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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

October 10, 2023
IEA EBC Annex 75 Webinar | Building Renovation at District Level: Combining Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Sources
In response to the need to accelerate the decarbonisation of the building sector, Annex 75 demonstrated that several techno-economic district renovation solutions exist. However, this is particular

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October 19-20, 2023
1st Expert Meeting
BRIEF AGENDA: Day 1 (19.10.2023) 09:00 – Warm welcome and introduction 17:00 – End of Day 1 18:30 – Dinner Day 2 (20.10.2023) 09:00 – Start of Day 2 15:00 &

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November 14, 2023
Annex81 Workshop on Smart Building-to-Grid Services and Applications
The Annex81 Workshop on Smart Building-to-Grid Services and Applications brings together researchers and industry practitioners to explore the development and advancement of data-driven methods for

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November 17, 2023
Seventh plenary meeting
The seventh IEA EBC Annex 81 meeting will be held directly after the BuildSys 2023 Conference in Istanbul, Turkey

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Ongoing Projects

Annex
91
Open BIM for Energy Efficient Buildings
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Annex
90
EBC Annex 90 / SHC Task 70 Low Carbon, High Comfort Integrated Lighting
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Annex
89
Ways to Implement Net-zero Whole Life Carbon Buildings
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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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