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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
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 15-16, 2021
IEA EBC Annex 80: 4th Expert Meeting

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April 19-21, 2021
IEA EBC Annex 79: 6th Expert meeting

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April 21-22, 2021
IEA EBC Annex 83: 2nd Working Meeting
CET Day 1: Wednesday April 21st Annex plenary session and parallel sessions    

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May 10-12, 2021
IEA EBC Annex 84: 2nd Preparation Meeting
IEA EBC Annex 84: 2nd Preparation Meeting May 10-12, 2021 Online The second preparatory meeting aims to finilized the workplan of Annex 84. The meeting will inlclude presentation sessio

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May 11, 2021
IEA EBC Annex 74: 7th Annex meeting

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May 17-19, 2021
IEA EBC Annex 72: 9th expert meeting

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Ongoing Projects

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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Annex
82
Energy Flexible Buildings Towards Resilient Low Carbon Energy Systems
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Annex
81
Data-Driven Smart Buildings
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