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Favorite Outcome of the SYMPOSIUM, that took place 10-11 April 2019 in Bilbao, Spain

The Building as the Cornerstone of our Future Energy Infrastructure – The importance of dynamic and real data for reliable assessment.

As an introduction to this symposium (Intro, Seven Topics) it is recommended to read the announcement document. The presentations from the invited experts can be downloaded from the agenda below.

Symposium agenda

Wednesday 10 April 2019

13:00 Welcome and introduction; Aitor Erkoreka – UPV/EHU, ES 

13:15 Introduction to IEA-EBC Annex 71; Staf Roels – KU Leuven, BE

13:30 The building as cornerstone of our future energy infrastructure; how do we know their value in terms of performance? – Richard Fitton, University of Salford, UK

14:20 Renovation projects for buildings and cities (EPBD, EED); Gema Hernández Moral, Estefanía Vallejo Ortega- CARTIF, ES

15:10 Coffee break

15:40 A dynamic model for district-scale building demand simulation; CityGML); Volker Coors, Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart, DE

16:30 The EPBD and energy related standards – CEN/ISO; Jaap Hogeling – EPB Centre, NL

17:20 Summary of day 1

17:30 End of day

Thursday 11 April

09:00 Documentation of performance gaps and energy flexible buildings (Annex 67); Søren Østergaard Jensen – DTI, DK

09:50 Renewable energy integration (Danish CITIES project); Henrik Madsen – DTU, DK

10:40 Coffee break

11:10 Towards Monitoring of Mobility Energy with Distributed Sensing and Edge Computing – Nicola Ferrier, Argonne National Laboratory, USA

12:00 Panel discussion – IEA-EBC Annex 71 Task-leaders with invited experts

12:50 Conclusion

13:00 End of the Symposium.

Favorite Symposium Conclusion

DYNASTEE took the initiative to organise a symposium, following the 6th Expert meeting of IEA EBC Annex 71 at the University of the Basque Country in Bilbao. The aim of the symposium was to discuss the future role of the building stock in a changing society facing the climate challenges for companies, governments, researchers and most importantly, the citizen. Seven international renowned experts were invited to present their view on the energy transition and the development of an energy infrastructure integrating information and communication technologies and renewable energies in the building stock. The outcome of the successful symposium, including the presentations … read further

Favorite DYNASTEE newsletter issue 2019/13 now available

The thirteenth issue of the DYNASTEE newsletter is now available for download.

Contents include:

  • Foreword
  • Announcement of the Summer School 2019
  • Time Series Analysis – with a focus on modelling and forecasting in energy systems
  • The Building as the Cornerstone of our Future Energy Infrastructure – The importance of dynamic and real data for reliable assessment
  • Thermporal: A Temporal Thermography System for Residential Energy Auditing
  • 12th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics
  • About DYNASTEE

Favorite Summer School 2019 | Dynamic Methods for whole Building Energy Assessment | 9 – 20 SEPTEMBER 2019, Granada, Spain

After 7 very successful editions of the Summer School on “Dynamic methods for whole building energy assessment” the organisers have decided to offer, in collaboration with the University of Granada, a two-weeks doctoral course that focuses more on pragmatic application of dynamic calculation techniques, meaning that the analysis of building energy data is of high importance and can give potentially high value information to utility and end-user. The focus will be on increased complexity, presenting different approaches and application to benchmark data. Read the full text of the Announcement, the Introduction to the summer school as well as more information about the lectures.

The cost for the two-weeks Summer School is 475 Euro. In case that the participant decides to follow the course for one week, either Level 1 or Level 2, the cost is 290 Euro. Participants should do a pre-registration by sending a notification to Marta Ruiz, e-mail: mruiz.serviciosexternos@psa.es

Deadline for submission is July 25th 2019

Upon pre-registration further information will be sent about accommodation and participation fee payment procedure.

Favorite DYNASTEE newsletter issue 2019/12 now available

The twelfth issue of the DYNASTEE newsletter is now available for download.

Contents include:

  • Foreword
  • Using UAV-based RGB and thermography images to generate simulation input about envelope geometry and U-values
  • Estimating occupancy heat gains from CO2 measurements
  • Pulse Regulation: The Journey Towards Introducing a New Testing Method
  • Data-Driven Retrofit
  • About DYNASTEE

Favorite SYMPOSIUM: “The Building as the Cornerstone of our Future Energy Infrastructure – The importance of dynamic and real data for reliable assessment”, 10-11 April 2019, Bilbao, Spain

In the transition towards a new energy system, based on minimal carbon use and circular economy principles, the building is the cornerstone of the future energy infrastructure. Energy use in  European buildings is still around 40 % of the total final energy use. Decarbonisation of power and heat are high on the agenda of EU Member States. Present initiatives by governments for a proper energy transition …. read further.

Detailed agenda:

Wednesday 10 April 2019

13:00 Welcome and introduction; Aitor Erkoreka – UPV/EHU, ES

13:15 Introduction to IEA-EBC Annex 71; Staf Roels – KU Leuven, BE

13:30 Measurement for validation (in-situ and real data); Richard Fitton Salford University, UK

14:20 Renovation projects for buildings and cities (EPBD, EED); César Valmaseda – CARTIF, ES

15:10 Coffee break

15:40 The urban dimension (from building to city modelling; CityGML); Volker Coors, University of Stuttgart, DE

16:30 The EPBD and energy related standards – CEN/ISO; Jaap Hogeling – EPB Centre, NL

17:20 Summary of day 1

17:30 End of day 1

Thursday 11 April

09:00 Documentation of performance gaps and energy flexible buildings (Annex 67); Søren Østergaard Jensen – DTI, DK

09:50 Renewable energy integration (Danish CITIES project); Henrik Madsen – DTU, DK

10:40 Coffee break

11:10 Electric vehicles integration  (electrical storage); Pete Beckman – Argonne National Laboratory, USA

12:00 Panel discussion – IEA-EBC Annex 71 Task-leaders with invited experts

12:50 Conclusion

13:00 End of the Symposium.

During a final panel discussion, these topics will be discussed with IEA – EBC Annex 71.

The Symposium is organized around seven topics introduced in a separate article available here.

The symposium runs from Wednesday noon till Thursday noon. It is organised in the frame of the IEA-EBC Annex 71 6th Expert meeting, 8-11 April 2019 in Bilbao.

To register online please click here. For further information download the symposium registration form and information brochure or contact  www.dynastee.info

 

Favorite 16 November, 2018 | IEA EBC Annex 74 Workshop: “Solar Decathlon Building Simulation and Monitoring – Status and Perspectives”

IEA EBC Annex 74 “Competition & Living Lab Platform” is organizing its 1st Open Thematic Workshop: “Solar Decathlon Building Simulation and Monitoring – Status and Perspectives”. It will be held on Friday November 16th 2018 in the Conference Tent of the SDME Solar Haii, Dubai.

The workshop will start with a reflection on methods applied for building simulation and monitoring in the past and current Solar Decathlons. The lectures and discussions aim to identify evolutions for future editions.

Registration is free and open until November 10th, 2018.

Further information (agenda, registration, etc.) is available here.

Favorite DYNASTEE newsletter issue 2018/11 now available

The eleventh issue of the DYNASTEE newsletter is now available for download.

Contents include:

  • Foreword
  • Outcome of the Summer School 2018
  • Announcement of a whole model empirical validation dataset on a full-scale building including building service equipment and synthetic users
  • A matched pair of test houses with synthetic occupants to investigate summertime overheating in dwellings
  • Smart Meter Laboratory in Joule House

Favorite Outcome of the Summer School 2018

Outcome of the 7th Summer School on “Dynamic methods for whole building energy assessment” organised by the INIVE-DYNASTEE and PSA-CIEMAT in collaboration with CIESOL (Joint Centre University of Almeria-CIEMAT dedicated to research in Solar Energy and its applications), in Almería, Spain. The focus has been more on pragmatic application of developed dynamic calculation techniques to support the analysis of building energy data that is of high importance and can give potentially high value information to utilities and end-users. The focus this time has been on increased complexity and variability, and several approaches have been applied to benchmark data.

A follow-up Summer School has been discussed which may take place in Summer 2019 again in Spain. Follow our organisational progress at the DYNASTEE web-site

Further reading…

 

Favorite Outcome of the Dynastee Workshop of 11 April 2018.

With over 80 participants, the workshop on Building energy performance assessment and quality assurance based on in-situ measurements that took place on Wednesday 11 April 2018 has become a great success. The aim of the workshop was to bring closer together on this topic, research from IEA-EBC Annex 71 and standard writers from CEN TC89-WG13. People from industry, research and academic participated to lively discussions during both sessions on the topic of in-situ measurements and assurance of quality. All six presentations can be downloaded from the agenda below.

Welcome to the workshop – Luk Vandaele (DYNASTEE)

Annex 71: Status of the project IEA project Annex 71 after the expert meeting – Staf Roels (KULeuven, Operating Agent Annex 71)

Session 1 – Assessment and assurance of energy consumption in the building sector

  • Standards dealing with quality aspects for in-situ measurement of the energy performance – Richard Fitton (Salford University and CEN TC 89 WG 13)
  • Panel discussion with Ross Holleron (Knauf Insulation) and Guillaume Pandraud (Isover Saint-Gobain) moderated by Hans Bloem (DYNASTEE, JRC)
  • Questions and views from the audience

Session 2 – On site measurements in the context of the regulatory assessment of the energy performance of new buildings

  • What are challenges and opportunities when using measured consumption (and indoor climate data) for compliance checks in EPBD context? – Peter Wouters (BBRI, INIVE)
  • Energy performance assessment of buildings using measurements: experience from smart meter data analysis – Eline Himpe (Ghent University)
  • Role play on enforcement aspects in case of non-compliance – Peter Wouters
  • Questions and views from the audience

Closing session– conclusions by Staf Roels and Liesje Van Gelder (BCCA)