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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.

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  • 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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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

March 16-17, 2026
IEA EBC Annex 95: 4th Experts Meeting
This meeting will be online. The exact timing will be posted several months beforehand.

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March 23-25, 2026
IEA EBC Annex 93: 6th Workshop invitation, 23rd-25th March 2026 in Copenhagen, Denmark - Energy Resilience of the Buildings in Remote Cold Regions
It is our pleasure to invite you to the sixth in-person experts meeting of the project, that has been approved for the working phase by the IEA EBC Program Executive Committee as Annex 93 “Resil

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April 22-24, 2026
IEA EBC Annex 96: 2nd Expert Meeting
This is the second expert meeting of Annex 96 'Grid Integrated Control of Buildings', hosted by Politecnico di Torino.  It will be held in Turin. The Agenda is Day 1: Grid Inte

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April 23-24, 2026
IEA EBC Annex 97 / IEA Cities Task 5: Expert Meeting No. 01
Thursday, 23 April: Instituto de Ciencias de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS C\Serrano Galvache, 4 28033 Madrid Spain   Fr

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May 11-13, 2026
IEA EBC Annex 94: Hybrid Meeting - in person AND online
The aim of the workshop is to: To provide updates on all Sub Tasks  Learn more about the cutting edge of the international effort in our field through short-form presentations To plan f

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May 31-June 2, 2026
the 2nd International Symposium on Smart Materials for Built Environment Control (SMBEC 2026)

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Ongoing Projects

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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Annex
95
Human-centric Building Design and Operation for a Changing Climate
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Annex
94
Validation and Verification of In-situ Building Energy Performance Measurement Techniques
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