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IEA Energy Conservation in Buildings & Community Systems Programme – Update ECES Executive Committee Meeting, 15 th May 2012. ECBCS Mission.
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IEA Energy Conservation in Buildings & Community Systems Programme – Update ECES Executive Committee Meeting, 15th May 2012
ECBCS Mission … to facilitate and accelerate the introduction of energy conservation and environmentally sustainabletechnologies into healthy buildings and community systems, through innovation and research in decision-making, building products and systems, and commercialization
Participating Countries • Germany • Greece • Ireland (new in 2011) • Italy • Japan • Republic of Korea • Netherlands • New Zealand • Norway • Poland • Portugal • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland • Turkey • UK • USA • Australia • Austria • Belgium • Canada • P.R. China • Czech Republic • Denmark • Finland • France
Developments in 2011 (1) Closed projects: • Annex 44: Integrating Environmentally Responsive Elements in Buildings • Annex 48: Heat Pumping and Reversible Air Conditioning • Annex 50: Prefabricated Systems for Low Energy Renovation of Residential Buildings
Developments in 2011 (2) Approved projects: • Annex 57: Evaluating the Overall CO2 Emissions due to Buildings and the Building Construction Industry • Annex 58: Reliable Building Energy Performance Characterisation Based on Full Scale Dynamic Measurements • Annex 59: Minimizing Temperature Differences in HVAC Systems for High Energy Efficiency in Buildings
Recent Publications (1) • Annex 48: Heat Pumping and Reversible Air Conditioning “Analysis of Building Heating and Cooling Demands in the Purpose of Assessing the Reversibility and Heat Recovery Potentials” “Review of Heat Recovery and Heat Pumping Solutions” “Simulation tools: Reference Book” “Design Handbook for Reversible Heat Pump Systems with and without Heat Recovery” “Overview of Cases Studies and Demonstrations of Heat Pump Systems for Tertiary Buildings”
Recent Publications (2) • Annex 44: Integrating Environmentally Responsive Elements in Buildings“Designing with Responsive Building Elements” • Annex 49: Low exergy systems for high-performance buildings and communities“Exergy Assessment Guidebook for the Built Environment”
Recent Publications (3) • Annex 50: Prefabricated Systems for Low Energy Renovation of Residential Buildings“Retrofit Strategies Design Guide - Advanced Retrofit Strategies and 10 Steps to a Prefab Module”“Retrofit Simulation Report”“Retrofit Module Design Guide”“Building Renovation Case Studies”“Retrofit Advisor” (electronic tool)
Annex Proposals & Concepts Under Consideration • Full Proposal: Development & Demonstration of Financial & Technical Concepts for Deep Energy Retrofits of Government / Public Buildings & Building Clusters • Full Proposal: New Generation Computational Tools for Building & Community Energy Systems Based on the Modelica & Functional Mockup Unit Standards • Full Proposal: Advanced Lighting Solutions for Retrofitting Buildings, Joint SHC / ECBCS Task / Annex • Project Concept: Ventilative Cooling
ECBCS Executive Committee Support & Services Unit (ESSU) • Website – www.ecbcs.org • Newsletter • Annual Report • Project Factsheets • Secretariat support • Coordination with IEA activities • Coordination with other activities T: +44 121 262 1920 E: essu@ecbcs.org W: www.ecbcs.org
ECBCS Newsletter • Published and freely available on the ECBCS website and in print • Approximately 1500 downloads each month from website • Circulation of printed edition:1500 copies • Published twice every year in June and December
ECBCS Annual Report & Factsheets • Available on the ECBCS website
ECBCS Executive Committee Future Meeting Locations • Spain: 13th - 15th June 2012 • Switzerland: 14th – 16th November 2012 • Italy (joint with SHC): 12th - 14th June 2013 • (Location to be confirmed): 13th – 15th November 2013