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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 latest news about EBC can be sent directly to your inbox by signing up for our email circulation list. Read more in the April 2021 edition.

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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

September 17, 2021
Workshop of PED initiatives on preliminary results: Towards a European PED definition
The workshop aims to discuss preliminary results of the alignment core group on PED definition and integrated approach and also discuss further PED definition process.

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September 23-24, 2021
IEA Annex 83: 3rd Working Meeting
More information will come closer to the meeting.

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September 27-October 1, 2021
Third Plenary
The third Annex#81 plenary will be conducted over the last week of September, in a series of one to two hour online meetings that aim to achieve more in-depth engagement (along lines that more clos

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September 30-October 1, 2021
IEA EBC Annex 79: 7th Expert meeting
This meeting will be 100% online, but follow daytime hours in the Pacific Time Zone. Registration link and agenda: https://wsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eG73FKgoScIMkey

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October 12, 2021
Low-Carbon, Positive Energy Resilient Communities Webinar
CAE Roadmap to Resilient Ultra-Low Energy Built Environment with Deep Integration of Renewables in 2050 Please register in advance for this meeting. 10:55– 11:00

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October 27-30, 2021
IEA EBC Annex 72: 10th 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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