ASHRAE calls for IEQ25 papers

ASHRAE is calling for papers for the IEQ (Indoor Environmental Quality) 2025 Conference, which will take place in Montreal, Canada from September 24–26, 2025.

Organised by ASHRAE and AIVC, the conference will expand on the research and discussions of the former ASHRAE indoor air quality (IAQ) conference series that began in 1986. The theme of the conference is “Rising to New Challenges: Connecting IEQ to a Sustainable Future”, and will explore how occupants respond to various indoor environmental factors while enhancing resilience in the face of a changing climate.

Conference co-chair, Ian Walker, says incorporating sustainability into building design and operation is a key goal for ASHRAE and the broader buildings community.

“This conference will focus on the relationships between IEQ and sustainability, offering a platform for industry-leading researchers and practitioners to share their knowledge and solutions for address sustainability challenges,” he says.

The conference steering committee seeks papers on the following topics:

• Performance metrics: For all aspects of IEQ
• Occupant behaviour: How behaviour impacts IEQ and how IEQ impacts behaviour (psychological dimensions of IEQ)
• Smart sensors, data and controls: Sensor properties, data management, cybersecurity, applications, commissioning, equivalence
• Resilience and IEQ: Responding to climate change and disasters
• Ventilation: Mechanical, passive, natural and hybrid systems
• Air tightness: Trends, methods and impacts
• Thermal comfort: Dynamic approaches, health impacts and trends
• Policy and standards: Trends, impacts, implications
• HVAC and IEQ in a post-COVID world
• Ventilation and building decarbonisation.

Co-chair Jennifer Isenbeck says the conference will provide a collaborative framework to showcase advanced technologies, materials selection, and their integration into building designs and retrofits.

“One aspect of IEQ in the built environment is to raise awareness of resilience without incurring resource penalties in our dynamic world,” she says.

Authors can submit either a short abstract for a conference paper (eight-page manuscript) or an extended abstract (three-page manuscript). Short submissions are due by November 11, 2024. For more information, click here.