Web events
ASIEPI web event 5
Summer comfort and air conditioning in Europe: Current trends and future perspectives
This web event was held on 17 June 2009. The recordings are available here.
ASIEPI web event 6
Thermal comfort and cooling demand in the air of climate change
26 November 2009, 10:00-12:00 GMT+1 (Paris time)
Climate change is a common fact for all Member States (MS) and in recent years significant effort is being made to tackle its impacts in the building sector. In this effort, the EU, through various incentives including the EPBD, has imposed very stringent energy policies to buildings and on the same time has stipulated improved indoor climate conditions.
One of the objectives of ASIEPI is to create or increase awareness of the MS around available alternative techniques and technologies that improve thermal comfort without increasing the energy consumption and how to assess the energy performance of such techniques. The activities related to this issue cover a collection and analysis of the situation of the EPBD implementation in those MS who already have specifications regarding summer comfort and A/C. In parallel, studies have been performed regarding how the implementation of alternative cooling techniques and the respective advanced calculation methods into the existing calculation methods are addressed.
The web event on November 26th will provide an overview of the impact of climate change on thermal comfort and cooling demand in buildings and the available alternative technologies that improve summer comfort and the calculation methodologies that assess their impacts. This includes:
- a presentation of the calculation methods and requirements on summer comfort and cooling currently in effect in the MS,
- an analysis of the reasons why the need for artificial cooling has increased over the past years and ways of minimizing it,
- an analysis of how summer comfort can be achieved through alternative techniques and technologies.
You missed this WebEvent? No problem. The presentations have been recorded. You may find the recordings of the presentation, as well as the .pdf files, in the next table. (To watch the recordings, WebEx Network recording player software will be installed.)
Program
Introduction | REC | |
Welcome by M. Santamouris, NKUA (University of Athens) | - | - |
Brief presentation of the ASIEPI project and Introduction into Summer Comfort and Cooling as covered in ASIEPI by M. Santamouris | ||
Technical discussions | REC | |
Summer comfort and cooling: calculation methods and requirements, by D. van Orshoven, BBRI | ||
The role of climatic change and the impact of cooling in buildings by M. Santamouris, NKUA | ||
The industry point of view | REC | |
Solar shading: reducing the need for artificial cooling with quantifiable results by D. Dolmans, ES-SO | ||
Energy certification of A/C - Results of the HARMONAC project by Ian Knight, Cardiff University | ||
The energy cost of comfort and compatibility with EPBD by Michael G. Hutchins, Sonnergy Ltd | ||
Discussions | REC | |
Questions | ||
Conclusion and closure by M. Santamouris, NKUA | - |
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