BRUSSELS, Belgium, 17 August 2023:Eurovent said its Product Group – Residential Air Handling Units expanded its scope and re-elected Xavier Boulanger of ALDES and Jaroslav Chlup of 2VV as its Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson for the next term during their last meeting.

Making the announcement through a Press release, Eurovent stated that the Product Group has also changed its name from PG-RAHU to PG-RVS (Residential Ventilation System) during the meeting held on  May 17. The approach, Eurovent said, is in line with their aim to extend the scope of the Product Group to include components of, such as ducts, IAQ sensors, VAV valves, and UVUs. Eurovent futher said that the group also conducted its Chairperson elections during the meeting, unanimously re-electing Boulanger and  Chlup to their positions. Boulanger will be serving his third term as the Chairperson, while Chlup continues his Vice-Chairperson role for the seventh consecutive year, having initially been elected in September 2016, Eurovent said.

Jaroslav Chlup and Xavier Boulanger

Commenting on the occasion, Boulanger said: “It is an honour for me to be re-elected as the group Chairperson and to have its participants bestow their trust on me once again. The members of PG-RVS decided to expand the scope of the Product Group to include system components and UVUs, and to change its name from PG-RAHU to PG-RVS.” With so much at stake in the circular economy, it is our responsibility to ensure that any measures are harmonised across the European Union and do not lead to the creation of trade barriers between different Member States through the one-off national circular economy and sustainability measures.”

Boulanger further said it is important for the residential ventilation group to lobby for a higher penetration rate for ventilation by acting on European directives, such as the EPBD and to help communicate the IAQ performance of products and their direct or induced thermal performance. This group, he added, is also a forum for discussions that should help to develop both new testing methods and guidelines to ensure that suitable ventilation systems are used in buildings so that both air quality and thermal performance can be verified.

Chlup said: “With PG-RVS, I am looking forward to a broader and more comprehensive Product Group addressing the entire ventilation system, encompassing all components, with the residential ventilation unit at its core. I believe that our work in the future will contribute to better and clearer legislation and standardisation in our area.”

Eurovent said PG-RVS would cover residential ventilation units (bidirectional and unidirectional) and elements of residential ventilation systems (ductwork, IAQ sensors, VAV valves) and deal with the ventilation units themselves and their components such as air filters, energy recovery components and fans. The group’s main tasks, Eurovent added, are advocacy on European and national legislation, EN, ISO and Eurovent standardisation development.