REHVA is the Federation of European Heating, Ventilating and Air-conditioning Associations. It represents 100 000 experts in building services engineering in 28 European countries. REHVA is the leading professional organization in Europe dedicated to the improvement of health, comfort and energy efficiency in all buildings and communities. It encourages the development and application of both energy conservation and renewable energy sources.
ISIAQ is an international, independent, multidisciplinary, scientific, non-profit organization whose purpose is to support the creation of healthy, comfortable and productive indoor environments. We strongly believe this is achievable by advancing the science and technology of indoor air quality and climate as it relates to indoor environmental design, construction, operation and maintenance, air quality measurement and health sciences.
The International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA), is a non-profit international society of building performance simulation researchers, developers and practitioners, dedicated to improving the built environment. IBPSA is founded to advance and promote the science of building performance simulation in order to improve the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of new and existing buildings worldwide.
The European Ventilation Industry Association (EVIA) represents 36 member companies and national associations across Europe, combining a turnover of over €7 billion and employing more than 45,000 people. EVIA serves as platform and point of contact between European decision-makers, scientists, and other relevant organisations involved in ventilation industry. The ventilation sector can bring a valuable contribution to the energy efficiency targets set by the EU as well as promoting a further harmonisation of national product approval processes towards common European standards.
ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is a global society advancing human well-being through sustainable technology for the built environment. The Society and its members focus on building systems, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, refrigeration and sustainability within the industry. Through research, standards writing, publishing and continuing education, ASHRAE shapes tomorrow’s built environment today.
The workshop was held in September 2014 in Uxbridge, UK with the main objective to present current work by the IEA EBC Annex 62, an international collaborative project on ventilative cooling.
Submitted by Maria.Kapsalaki on Fri, 10/24/2014 - 17:44
The climate indicators that are currently used in the building energy area, summations of degree-days, are not suitable for net-zero and low energy analysis, because they fail to characterize the building-climate interaction. This paper presents a new set of climate indicators that focuses on overall climate and building performance, as well as specific climate statistics that have a relevant impact in NZEB and passive buildings. The proposed framework is based on three interrelated energy performance indicators.
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