ASIEPI web event 5
ASIEPI Web event 5
Summer comfort and air conditioning in Europe: Current trends and future perspectives.
17 June 2009, 10:00-12:00 GMT+2 (Paris time)
Whereas in the past a major challenge was to keep our buildings sufficiently warm, recently and in new buildings the challenge is to guarantee reasonable comfort conditions in summer with no, or at least minimum, cooling energy.
The main objectives of ASIEPI are 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 within this WP 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 June 17th has provided an overview of the possibilities and barriers for penetration of innovative and passive cooling techniques into the European market, including:
- a presentation of the European thermal comfort standards,
- an analysis of the pro’s and con’s of the calculation methods emphasizing the role of thermal mass, solar gains & shading, intensive night ventilation and the use of natural cooling techniques,
- major trends in the systems used and discussions about the existence of a framework for assessing passive cooling and low energy cooling systems.
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.)
Introduction | REC | |
Welcome by M. Santamouris, NKUA, WP7 leader | - | - |
Brief presentation of the ASIEPI project and Introduction into Summer Comfort and Cooling as covered in ASIEPI by M. Santamouris | ||
Technical discussions | REC | |
Thermal comfort standards for EU by B. Olesen REHVA | ||
Common assumptions of the calculation methods that can become a barrier to the penetration of passive cooling in buildings by S. Alvarez, AICIA-University of Seville | ||
The role of passive cooling in thermal comfort of buildings by M. Santamouris, NKUA, WP7 leader | ||
The industry point of view | REC | |
Trends and perspectives in innovative cooling techniques by A. Thiemann, DAIKIN | Not available | |
(See also the web event related to the assessment of innovative systems (WP6)) | - | - |
Discussions | REC | |
Questions | - | - |
Conclusion and closure by M. Santamouris, NKUA, WP7 leader | - | |
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