalfeldt, Professor, TalTech - Tallinn University of Technology
Pawel Wargocki, Associate Professor, director, DTU - Technical University of Denmark
Secretary
Siru Lönnqvist, secretary general, VVS Föreningen i Finland and SCANVAC
Alireza Afshari, Professor, Aalborg University
Amar Aganovic, Associate Professor, UiT The Arctic university of Norway
Guangyu Cao, Professor, NTNU - Norwegian university of science and technology
Lars Ekberg, Associate Professor, Chalmers University of Technology
Per Kvols Heiselberg, Professor, Aalborg University
Dennis Johansson, Associate Professor HVAC, Lund University
Risto Kosonen, Professor, Aalto University
Jarek Kurnitski, Professor, TalTech - Tallinn University of Technology
Ivo Martinac, Professor, KTH- Royal Institute of Technology
Hans Martin Mathisen, Professor, NTNU - Norwegian university of science and technology
Arsen Melikov, Professor, DTU - Technical University of Denmark
Panu Mustakallio, Professor of Practice, Aalto University
Peter V. Nielsen, Professor emeritus, Aalborg University
Bjarne W. Olesen, Professor, DTU - Technical University of Denmark
Thomas Olofsson, Professor, Umeå University
Pertti Pasanen, Director, University of Eastern Finland
Svein Ruud, Tekn. Lic., Senior expert, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Sasan Sadrizadeh, Associate Professor, KTH- Royal Institute of Technology
Peter Schild, Professor, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University
Olli Seppänen, Professor emeritus., Aalto University
Martin Thalfeldt, Professor, TalTech - Tallinn University of Technology
Pawel Wargocki, Associate Professor, director, DTU - Technical University of Denmark
Secretary
Siru Lönnqvist, secretary general, VVS Föreningen i Finland and SCANVAC
Articles and publications
- Control of airborne infections with ventilation and air distribution in post COVID pandemic, 6.3.2023
- Demand Controlled Ventilation – Current situation, challenges, and needed remedies, 3.3.2023
- Health-based target ventilation rates and design method for reducing exposure to airborne respiratory infectious diseases, 9.1.2023
- Principles_of_ventilation_design_to_achieve_high_IAQ, 1/2022
- Criteria of room air cleaners for particulate matter, 3/2021
- Effects of indoor air humidity, 2/2021
- Nordic collaboration to reduce transmission of viral disease in indoor air, 12/2020
- Effect of Portable Air Cleaners on Indoor Air Quality: Particle Removal from Indoor Air, article in REHVA Journal 2/2021
- What we know and should know about ventilation, article in REHVA Journal 2/2021
Activities 2022-23
Air cleaning, under leadership of Alireza Afshari
Guidance on selecting design ventilation rates to control Covid and other airborne infectious diseases, under leadership of Jarek Kurnitski
What we know and should know of the engineering measures against airborne transmission of infectious diseases after Covid pandemic, under leadership of Guangyu Cao
Practical guidance for installation and use of CO2 -sensors, under leadership of Pawel Wargocki
Problems and their solutions in the demand controlled ventilation systems, under leadership of Panu Mustakallio
Practical guidance for implementing IAQ/IEQ and ventilation requirements in the revised EPBD 2022.
Ventilation effectiveness
Nordic issue of the REHVA Journal 2/2023 with Peter Schild as the guest editor
Communication with ventilation authorities and industry
New and upcoming PhD thesis and defences
Energy efficient ventilation for health, productivity, and comfort
- Guidance for the use of air cleaners in the residential settings
- Criteria for the in-duct air-cleaning devices
Guidance on selecting design ventilation rates to control Covid and other airborne infectious diseases, under leadership of Jarek Kurnitski
What we know and should know of the engineering measures against airborne transmission of infectious diseases after Covid pandemic, under leadership of Guangyu Cao
Practical guidance for installation and use of CO2 -sensors, under leadership of Pawel Wargocki
Problems and their solutions in the demand controlled ventilation systems, under leadership of Panu Mustakallio
Practical guidance for implementing IAQ/IEQ and ventilation requirements in the revised EPBD 2022.
- On the hold until the next/final version of the EPBD is accepted
Ventilation effectiveness
- platform for information exchange of the latest development
Nordic issue of the REHVA Journal 2/2023 with Peter Schild as the guest editor
Communication with ventilation authorities and industry
New and upcoming PhD thesis and defences
- specific section at the Scanvac website
Energy efficient ventilation for health, productivity, and comfort