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    International Energy Agency's
    Energy in Buildings and
    Communities Programme

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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
EBC Strategic Plan 2019 - 2024

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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

April 12-13, 2023
IEA EBC Annex 82: 4th Working Meeting (by invitation)

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April 12-14, 2023
6th Working Meeting in Palermo
Registration form: LINK . Please complete registration by 10.03.2023.

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April 20-21, 2023
8th Expert Meeting (by invitation)

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May 22-23, 2023
Sixth Plenary Meeting
The Sixth EBC Annex 81 plenary will be over two days on May 22nd and 23rd.  In addition to the expert meetings, a Data Driven Smart Buildings Symposium will be held on 24th May Please cont

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May 24, 2023
Data Driven Smart Buildings Symposium
The Data-Driven Smart Buildings Symposium aims to provide a venue for national and international researchers, and practitioners in the field, to share their experience and learnings of data-driven

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June 9-10, 2023
IEA EBC Annex 79: 10th Expert Meeting
The 10th and final Annex 79 experts' meeting will take place in Aachen, Germany and immediately preceed the Health Builings Europe 2023 Conference.

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Ongoing Projects

Annex
88
Evaluation and Demonstration of Actual Energy Efficiency of Heat Pump Systems in Buildings
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Annex
87
Energy and Indoor Environmental Quality Performance of Personalised Environmental Control Systems
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Annex
86
Energy Efficient Indoor Air Quality Management in Residential Buildings
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Annex
85
Indirect Evaporative Cooling
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Annex
84
Demand Management of Buildings in Thermal Networks
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Annex
83
Positive Energy Districts
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