Project dates: 2018 - Ongoing
The world is facing a rapid increase of air conditioning of buildings. This is driven by multiple factors, such as urbanisation and densification, climate change and elevated comfort expectations together with economic growth in hot and densely populated climate regions of the world. The trend towards cooling seems inexorable, therefore it is mandatory to guide this development towards sustainable solutions.
Against this background, it is the motivation of Annex 80 to develop, assess and communicate solutions of resilient cooling and overheating protection. Resilient Cooling is used to denote low-energy and low-carbon cooling solutions that strengthen the ability of individuals and our community as a whole to withstand, and also prevent, thermal and other impacts of changes in global and local climates. It encompasses the assessment and research and development of both active and passive cooling technologies of the following four groups:
- Reduce externally induced heat gains to indoor environments
- Enhance personal comfort apart from cooling whole spaces
- Remove sensible heat from indoor environments
- Control latent heat (humidity) of indoor environments
The Annex 80’s main objective is to support a rapid transition to an environment where resilient low-energy and low-carbon cooling systems are the mainstream and preferred solutions for cooling and overheating issues in buildings.
Partners
Other Partners
Institute of Building Research & Innovation, Vienna (Operating Agent)
Australian Government Department of Industry (member country)
KU Leuven, Belgium
University of Liege, Belgium
Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Concordia University, Canada
Sherbrooke University, Canada
Hunan University, China
Aalborg University, Denmark
Technical University of Denmark
University of Rochelle, France
Fraunhofer institute, Germany
EURAC Research, Italy
Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
National University of Singapore, Singapore
University of Gavle, Sweden
GEBZE Technical University, Turkey
Brunel University London, UK
University of Lincoln, UK
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
