REHVA

Federation of European
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Associations

www.rehva.eu

Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations

What is REHVA?
(founded 1963)

REHVA is a professional organisation

representing more than 100 000
building services engineers
(heating, ventilation and air conditioning for
energy efficient, healthy buildings)

from 27 European countries

Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations

REHVA Network
27 Member Associations in Europe, representing 100 000 practitioners and
academics in the following countries:

Belgium

Italy

Russia

Croatia

Latvia

Serbia

Czech Republic

Lithuania

Slovakia

Denmark

Moldavia

Slovenia

Estonia

Netherlands

Spain

Finland

Norway

Sweden

France

Poland

Switzerland

Germany

Portugal

Turkey

Hungary

Romania

United Kingdom

Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations

REHVA Members

Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations

Activities of REHVA members

Member associations represent about 100 000
experts in HVAC
Co-operation with more than 1500 industrial
companies
Over 20 journals with more than 110 issues per
year

Close to 100 congresses per year- focus on HVAC

and energy
Hundreds of training events
Support to more than 10 regular international
exhibitions
Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations

REHVA Organisation
GENERAL ASSEMBLY (GA)
Long term policy
Mission
Budget
Election of Board
REHVA OFFICE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Implementation of the annual action plan

Daily management of contacts and finances

Financial and legal responsibility

Assistance for committees

Supervising the REHVA office and Committees

Assistance to REHVA journal

EUROPEAN PROJECTS

Dissemination
TECHNOLOGY &
RESEARCH
COMMITTEE
DAILY MANAGEMENT

Services
Finances

Financial reports

EDUCATION
COMMITTEE

Project management

Membership

Budgets
Follow up the budget

Short and long term planning

Sales of REHVA guidebooks

Correspondence

TREASURER

Implement GA decisions and policy

PUBLISHING &
MARKETING
COMMITTEE

Common courses
Website

Tasks forces
Technical
guidebooks and
reports
Networks of
experts

Student
Competitions

Sales of
publications
REHVA journal

REHVA
dictionary
Promotional
material

Educational
material
Directory of
Educational
Institutions

Directory of
National Contact
persons
Organizing
seminars and
symposiums by
REHVA

REGIONS
SUPPORTERS
COMMITTEE

EXTERNAL
RELATIONS
COMMITTEE

Services to
supporters

The European
Commission

New supporters

Other EU Bodies

Young Researchers
Award

Promoting the
development of
European HVAC
industry

Relationships with
other associations

Fellows

Tasks forces

AWARD
COMMITTEE
Announcement and
selection
Gold Medal
Professional Awards

Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations

Relationship with
other (non-HVAC)
organizations

COP
MEMBERSHIP
COMMITTEE
Services to
members
Relationships with
national
associations

SCANVAC

Daily Work under the Committees

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Technology and research

Publishing and marketing
Educational and Training
Supporters
Awards
External relations
Membership

Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations

REHVA Journal
Focus on European
HVAC technology, policy
and regulations
Six issues a year
Technical articles
Website www.rehva.eu
International editorial
board
Prof. Olli Seppnen,
Editor-in-Chief

Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations

REHVA Journal Editorial board

mixture of academics and practitioners
good European coverage

Francis Allard, France

Ahmet Arisoy, Turkey

Jan Aufderheijde, The Netherlands

Marianna Brodatch, Russia

Vincent Butala, Slovenia

Francesca R dAmbrosio, Italy

Ioan Silviu Dobosi, Romania

Andy Ford, UK

Signhild Gehlin, Sweden

Jaap Hogeling, The Netherlands

Karel Kabele, Czech Republic

Jarek Kurnitski, Estonia

Zoltan Magyar, Hungary

Eduardo Maldonado, Portugal
Livio Mazzarella, Italy
Birgit Mller, Germany
Natasa Nord, Norway
Renato Merati, Italy
Bjarne W. Olesen, Denmark
Branimir Pavkovic, Croatia
Dusan Petras, Slovakia
Olli Seppnen, Finland
Jerzy Sowa, Poland
Jose Tarodo, Spain
Branislav Todorovic, Serbia
Maija Virta, Finland

Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations

REHVA Newsletter
www.rehva.eu

Free subscription

Min six issues a year

Send material to info@rehva.eu

Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations

Bulletin to REHVA supporters

Six times a year
Focus on EU/EC
regulations
EPBD
Ecodesign
Funding
Events
Send material to info@rehva.eu
Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations

REHVA dictionary
REHVA multilingual HVAC dictionary
www.rehvadictionary.eu

12 000+ HVAC words

14 languages
Czech Danish Dutch English Finnish French
German Hungarian Italian Norwegian Polish
Portuguese Russian Slovenian Spanish
Swedish Turkish
Contacts: Jan Aufderheijde : ja@rehva.eu

Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations

REHVA Technical Guidebooks

Displacement Ventilation

Ventilation Effectiveness

Electrostatic Precipitators for Industrial Applications

Ventilation and smoking

Chilled Beam

Indoor Climate & Productivity

Low Temperature Heating and High Temperature Cooling

Cleanliness of Ventilation Systems

Hygiene Requirement

CFD in ventilation design

Air Filtration in HVAC Systems

Solar Shading

Indoor Environment and Energy Efficiency in Schools

Indoor Climate Quality Assessment

Energy Efficient Heating and Ventilation of Large Halls

HVAC in Sustainable Office Buildings - A bridge between owners and engineers

Design of energy efficient ventilation and air-conditioning systems

Legionellosis Prevention in Building Water and HVAC Systems

Mixing Ventilation

Advanced system design and operation of GEOTABS buildings

Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations

REHVA Guidebooks
20 Guidebooks

Available on www.rehva.eu or through National associations

Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations

Translation and printing of REHVA guidebooks

Displacement Ventilation: Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese,

Latvian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Turkish

Ventilation Effectiveness: Hungarian, Japanese, Latvian, Portuguese, Russian,

Slovenian

Chilled Beam: French, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovenian, Spanish,

Turkish

Indoor Climate & Productivity: Dutch, Italian, Japanese

Low Temperature Heating and High Temperature Cooling: Chinese, Finnish,

Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Slovenian, Turkish

Cleanliness of Ventilation Systems: German, Italian, Portuguese

Hygiene Requirement: Italian, Portuguese

CFD in ventilation design: Italian, Japanese

Air Filtration in HVAC Systems: Italian, Portuguese

Solar Shading: Finnish, French, Swedish, Portuguese

Indoor environment and energy efficiency in schools Part 1 principles: Italian,

Portuguese

Indoor climate quality assessment Evaluation of indoor thermal and indoor air
quality: Italian, French

HVAC in Sustainable Office Buildings A Bridge Between Owners and

Engineers: French

Design of Energy Efficient Ventilation and Air Conditioning Systems: Portuguese,

Turkish

Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations

REHVA participation in exhibitions

AHR Expo
Aqua- Therm Prague
Chillventa

ISH
ACREX

ISK Sodex
Light and Building
Mostra Convegno
Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations

REHVA Supporters

EU and EC information
Logos on website
Networking
Free REHVA Journal
Free set of guidebooks
Participation in REHVA
activities
Membership of reHVAClub
Dictionary
REHVA seminars
Supporters Benefit Programme
(Discounts)

Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations

REHVA Supporters

Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations

REHVA participation in European

Projects
BUILD UP Portal on implementation of Energy Performance
Buildings Directive and energy efficiency
iSERVcmb Database on energy use of air-conditioning
IDES-EDU Educational material to universities on energy efficiency
3ENCULT Efficient energy for EU cultural heritage
HealthVent Health-Based Ventilation Guidelines for Europe
NEZEH Nearly zero energy hotels

Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations

Co-operation

Eurovent/Eurovent certification

CEN TC 156 and TC 228

AIVC/INIVE = IEAs Air infiltration and

ventilation center

IIR International institute of refrigeration

ASHRAE

CCHVAC

ISHRAE

SHASE

Architects Council Europe (ACE)

IBPSA = International building

performance simulation association

Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations

REHVA contact information

Address:
Rue Washington 40
1050 Brussels
Belgium

www.rehva.eu
info@rehva.eu

Tel: +32 2 514 11 71

Fax: +32 2 512 90 62

Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations