Danish participation in IEA EBC Annex 86 – Energy Efficient IAQ Management in Residential Buildings

The project concerns managerial tasks in the IEA EBC Annex 86- entitled Energy Efficient IAQ Management in Residential Buildings, as well as dissemination of relevant research results within the framework of the Annex. The aim is to propose an integrated rating method for the performance assessment and optimization of energy efficient strategies of managing the indoor air quality (IAQ) in residential buildings. The Annex will gather the existing scientific knowledge and data on pollution sources, evaluate opportunities related to IoT connected sensors, study innovative use cases of IAQ management strategies and develop road maps to ensure continuous performance. In the Annex, experts from different fields including mechanical engineering, building science, or data science will work together with other stakeholders towards consensus on the basic assumptions that underlie such a performance assessment and practical guidelines and tools to bring the results to practice. The goal is to accelerate the development of better and more energy efficient IAQ management strategies to address rapidly changing expectations of the home environment due to challenges such as decarbonization, climate change or pandemics. Danish interest and coordination group consisting of relevant stakeholders will be established to ensure the best possible utilization of project’s results in Danish context.