This report deals with Indoor Air Quality (IAQ), thermal comfort and daylight requirements in Belgium (Brussels Region), Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Sweden and the UK (England and Wales) and focuses on the respective building codes for new and existing residential buildings.
A new publication was released in the framework of the International Energy Agency's Solar Heating and Cooling (SHC) Programme and the Energy in Buildings and Communities (EBC) Programme through the joint SHC Task 40/EBC Annex 52: “Towards net zero energy solar buildings”.
The report aims at assisting designers in optimally using simulation tools for Net ZEB design. It includes advanced modeling techniques as well as detailed case studies. In particular, it:
This report presents an overview of progress made by the International Energy Agency (IEA) Implementing Agreement on Energy in Buildings and Communities Programme, including summaries of new, ongoing and recently completed projects.
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. It provides high quality scientific reports and summary information for policy makers.
Submitted by Maria.Kapsalaki on Thu, 04/02/2015 - 09:29
This position paper gives a brief overview of opportunities and challenges for ventilative cooling solutions both:
To contribute to the 2020 objectives of the EU in the building sector with regard to energy savings and greenhouse gas emissions;
To contain the overheating risk, which is an increasing concern in low-energy buildings.
venticool partners believe policy makers and standard bodies should take steps together with the implementation of the EPBD recast to accelerate the uptake of this technology.
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