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Below are the email updates sent to all Annex 70 list members.

Fall Update 2019

News and updates:

Annex 70 is now in its last quarter of the final operating year and the team are focused on completing the different activities of the Subtask, described below.

The group held their second meeting of 2019 at Cork, hosted by the International Energy Research Centre (IERC), where we discussed the completion of the different activities and the preparation for the final upcoming workshop.

The next Annex 70 workshop will be held 7-8 November at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) in Cologne, Germany (details below), where the team will come together to share outputs and organize for the coming months.

For those who this is your first Newsletter, Welcome! This newsletter and previous ones can be found on our Annex 70 website News section, along with details on the Annex tasks and partners.

Annex Operation

A brief update on the Subtasks.

Subtask A:

  • We have completed the analysis of our global survey on the Energy and Buildings Stock Data Uses and Needs, which contained responses from over 600 individuals across 18 countries. Our findings will be summarized in upcoming publications.
  • However, some initial insights are:
    • A quarter of respondents also agreed with having registered or unregistered access to high-frequency data.
    • Most respondents agreed with having access to high-frequency data, but that it should be restricted and historic;
    • Most respondents identified energy performance, occupant behaviour/uses of buildings, and retrofit cost data as the most needed but not accessible information.
  • The survey will remain open until the end of the year. To participate in the survey or to share with your colleagues, please follow and share the links below:
  • Case studies on the uses of energy and building stock data are being finalized and will be made available following the Cologne workshop.  These include: community energy plans, regional geographic web tools, longitudinal studies, and data hackathons.

Subtask B:

  • The Energy and Buildings Stock Data Registry now has over 1300 dataset registered within the online system, and is the largest registry of energy and building data in the world. The majority of the datasets are open access from a cross the Annex 70 partner countries.
  • Country data pages with ‘top datasets’ are also being created to ensure the most important energy and building datasets are identified.
  • Partners are continuing to work on a number of best practice guides for the collection of different forms of building stock data.

Subtask C:

  • The Energy and Buildings Stock Model Registry is complete and holds close to two dozen models from across the globe.
  • The model classification is in the process of being finalized for publication and wider use across the community.
  • Uncertainty and sensitivity testing of energy building stock models is well underway for a range of model types (urban, national, deterministic, etc). These outputs are being used to create guidance on best practices around undertaking tests and will be aligned with the model reporting guides that are in development;
  • The partners are also working on a best practice guides for model reporting, which we anticipate will improve how modellers can present their work.

Publications

  • Camarasa et al. Diffusion of energy efficiency technologies in European residential buildings: A bibliometric analysis. Access here.
    Brogger et al. A hybrid modelling method for improving estimates of the average energy-saving potential of a building stock. Access here.
    Mansson et al. Analysis of door openings of refrigerated display cabinets in an operational supermarket. Access here.
    Gupta et al. Meta-analysis of summertime indoor temperatures in new-build, retrofitted, and existing UK dwellings. Access here.
    Symonds et al. Home energy efficiency and radon: An observational study. Access here.
    Chambers & Oreszczyn. Deconstruct: A scalable method of as-built heat power loss coefficient inference for UK dwellings using smart meter data. Access here.
    von Platten et al. The renewing of Energy Performance Certificates—Reaching comparability between decade-apart energy records. Access here.
    Fiorentini et al. Development of an enthalpy-based index to assess climatic potential for ventilative cooling of buildings: An Australian example. Access here.
    Osterbring et al. Explorative life-cycle assessment of renovating existing urban housing-stocks. Access here.

Partner News:

  • Annex 70 participants were on hand at the Sustainable Built Environment (SBE) Conference in Tokyo, 6-7 August, to present the outputs of the Annex 70.
  • Some recent news from Norway on energy stock transition: here, here, and here.
  • Learn about the UK-India project, iNumber, that is looking to help cities reduce their energy demand and improve their electricity and water. Here.

Going Forward:

We are about a month and half away from the third annual Annex 70 workshop, which will held in Cologne, Germany.

  • When: 09:00 to 17:00, 7-8 November 2019
  • Where: DLR, Cologne, Germany
  • What: Workshop will offer ongoing collaboration and presentation opportunities for active Annex 70 participants.
  • How: Annex 70 partners can sign up here.

Final notes:

As ever, please feel free to forward this email to anyone wanting to sign up here.

 

Spring Update 2019

News and updates:

Update Annex 70 is now in its final operating year and the team are focused on completing the different activities of the Subtask, described below.

The group held their first meeting of 2019 at TU Delft where we discussed the completion of the different activities and the preparation for the upcoming workshop being hosted by the International Energy Research Centre (IERC) in Cork, Ireland. Prior to the workshop, the IERC will also be holding ENERCONF – Building and Energy Data, Modelling, and Software Conference, which will present Annex 70 and Irish project findings to the wider community.

The next Annex 70 workshop will be held in Cork, in mid-June this year (details below) where the team will come together to share outputs and organize for the coming months.

If you haven’t already seen our video on Energy Epidemiology, watch here.

For those who this is your first Newsletter, Welcome! This newsletter and previous ones can be found on our Annex 70 website News section, along with details on the Annex tasks and partners.

Annex Operation

A brief update on the Subtasks.

Subtask A:

  • We are analyzing the results of our global survey on the Energy and Buildings Stock Data Uses and Needs and we will be presenting preliminary results at the IERC workshop;
  • To participate in the surveyor to share with your colleagues, please follow and share the links below:
  • International (English): https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Annex70Survey
  • USA (English): https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Annex70SurveyUSA
  • Case studies are being developed for different energy and building stock data use cases, including community energy plans, regional geographic web tools, longitudinal studies, and data hackathons.

Subtask B:

  • The Energy and Buildings Stock Data Registry is being populated and will contain details on the many energy and building datasets from the Annex 70 partner countries. We will be demonstrating the site at the workshop in cork and busy entering more datasets for the launch towards the end of this year;
  • Partners are continuing to work on a number of best practice guides for the collection of different forms of building stock data.

Subtask C:

  • The Energy and Buildings Stock Model Registry is being populated with models from across the globe and will will compliment the data registry within an interconnected platform on energy and building stock data and models. As we go forward, more models will be registered and described.
  • Partners are continuing their work on devising tests for different ways of testing and reporting model uncertainty and sensitivity for a range of model types (urban, national, deterministic, etc) and will present initial results in Cork;
  • The partners are also working on a best practice guides for model reporting, which we anticipate will improve how modellers can present their work.

Publications

  • Burillo, D., Chester, M. V., Pincetl, S., Fournier, E.D., Reyna, J., 2019. Forecasting peak electricity demand for Los Angeles considering higher air temperatures due to climate change. Appl. Energy 236, 1–9. Access here.
  • van den Brom, P., Meijer, A., Visscher, H., 2019. Actual energy saving effects of thermal renovations in dwellings—longitudinal data analysis including building and occupant characteristics. Energy Build. 182, 251–263. Access Here.
  • Ebrahimigharehbaghi, S., Qian, Q.K., Meijer, F.M., Visscher, H.J., 2019. Unravelling Dutch homeowners’ behaviour towards energy efficiency renovations: What drives and hinders their decision-making? Energy Policy 129, 546–561. Access Here.
  • Hong, S., Mylona, A., Davies, H., Ruyssevelt, P., Mumovic, D., 2019. Assessing the trends of energy use of public non-domestic buildings in England and Wales. Build. Serv. Eng. Res. Technol. 40, 176–197. Access Here.
  • Kim, D.W., Kim, Y.M., Lee, S.E., 2019. Development of an energy benchmarking database based on cost-effective energy performance indicators: Case study on public buildings in South Korea. Energy Build. 191, 104–116. Access Here.
  • Jaffar, B., Oreszczyn, T., Raslan, R., 2019. Empirical and modelled energy performance in Kuwaiti villas: Understanding the social and physical factors that influence energy use. Energy Build. 188–189, 252–268. Access Here.
  • Fournier, E.D., Federico, F., Porse, E., Pincetl, S., 2019. Effects of building size growth on residential energy efficiency and conservation in California. Appl. Energy 240, 446–452. Access Here.
  • Mata, É., Wanemark, J., Nik, V.M., Sasic Kalagasidis, A., 2019. Economic feasibility of building retrofitting mitigation potentials: Climate change uncertainties for Swedish cities. Appl. Energy 242, 1022–1035. Access Here.
  • Sandberg H, Næss S, Gustavsen A, Andresen I, Brattebø H, 2019. Energy analysis for the building stock in Oslo. Scenario analysis of energy use and greenhouse gas emissions 2009-2040. NTNU. Access Here.
  • Ronneseth, O., Holck Sandberg, N., Sartori, I., 2019. Is It Possible to Supply Norwegian Apartment Blocks with 4th Generation District Heating? Energies 12(5) 941. Access Here.
  • Gupta, R., Bruce-Konuah, A., Howard, A., 2019. Achieving energy resilience through smart storage electricity at dwelling and community level. Energy Build 195, 1-15. Access Here.

Partner News:

The Sustainable Built Environment 2019 Conference (https://www.sbe19tokyo.org) will be held in Tokyo, Japan from 6-7 August 2019. Annex 70 and our members are presenting a special session during the conference.

Dr. Stephanie Pincetl was awarded the American Association of Geographers’ Meredith F. Burrill Award for the Energy Atlas. This award honors work of exceptional merit and quality that lies at or near the intersection of basic research in geography on the one hand, and practical applications or policy implications on the other. The purpose of the award is to stimulate and reward talented individuals and groups whose accomplishments parallel the intellectual traditions Meredith F. Burrill pursued as a geographer, especially those concerned with fundamental geographical concepts and their practical applications, especially as relevant to local, national, and international policy arenas.

Forthcoming book on the LA County Energy Atlas. UCLA is under contract with Palgrave MacMillan, London, to write a book about the Energy Atlas. We are to finish writing it by April 2020, with publication later that year. Citation will be: Pincetl, S., Federico, F., Fournier, E.D., Porse, E., Gustafson, H., Cheng, D. Understanding Urban Energy Use – Data for Transitions to Sustainability.

Going Forward:

We are about a month away from the second annual Annex 70 workshop, which will held in Cork, Ireland.

  • When: 09:00 to 17:00, 20-21 June 2019
  • Where: IERC, Cork, Ireland
  • What: Workshop will offer ongoing collaboration and presentation opportunities for active Annex 70 participants.
  • How: Annex 70 partners can sign up here.

Final notes:

As ever, please feel free to forward this email to anyone wanting to sign up here.

 

Fall Update 2018

News and updates:

Annex 70 is now midway through its operating phase and the team have been busy working on a variety of activities that are now entering into their pre-launch phase, which are detailed below. The next Annex 70 workshop will be held in Washington, DC in mid-November this year (details below) where the team will come together to share outputs and organize for the coming months.

Still wondering what Energy Epidemiology is? UCL Energy Institute has put together a video here that explains the concept.

For those who this is your first Newsletter, Welcome! This newsletter and previous ones can be found on our Annex 70 website News section, along with details on the Annex tasks and partners.

Annex Operation – A brief update on the Subtasks:

Subtask A:

  • Results of the of Energy and Buildings Stock Data Uses and Needs Survey are returning for a number of countries (Austria, Australia, Canada, China, Germany, the UK, and USA) and will be disseminated shortly for the other partners.
  • To participate in the surveyor to share with your colleagues, please follow and share the links below:
    International (English): https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Annex70Survey
    USA (English): https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Annex70SurveyUSA

Subtask B:

  • The Energy and Buildings Stock Data Registry is currently in its beta version and the Annex 70 partners are busy entering the underlying datasets for the registry. We anticipate launching the site towards the end of this year.
  • Partners are also working on a number of best practice guides for the collection of different forms of building stock data, including remote sensing and smart meter data.

Subtask C:

  • The Energy and Buildings Stock Model Registry is also entering the beta phase, which will compliment the data registry and provide an interconnected platform on energy and building stock data and models.
  • Partners are also working on a number of best practice guides for model reporting and uncertainty and sensitivity testing.

Publications:

Below are links to a number of recent publications from Annex 70 partners and colleagues:

  • Effectiveness of energy renovations: a reassessment based on actual consumption savings (2018). Filippidou, Nieboer, Visscher – Open Access.
  • Neighbourhood Building Stock Model for Long-Term Dynamic Analyses of Energy Demand and GHG Emissions (2018). Research Centre on Zero Emission Neighbourhoods in Smart Cities – Naess, Sandberg, Nord et al – Open Access.
  • Synthetic building stocks as a way to assess the energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions of national building stocks (2018). Nägeli, Camarasa, Jakob, Catenazzi, Ostermeyer. Open Access.
  • Decision-Making in Building Retrofitting: Lessons from Dynamic Modelling of Scenarios for Gothenburg City (2018). Mata É, Wanemark J, Österbring M, Thuvander L, and Wallbaum H, 5th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency.
  • Spatial and temporal analysis of energy use data in Los Angeles public schools (2018). Derenski, Gustafson, Cheng, Pincetl. Access Here

Partner News:

  • The Centre for Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS) has officially launched. CREDS is a UK-based collaboration undertaking research to transform the energy demand landscape, being led by Oxford University and including Annex 70 partner UCL Energy Institute. You can learn more about CREDS here.
  • A number of Annex 70 colleagues have submitted abstracts for the upcoming IPBSA Building Simulation Conference in Rome (http://buildingsimulation2019.org)

Going Forward:

We are about a month and half away from the second annual Annex 70 workshop, which will held in Washington DC, USA.

When: 09:00 to 17:00, 8-9 November 2018
Where: NREL, Washington, USA
What: Workshop will offer ongoing collaboration and presentation opportunities for active Annex 70 participants.
How: Annex 70 partners can sign up here.

Final notes:

As ever, please feel free to forward this email to anyone wanting to sign up here.

Also, if you are an active participant and not receiving the group messages, please let me know.

 

Spring Update 2018

News and updates:

Since we last wrote, Annex 70 has been working away on several core Subtask activities and have held our first online meeting of 2018. The next Annex 70 in person partners workshop will be held in Gothenburg in mid-June this year (details below).

Annex Operation – A brief update on the Subtasks:

Subtask A:

  • The big update is a finalized survey of Energy and Buildings Stock Data Uses and Needs is currently being prepared for dissemination, including in multiple languages (English, French, German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and others) and will be sent across the participating countries.  Look to your inbox soon!

Subtask B:

  • Under the efforts of the International Energy Research Centre (IERC) in Ireland, the Energy and Buildings Stock Data Registry development is well underway.  We now have a working beta version that is being tested across the partners.

Subtask C:

  • Aligned with the Data Registry, we are working on the Model Registry, which will be part of the same website system.  The combined data-model registry will allow of connections between data users and producers and model developers.

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Publications:

Below are links to a number of recent publications from Annex 70 partners and colleagues:

Magnitude and extent of building fabric thermal performance gap in UK low energy housing, Gupta & Kotopouleas – Open Access

3DStock: A new kind of three-dimensional model of the building stock of England and Wales, for use in energy analysis, Evans, Liddiard, Steadman

Estimating the energy-saving potential in national building stocks – A methodology review, Brogger & Wittchen

Performance gaps in energy consumption: household groups and building characteristics, va den Brom, Meijer, Visscher – Open Access

Further Opportunities to Reduce the Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Buildings, Hsu, Meng, Han, Suh – Open Access

Going Forward:

We are about a month and half away from the first annual Annex 70 workshop, which will held in Gothenburg, Sweden.
When: 09:00 to 17:00, 18-19 June 2017
Where: Chalmers Technical University, Gothenburg, Sweden
What: Workshop will offer ongoing collaboration and presentation opportunities for active Annex 70 participants.

Year end update 2017

News and updates:

Last week Annex 70 held the third partners workshop in Ghent, hosted by Jelle Laverge at University of Ghent. The workshop provided an opportunity for the group to come together to provide an update on their Subtask activities progress, to work alongside each other in breakout, and to present ongoing related Annex work. There was also a bit of time to walk around the beautiful medieval city and enjoy the Christmas market!

Annex Operation – A brief update on the Subtasks:

Subtask A:

  • The survey on Energy and Building Stock Needs and Uses is complete and will now be piloted before being translated and rolled out across member countries. The intention is to reach a wide network of users and producers of energy and/or buildings data to better understand their needs and uses.

Subtask B:

  • A draft structure for the dataset classification is nearly complete. The main themes have been expanded with further detail of dataset attributes. There is now a plan in place to develop an alpha registry that will be presented for the summer of 2018. The breakout session also included a discussion on how to assess the quality of data registered, with proposals for a process to be included in the registry.

Subtask C:

  • The group worked together with Subtask B to help develop the dataset classification, which will also be used within the model registry to classify data input/output. The model registry will make use of the same platform devised for the dataset registry. The breakout session also provided the opportunity to develop ideas on the model sensitivity and uncertainty testing.

Publications:

Below are links to a number of recent publications from Annex 70 partners:

Related Projects/Initiatives:

Below are a list of relevant projects or initiatives underway that relate to the aims of Annex 70:

Going Forward:

We are planning to hold an in person meeting in June of this coming year (details below) and an interim online meeting in March (date TBC).

When: 18-19 June 2018
Where: Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden
What: Workshop will offer ongoing collaboration and presentation opportunities for active Annex 70 participants.

Fall 2017 Update

News and updates:

Since we last wrote, Annex 70 partners have been busy working on the different subtasks (updates below) and have since held our second annual workshop hosted by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories (LBNL) in early August with over 30 attendees from 12 countries. The next Annex 70 partners workshop will be held in Ghent in mid-December this year (details below).

Annex Operation – A brief update on the Subtasks:

Subtask A:

  • The literature review continues across the partners and a draft is being prepared for sharing following the next partners workshop in December. The review informed the development of the main themes that will be explored within the Energy and Building Stock Data Users Survey, which is being reviewed internally with an intended roll out beginning in early 2018.

Subtask B:

  • The data classification specification is underway with an early draft being circulated across the subtask partners for review.  The main themes of the classification were agreed in the Berkeley meeting and a draft list of the classification variables will be reviewed and agreed for the next partners meeting in December.

Subtask C:

  • The draft structure for the energy and building stock model classification has been developed and is being reviewed by the subtask partners. The classification is being aligned with the data classification to allow for exchange between input data (i.e. the data registry) and model output data. In addition, the model sensitivity and validity testing structure outline is being developed with the intention of agreeing the common model run exercise.

Publications:

Below are links to a number of recent publications from Annex 70 partners:

Related Projects/Initiatives:

Below are a list of relevant projects or initiatives underway that relate to the aims of Annex 70:

Going Forward:

We are just about a month and half away from the second annual Annex 70 workshop, which will held in Ghent, Belgium.

When: 09:00 to 17:00, 13-14 December 2017
Where: Ghent University Conference Centre, Ghent, Belgium
What: Workshop will offer ongoing collaboration and presentation opportunities for active Annex 70 participants.

Summer 2017 Update

News and updates:

Over the past few months since our last newsletter, Annex 70 members have been busy working away on the different activities within the Subtasks (more below).  During this time, we have made several presentations on Annex 70, including the World Sustainable Energy Days in Wels.

Also, we have updated the Annex 70 website and I encourage everybody to have a look at the new layout.  This site is where we will begin to post content and relevant activity outputs.

Annex Operation – A brief update on the Subtasks:

Subtask A:

  • The literature review is underway with participants reviewing reports and papers related to better understanding energy and building data uses and needs from stakeholders. The review is being used to develop the main themes and questions of the pilot survey that will be sent out to characterize these issues among the Annex 70 network and more widely.  The draft review and questions will be presented at the next Annex 70 meeting.

Subtask B:

  • A draft energy and building stock data specification is being drafted by the working group and is being circulated for review.  The draft specification will be presented at the next Annex 70 meeting among the partners.  In addition, partners have been requested to identify relevant energy and building stock datasets for inclusion in the classification and register.

Subtask C:

  • The working group have composed and are reviewing a draft structure for the survey on existing models. This draft will shortly be distributed to the participants so they can see if they can easily input all the information they want for their model.
  • An invitation was sent out to participants to send in their thoughts on what they would like to see as practical outcomes of the common exercise. The ‘wish lists’ will be discussed at the next Annex 70 meeting. New submissions are still welcome!

Going Forward:

We are just about a month and half away from the second annual Annex 70 workshop, which will held in Berkeley, California.

When: 09:00 to 17:00, 10-11 August 2017
Where: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley California
What: Workshop will offer ongoing collaboration and presentation opportunities for active Annex 70 participants.

April, May, June 2017 Update

News and updates:

Over the past few months since our last newsletter, Annex 70 members have been busy working away on the different activities within the Subtasks (more below).  During this time, we have made several presentations on Annex 70, including the World Sustainable Energy Days in Wels.

Also, we have updated the Annex 70 website and I encourage everybody to have a look at the new layout.  This site is where we will begin to post content and relevant activity outputs.

Annex Operation – A brief update on the Subtasks:

Subtask A:

  • The literature review is underway with participants reviewing reports and papers related to better understanding energy and building data uses and needs from stakeholders. The review is being used to develop the main themes and questions of the pilot survey that will be sent out to characterize these issues among the Annex 70 network and more widely.  The draft review and questions will be presented at the next Annex 70 meeting.

Subtask B:

  • A draft energy and building stock data specification is being drafted by the working group and is being circulated for review.  The draft specification will be presented at the next Annex 70 meeting among the partners.  In addition, partners have been requested to identify relevant energy and building stock datasets for inclusion in the classification and register.

Subtask C:

  • The working group have composed and are reviewing a draft structure for the survey on existing models. This draft will shortly be distributed to the participants so they can see if they can easily input all the information they want for their model.An invitation was sent out to participants to send in their thoughts on what they would like to see as practical outcomes of the common exercise. The ‘wish lists’ will be discussed at the next Annex 70 meeting. New submissions are still welcome!

Going Forward:

We are just about a month and half away from the second annual Annex 70 workshop, which will held in Berkeley, California.

When: 09:00 to 17:00, 10-11 August 2017
Where: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley California
What: Workshop will offer ongoing collaboration and presentation opportunities for active Annex 70 participants.

Final notes:

As ever, please feel free to forward this email to anyone wanting to sign up here.

January, February and March 2017

News and updates:

Annex 70 held its inaugural Operating Phase meeting in London on 21 February 2017.  We had 30 attendees from 12 organizations join the meeting to discuss the working collaborations of the three Subtasks.  The event included presentations from each Subtask lead and 20 lightning presentations on partner research.

Energy epidemiology was included as a research priority area within a British Council led workshop ‘Bilateral Cooperation between Mexico and the United Kingdom in Energy Sustainability‘.

We have had another two groups sign up to Annex 70.  The International Energy Research Centre in Cork, Ireland has joined the Annex as partners and will bring energy and building stock expertise on data and models, along with their excellent industry connections.  In addition, the California Centre for Sustainable Communities at UCLA have agreed to join the Annex – they bring their expertise in developing the LA County Energy Atlas, which has brought together energy meter and building data for LA County.

The IEA EBC Annual Report was published, including a progress overview of Annex 70 and all the Annexes within the EBC, which you can access here.

Annex Operation:

Here is a brief outline of the next steps over the coming quarter for each subtask.

Subtask A will:

  • Identify relevant energy and building data stakeholder groups
  • Reviewing existing information on stakeholder perceptions for key data issues
  • Developing a pilot survey to gather information on the key issues

Subtask B will:

  • Begin identifying relevant energy and building data
  • Begin the development of the data description matrix

Subtask C will:

  • Begin identifying relevant energy and building stock models
  • Begin the development of the model description matrix
  • Outline the types of common exercises

Upcoming events:

I am also please to announce that our next Annex 70 meeting will be hosted by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on 10-11 August 2017 at the LBL campus in Berkeley, California.  Further details will be made available soon.

Other items:

The Annex 70 website has been updated to include a revised agreed version of the Annex 70 text and partners.  There has been a revision of the front page, and we will introduce more Logos of Annex 70 partners and Annex 70 supporters.

October, November & December 2016

News and updates:

It is with great pleasure that I can announce that the IEA Energy in Buildings and Communities has approved Annex 70 – Building Energy Epidemiology: Analysis of real building energy use at scale to enter the operation phase.

I would like to thank all the contributors that worked hard to successfully launch Annex 70 by participating and contributing their time and resources. We are very much looking forward to collaborating during Operation phase.

Annex Operation:

Within this space we will provide updates on the different Subtasks (A – Engagement; B – Data; C – Models) and their progress, along with links to relevant outputs.

In the first instance, as the Annex has just entered the Operation phase, I will report that in advance of the London meeting, each Subtask Lead will be working on a 12-month programme of the Activity contributions.

Upcoming events:

We will be holding the first bi-annual Annex 70 workshop in London in late February 2017 that will focus on implementing the work programme for the Annex. Details will be sent on this early in the new year.

Jobs:

As and when relevant we will post links to relevant job postings here.

  • University of Ghent is looking for a researcher in energy and buildings (speaking Dutch is an asset); details here.
  • PhD studentship on Reducing the Energy Performance Gap in Housing
    Oxford Brookes University – Low Carbon Building Research Group, School of Architecture; details here.

Going Forward:

In January 2017 we will update the Annex 70 website so that we can better communicate the ongoings of the Annex and provide a forum for contributors to present their work.

August and September 2016

News and updates:

Through August and September we gave a number of presentations on the Annex including to Annex 66, to the Joint Research Council in Ispra, Italy, and to the C40 group for their Data Driven Building Energy Efficiency Drivers workshop in New York City.

In Australia, Dr Daniel Daly from Wollongong gave a presentation on ‘Energy epidemiology in the existing Australia housing stock’ (slides here) at the International Symposium for Next Generation Infrastructure, Wollongong, 1-2 September 2016.

We also held an Annex workshop in Shanghai, China on 8 September with participants joining in person and phone to discuss the outputs of the Annex.  Subsequent workshops will be arranged leading up to the November ExCo among the participants.

Annex Preparation:

Following the Shanghai workshop and efforts by the participating institutions over the summer, we have a revised Annex Text that has further developed the outputs that we propose to produce under the Annex. These are focused on practical tools, guides and reports for researchers, government and decision-makers within the energy and buildings stock area.  It is our intention to share the text on our website following the ExCo meeting in November.  However, if you would like a draft, please let me know and I would be happy to send it along.

Also, over this coming month, all the participants will be finalizing their resource commitments in advance of the next EBC Executive Committee meeting in November.

Going Forward:

We are working on a timeline for the Annex 70 meetings for the coming year.  We are proposing to hold an inaugural workshop in London in mid-February and a second annual in early August coinciding with the Building Simulation 2017 conference in San Fransisco.  An update on these dates will be provided in November.

June & July 2016

News and updates:

On 9-10 June  the IEA EBC Executive Committee held its summer meeting and Annex 70 presented the outcomes of the Paris workshop and the updated text.  The ExCo raised several requests to focus on outputs and for participants to get in touch with their country delegate on their participation which we are addressing.

Annex Preparation:

In mid-July I sent out an email to all active participants to assist in clarifying their contributions, helping to review and prioritise outputs and prepare a short background statement.  If you did not receive that email and you are an Active Participant, please let me know.

Over the next month, leading up to the start of September, the Annex 70 team will work to finalise the Proposal Text and the outputs.  The aim is to produce outputs that are relevant to researchers, industry and government.

Going Forward:

I will provide an update to everyone on the latest text in early September along with a meeting schedule for the coming year.

We currently have an Active Participant group of over 20 organizations, but we are still welcoming new participants.  So, please do forward to those who would be interested in this work.

Final notes:

Please note that we have two email lists.  The first is a general update to all Interested Parties on the progress and outputs of the Annex, the second is for Active Participants (sent in mid-July).  If you did not receive the mid-July email and you are an Active Participant, please let me know.

April & May 2016

New and updates:

In April, several Annex 70 events and presentations were held. On 12 April, a presentation on the Annex was made to an Energy and Environmental Performance in Buildings workshop in Santiago, Chile. Also, several meetings were held with interested parties in Chicago, USA including the University of Chicago, City of Chicago and Elevate Energy. We are optimistic that additional partners from Chile and the US will join.

In May, we held the first Annex 70 workshop at the IEA headquarters in Paris on 9 May. The workshop was well attended by participants from within Europe, and several representing partners from further abroad (New Zealand and China). The workshop provided the opportunity for partners to meet and discuss the proposed activities in advance of the upcoming Energy in Buildings and Communities (EBC) Executive Committee meeting in Oslo this June.

Annex Preparation:

During the workshop, the Annex text, subtasks and activities were discussed and are currently being refined. Our Subtask leads will be working on the text over the next month based on feedback from the workshop and the Executive Committee.

The subtask lead are: Subtask A – Ian Hamilton, UCL; Subtask B – York Ostermeyer, Chalmers University; Subtask C – Jelle Laverge, University of Ghent. If you are interested in contributing or acting as a co-lead to one of the Subtasks, please do let me know.

March 2016

News and updates:

With support from the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in the US and the Secretría Energía in Mexico, UCL Energy held an event in Mexico City on ‘Smart Energy Data & Innovation‘, which acted as a forum for discussion on the role of energy demand data in research and innovation, as part of the Mexico-UK energy week.

Annex Preparation:

We have been receiving input from active participants and continue to develop the Annex document, more will come over the next few weeks and we will be getting prepared to present the draft at the EBC Executive Committee meeting in June.

Going forward:

We are holding a Workshop at the IEA in Paris on Monday 9 May 2016 for all Active and Prospective Participants.  We would welcome your participation.

Communication:

If you have not been contacted by Ian Hamilton in the last two months as an Active Participant requesting input into the Annex and were expecting to be, can you please email us. If you have any questions regarding the Annex, please contact Ian (i.hamilton@ucl.ac.uk) and Jenny (jenny.love@ucl.ac.uk).If you are not on the Annex 70 mailing list then do sign up to the newsletter.

February 2016

News and updates:

With support from the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in the US, UCL have continued engagement with prospective Annex partners and interested parties in the USA.  In mid-February, Prof. Ruyssevelt had positive meetings with MIT and, along with myself, with the US DOE to present the Annex and to identify the potential level of interest in participation.

Annex Preparation:

We continue to have individual meetings with interested participants to develop the work programmes that will be a part of the Annex Subtasks.  At the moment, this comprises seeking input from the participants regarding their individual contributions to the Subtask activities.  The intention is to have clearly defined ‘sub-activities’ within each Activity that will be coordinated by the Subtask leads.

For those who we have not yet been in touch with, we will be very soon (though please contact us sooner if you are ready).

Going forward:

UCL, with FCO funding and support from the Secretaría de Energía, will hold an Energy Epidemiology and Annex 70 event in Mexico City, entitled ‘Smart Energy Data & Innovation’.

UCL is also progressing the workshop and visit to Chile with support from the Santandar Catalyst Fund during the week of 11 April 2016 to engage with government agencies and academic institutions regarding potential interest and processes for participation in the Annex.

January 2016

News and updates:

Paul Ruyssevelt has recently returned from visits across the Asia-Pacific region and has met with a number of groups who expressed interest in Annex 70.  We have also been in contact with several groups in Canada and the US.

Dr. Jenny Love has joined the UCL team working on the Annex.  Jenny comes to us with a strong background in socio-technical analysis of energy demand in buildings and will be working on research related to the Annex.  From now on we will ask you to copy Jenny in correspondence: jenny.love@ucl.ac.uk

Annex 70 development – Next steps

To date, we have been in contact with (and have been contacted by) several groups regarding potential projects and proposals that would align with the subtasks of the Annex proposal.  Over the next three weeks we will be contacting all those who expressed interest in both the October London workshop and since to further develop proposals.

The aim will be to expand the subtasks activities (with sub-activities) that comprise contributions from individual institutions.  We are expecting that many partners will continue to want to work across the sub-tasks.  We will also be confirming subtasks leads and co-leads.

Our intention is to hold a set of online workshops in mid-May to clarify the proposals made thus far in order that we can give a constructive update to the ExCo in June.

We will also be organizing a face-to-face workshop in September in advance of the next ExCo in November. We will identify possible dates soon with the partners.

Going forward

We are holding a workshop in Mexico City, funded by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) that will be focused on Energy Epidemiology.

We have been granted UCL Santandar Catalyst funding to travel to Chile in order to identify potential interest in the Annex.