Building Co-ordination Group Meeting

19 Jan 2012

Event — Paris, France

Background

The annual building coordination group (BCG) meeting brings together all IEA Implementing agreement (IA) that are related to the building end-use sector. The following IAs participated at the BCG meeting 2012:

District Heating & Cooling (DHC)
Energy Conservation in Buildings & Community Systems (ECBCS)
Energy Conservation through Energy Storage (ECES)
Energy Efficient Electrical Equipment (4E)
Heat Pump Programme (HPP)
International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN)
Photovoltaic Power Systems (PVPS)
Solar Heating & Cooling (SHC)

The aim of this meeting is:

To provide an update on relevant topics, including highlights of new, potential and proposed tasks or annexes.
To discuss and share lessons learned and short and medium term Implementing Agreement (IA) gaps and RD&D needs.
To discover opportunities for collaborative IA activities
To give an overview of new and ongoing IEA secretariat initiatives and the opportunity to provide input on those for the IAs.