Building Energy Efficiency and Indoor Air Quality – Building Energy Codes, Data Utilization for Improving Energy Efficiency, and Air Cleaning

Presentations & Speakers

• Policies for Building Energy Conservation of Residential and Non-residential Buildings in Japan by Mr Takashi Imamura (Counsellor, Housing Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism, Japan)
• EBC Working Group on Building Energy Codes by Mr David Nemtzow (Working Group Leader and EBC Executive Committee Member for USA)
• Analysis of Real Building Energy Use at Scale, Building Energy Epidemiology (EBC Annex 70) 
  • Energy Epidemiology: A New Best Practice Building Energy Model Report Guideline by Dr Ian Hamilton (Operating Agent, UK)
  • Data Collection and Use in Japan - EBC Annex 70 by Prof Hiroto Takaguchi (Annex participant, Japan) 
• Supplementing Ventilation with Gas-phase Air Cleaning (EBC Annex 78)
  • Supplementing Ventilation with Gas-phase Air Cleaning (EBC Annex 78) by Prof Bjarne Olesen (Operating Agent, Denmark) 
  • Test method for measuring perceived IAQ for use in testing the performance of gas phase air cleaning products by Prof Shin-ichi Tanabe (Annex participant, Japan) 
• Data Driven Smart Buildings (EBC Annex 81) 
  • Data Driven Smart Buildings (EBC Annex 81) by Dr Stephen White (Operating Agent, Australia)
  • Data Driven Smart Buildings (EBC Annex 81) – Japan’s activities and challenges by Prof Yasunori Akashi (Annex participant, Japan)

More information on this event, including the slides of the presentations, can be found here.