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    International Energy Agency's
    Energy in Buildings and
    Communities Programme

What we do

The IEA-EBC Programme is an international energy research and innovation programme in the buildings and communities field. It enables collaborative R&D projects among its 26 member countries.

We provide

  • High quality scientific reports
  • Summary information for policy makers

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High Priority Research Themes

  • Refurbishment of existing buildings: Finance, stakeholders and co-benefits
  • Planning, construction and management process reducing the performance gap
  • Low tech, robust and affordable technology
  • Energy efficient cooling in hot and humid, or dry climates
  • Holistic solution sets on a district level
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EBC Annual Report 2025

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The Annual Report provides an overview of progress made by the EBC Programme, including summaries of new, ongoing and recently completed projects.

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Upcoming Meetings

October 28, 2026
Sustainable Cooling in Cities Seminar Series No. 10
From Heat to Multi-Hazard: Performance-Based Methods for Resilient Design Simona Bianchi TU Delft   Abstract As climate-induced hazards intensify, the built environment requires re

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October 28-29, 2026
IEA EBC Annex 94: 3rd Working Meeting - in person AND online

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October 28-30, 2026
Expert Meeting 02

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November 11, 2026
Sustainable Cooling in Cities Seminar Series No. 11
Uncovering urban microclimate with citizen sensors Rohan Agrawal & Jesus Lizana University of Oxford   Abstract Citizen weather stations (CWS) are creating new possibilitie

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April 14-16, 2027
Expert Meeting 03

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Ongoing Projects

Annex
101
Impacts of Residential Building Decarbonization on IEQ
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Annex
100
Data Center Cooling and Waste Heat Recovery
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Annex
99
Air Cleaning for Sustainable and Resilient Buildings
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Annex
98
Flexibilization and Optimization of Heat Pump Systems in Existing Buildings through Secondary-Side Digitalization
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Annex
97
Sustainable Cooling in Cities
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Annex
96
Grid Integrated Control of Buildings
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