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REEBEuropean strategic research Roadmap to ICT enabled Energy-Efficiency in Buildings and constructions

Grant agreement no.: 224320

BC Community Events

Author(s): Raimar, SCHERER TUD Tatiana, SUAREZ TUDAlain, ZARLI CSTB Régis, DECORME CSTB

Issue Date 1st February 2010 (m21)Deliverable Number D5.1WP Number WP5: Dissemination, best practice promotion and awareness-

raising.Status Delivered

Dissemination levelX PU = Public

PP = Restricted to other programme participants (including the Commission Services)RE = Restricted to a group specified by the consortium (including the Commission Services)CO = Confidential, only for members of the consortium (including the Commission Services)

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BC Community EventsREEB: GA no.: 224320

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Document historyV Date Author Description

1 2008-07-31 Raimar Scherer,Tatiana Suarez

First Release V0.1

2 2008-09-01 Raimar Scherer,Tatiana, Suarez

Second Update Release V0.2, more events included.

3 2008-10-22 Raimar Scherer,Tatiana Suarez,Marc Bourdeau

Third Release V1, corrected and improved

4 2009-09-30 Raimar Scherer, Tatiana Suarez, Marc Bourdeau, Regis Decorme

Version V2 including communiqués on past dissemination events, selection of upcoming events, information on 1st International REEB event, and assessments indicators

5 2010-02-12 Raimar Scherer, Tatiana Suarez, AlainZarli

Version V3, including new events from September 2009 (m17) until February 2010 ( m21)

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Disclaimer

The information in this document is provided as is and no guarantee or warranty is given that the information is fit for any particular purpose. The user thereof uses the information at its sole risk and liability.

The document reflects only the author’s views and the Community is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.

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Summary

The “BC Community Events” document is a public document delivered in the context of WP5, Task 5.1: Monitoring of REEB related BC community events. This deliverable aims at monitoring and identifying important events related to the main interest of REEB project, in order to prepare dissemination material such as newsletters, flyers, presentations and own workshops.

This third edition of the deliverable includes:

• a collection of reports (communiqués) for all past dissemination actions (m1 to m21), • a report on the major 1st REEB international event held at m17 (2 events), • a report of the REEB ICT workshop event held at m19,• a new updated list of REEB relevant events for the upcoming period, • the description of some indicators for the assessment of dissemination effectiveness.

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ContentsSUMMARY...........................................................................................................................4

ABBREVIATIONS..............................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................9

1.-REEB PAST EVENTS: COMMUNIQUÉS................................................................10

1.1 COMMUNIQUÉS SUMMARY.....................................................................................................10

1.2 LIST OF COMMUNIQUÉS ...........................................................................................................12

2.- FIRST REEB INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (MILESTONE 4)..................27

2.1 REEB AT CISBAT 2009 CONFERENCE IN LAUSANNE.........................................................27

2.2 REEB AT ITOBO- FRAUNHOFER WORKSHOP IN DUISBURG............................................30

2.3 REEB WORKSHOP AT CIB - W78 CONFERENCE IN ISTANBUL.........................................31

3. - REEB ICT WORKSHOP............................................................................................32

3.1 EVENT DESCRIPTION.................................................................................................................32

3.2 WORKING SESSIONS..................................................................................................................35

4. - REEB UPCOMING EVENTS: DESCRIPTION......................................................35

4.1 UPCOMING EVENTS SUMMARY...............................................................................................36

4.2 OTHER TARGETED EVENTS......................................................................................................37

4.3 EVENTS DESCRIPTION................................................................................................................38

5. - DISSEMINATION EFFECTIVENESS: ASSESSMENT INDICATORS..............54

5.1 WEB STATISTICS & NUMBER OF DOWNLOADS...................................................................54

5.2 NUMBER OF E-MAILS RECEIVED FROM OUTSIDE THE CONSORTIUM..........................58

5.3 NUMBER OF PARTICIPATION (PRESENTATIONS) IN CONFERENCES.............................58

5.4 NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM THE REEB COMMUNITY..................59

5.5 A LITERATURE SEARCH OF DOCUMENTS REFLECTING TO OUR WORK......................61

CONCLUSIONS.................................................................................................................64

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS..................................................................................................65

APPENDIX A- REEB INTERACTIVE SESSIONS AT CISBAT................................66

APPENDIX B - REEB DUISBURG WORKSHOP, LIST OF ATTENDANTS..........68

APPENDIX C- REEB INTERACTIVE SESSION AT CIB- W78................................71

APPENDIX D- REEB SESSION AT CIB- W78, LIST OF ATTENDANTS...............73

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APPENDIX E - REEB ICT WORKSHOP INTERACTIVE SESSIONS....................74

APPENDIX F - REEB ICT WORKSHOP SESSIONS, LIST OF ATTENDANTS. . .82

APPENDIX G - PAST EVENTS DESCRIPTION..........................................................83

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Abbreviations

REEB European strategic research Roadmap to ICT enabled Energy-Efficiency in Buildings and constructions

BC Building Construction

CA Consortium Agreement

CIB Computer Integrated Construction

CSIRO Australia's Common wealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization

E2B JTI Energy Efficient Buildings- Joint Technology Initiative

EAPPM European Association of Product and Process Modelling

EC European Commission

ECTP European Construction Technology Platform

ECPPM European Conference on Product and Process Modelling

EE Energy Efficiency

EnOB Energieoptimiertes Bauen (Energy Optimized Building)

EPBD Directive on Energy Performance of Buildings

ERA European Research Area

GMES Global Monitoring for Environment and Security

IAP Implementation Activity Plan

ICCCBE International Conferences on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering

ICT Information and Communication Technologies

ICTSB ICT Standards Board

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INSPIRE Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community

IPROF ICT professionalism

ISCCBE International Society for Computing in Civil and Building Engineering

ITC Information Technology in Construction

MTS Manufacturing Technology Platforms

REEB The European Strategic research Roadmap to ICT enabled Energy-Efficiency in Buildings and constructions.

SASBE Smart and Sustainable Built Environments

SB08 the World Sustainable Building 2008

SEIS Shared Environmental Information System

SISE Information Space in Europe for the Environment

PLEA Passive and Low-Energy Architecture

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Introduction

The purpose of this document is to provide:

A short report on each past dissemination actions: each REEB partner responsible for the participation to an event is also in charge to fill-in a short communiqué that gives the main feedback and results obtained; these communiqués are listed from m1 to m21 in this edition of D5.1;

A complete updated report on the dissemination milestone (M4) of the REEB Description of Work;

An identification of relevant upcoming events: according to the feedback obtained through past actions, and the dissemination priorities established during the last EC review meeting (especially involvement of the ICT community), a selection of events where REEB could play an active role in the coming period is proposed.

A status on dissemination effectiveness, through a set of indicators.

This document has both an internal and external use. It serves first as a repository for the REEB consortium, to centralize all data related to past/upcoming dissemination actions. It is in the meantime an instrument to adapt the global dissemination strategy. In addition, every actor external to REEB is more than welcome to contribute to this document, by e.g. proposing new relevant dissemination opportunities.

The version 1 of this deliverable document was essentially dedicated to upcoming events. The previous released edition (V2) included the feedback from the previous EC review, in addition provided the resources for the evaluation of REEB dissemination activities, according to the overall dissemination and awareness plan described in deliverable D5.4. This last version (V3) is a complementary updated version including the new REEB events & workshops between the released month of the previous version (m18) and the actual released month (m21), and the identification of main events of interest for dissemination, up to the end of the project.

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1. REEB past events: Communiqués

REEB communiqués provide an accurate follow-up of REEB active participation to dissemination events. Each communiqué provide the event description, the purpose of the REEB participation, and the obtained feedback and impact (further explanation on the communiqués’ content available in D5.4 - Dissemination and Awareness Plan). In this new version we highlight the updated events from October 2009 (m18) until January 2010 (m21)

1.1 Communiqués summary

year month Event Location Form

2008

m1

General meeting of the Spanish Construction Technology Platform – Focus Area ICT SP Presentation

IMS Workshop CH Presentation

I3CON conference UK Presentation & workshop

m3 CIB W78 -The 25th International Workshop Chile Presentation

m5HELIOS French National platform (several

meetings in 2008-2009) FR Meeting

ECPPM’08 FR Workshop

m7 ICT 2008 Conference FR Presentation

2009

m11ICT4EE Conference and exhibition BE Presentation &

booth

Workshop –UK input to E2B roadmap UK Workshop

m12 FIATECH 2009 – Technology conference and showcase USA Presentation

m15 COST Workshop BE Presentation & workshop

m17

Milestone M4 – Conference 1 Comprehensive reports on the following 2 events are provided in section 2

CISBAT 2009 Conference CH Presentation & workshop

ITOBO-Fraunhofer workshop DE Presentation & workshop

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Conference

NEM summit (ETP annual forum) FR Presentation & booth

Updated Communiqué Events

m18 CIB-W78 Conference TR Presentation & workshop

m19

FIATECH Webinar USA (Web) Presentation

EUTC Conference HU Presentation

ECTP – E2BA Annual conference 2009 BE

Presentation& organisation of ICT projects

session

ICT for Sustainable Homes 2009 FR Presentation & booth

m20 Green & Connected Cities Forum FR Presentation

2010 m21

IBM Webinar InternationalPresentation(telephone conference)

Inter Spanish Technology Platforms in the Construction Sector Wokshop SP Presentation

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1.2 List of communiqués

2008 (m1-m8)

Event General meeting of the Spanish Construction Technology Platform – Focus Area ICT (m1)Description Presentation of relevant topics on relation with this Focus Area

Purpose Presentation of the REEB project and the SIG call to the main stakeholders of the ICT in the Spanish Building sector.

Type Mandatory Informational Marketing Priority Low Medium High

Form Report/paper Presentation Workshop Meeting Email Internet Other

Frequency Quarterly Semi-annually Annually Other:

Responsibility CSTB VTT CEA LAB ACC ARUP UCC TUD

Audience Academia Researchers Industry Other:

Nº of Attendants 50 Role: Active

Feedback

The meeting took place at the beginning of the project (M1). The REEB’s presentation provided to the audience a general view of the project objectives and announced the next call for the SIG.The interest in the project is supported by the high number of Spanish applicants to the SIG’s call. The 38% of the candidates were Spanish organizations.

Event General meeting of the Spanish Construction Technology Platform – Focus Area ICT (m1)Description Presentation of relevant topics on relation with this Focus Area

Purpose Presentation of the REEB project and the SIG call to the main stakeholders of the ICT in the Spanish Building sector.







Feedback

The meeting took place at the beginning of the project (M1). The REEB’s presentation provided to the audience a general view of the project objectives and announced the next call for the SIG.The interest in the project is supported by the high number of Spanish applicants to the SIG’s call. The 38% of the candidates were Spanish organizations.

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Event IMS Workshop (m1)

Description Global IMS Ws, with dedicated sessions to the 5 MTP (Manufacturing Technology Platform), including MTP-2: Energy Efficiency (MTP session on the 24 April 2008, Bern, Switzerland)

PurposePresentation of the REEB project, with introduction to and discussion about the objectives of REEB (Note: date of the event is before starting date of the project).The intention was also to better identify international activity in the framework of IMS about the topic, and to assess the interest of launching future activities at an international level.






Nº of Attendants ~15 in the MTP-2 session Role: Active/Passive

Feedback Feedback on the REEB presentation was very good, with confirmation of the rationale and understood approach of the project. On the other hand, as this IMS Ws was the one where MTPs have been launched and where structuring and organisation of the MTPs were indeed discussed, there was no real feedback in terms potential REEB impact.

Event I3CON conference (m1)

Description FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIALISED, INTEGRATED, INTELLIGENT CONSTRUCTION - Loughborough, UK, 14-16 May 2008

Purpose

Presentation (in plenary session) of the REEB project, with introduction to and discussion about the objectives of REEB. Participation to a session ("ICT for Energy efficiency”), hosted by DG INFSO (unit H4) in the conference about the newly funded projects under Call 2. Organisation of the 1st REEB Ws (15th of May) dedicated to the REEB main topic, with expected meaningful contributions from the constituencies.







Feedback

Views from research and industry-based projects, as well as network and development of ideas for further work related to the theme of ICT for smart EE buildings. Main (7) identified topics are: Intuitive feedback to users on energy consumption - Assessment of the potential impacts of ICT on EE - User acceptance of (new) ICT for EE - Energy saving business models & supporting ICT - Ontology for the ”ICT for EE” domain - Reference model of design process for EE buildings - Integration of BIM + simulation across the life cycle. Preliminary research topics were developed within these 7 topics.

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Event CIB W78 -The 25th International Workshop (m3)

DescriptionCIB W78 -The 25th International Workshop : “Improving the construction management of projects through IT adoption” 15/17 July 2008- Santiago(Chile)

PurposeThe sustained adoption and implementation of IT-based work processes as a major current challenge and opportunity & the analysis of the technological advancement in Construction IT that have been accomplished until now.







Feedback

The participation was Active, with a presentation of Raimar Scherer, as an introduction of the REEB Project.

This event encourage and promote the research and development in the application of integrated IT throughout the life-cycle of the design, construction and occupancy of buildings and related facilities

Event HELIOS French National platform (m5)Description HELIOS project meetings – several meetings held in Chambery (France)

PurposeHelp build the REEB community around the future French platform project named Helios, a project linked to the Fraunhofer's InHaus platform in Germany. The main theme covered by Helios is the use of ICT in buildings for improved comfort and energy efficiency (precisely REEB's topic).



Frequency Quarterly Semi-annually Annually Other: Several meetings held in 2008-2009




Feedback

Industrial partners already included in the project (French REEB community) : Bouygues, DuPont, AGC, Schneider Electric, Cisco, Veolia, Bubendorff. Representing Construction, ICT and Energy sectors.

These meetings helped to build up the French REEB national community (WP1)

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Event ECPPM’09 (m5)Description REEB workshop

Purpose Identification of key research topics in relation with ICT and Energy Efficiency in Buildings.



Frequency Quarterly Semi-annually Annually Other: Every 2 years




Feedback The research priorities for the audience were identified.

Event ICT 2008 Conference (m7)

Description ICT 2008 Conference – Lyon, 25 to 27 of November 2008 Presentation done in the Parallel session Sustainability I - Energy efficiency

Purpose

Presentation on ICT challenges/opportunities for smart buildings (especially in the context of EE) – considering that, in a context where ICT represents today about 2% of the global energy consumption, ICT-based solutions are expected to be key enabling technologies which could drastically decrease the remaining 98%.






Nº of Attendants ~100 Role: Active

Feedback The presentation was structured around facts & figures wrt. Construction sector, and especially regarding EE; current systems for IBMS & NMS; some synthesised views on future R&D in the topic. Besides numerous questions, no direct feedback was provided, but several contacts has been established later on, including with Intel & Accenture.

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Event ICT4EE Conference and exhibition (m11)

Description ICT4EE for EE – Brussels, 19 & 20th March 09

Purpose

Participation to the High level event on ICT for EE: Speech of Carole Le Gall (CSTB Director) in the conference session dedicated to Energy

Positive Buildings; Speech of Juan-Manuel Mieres (Acciona) in the same session;

REEB poster and paper documentation for the joint ECTP, E2B and REEB stand.






Nº of Attendants Role: Active

Feedback Various contacts on the REEB stand, including with COST, leading to an invitation to CSTB as key expert at the COST Foresight 2030 – Parallel Workshop on Energy Efficiency.

2009 (m9- m20)

Event Workshop –UK input to E2B roadmap (m11)

Description Arup run a joint workshop with the UK national platform, and the modern built environment Knowledge Transfer Network. Last 17 March. The session was well attended with academia, RTOs, government, local authorities and companies incl. Corus, Balfour Beatty, Dow Corning, etc.

Purpose Develop the UK input to the E2B research roadmap building on the ECTP SRA and the national platform roadmap.



Frequency Quarterly Semi-annually Annually Other: One-off


Audience Academia Researchers Industry Other: Government and local authorities

Nº of Attendants Role: Active

Feedback

The audience was pleased with the outcome. The resulting roadmap was used to inform the multiannual roadmap of E2B. Arup took the responsibility of providing input on behalf of the UK industry. One of the working groups focused on ICTs to enable energy efficient buildings. The outputs will be informing Arup’s input to 4.2

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Event FIATECH 2009 – Technology conference and showcase (m12)

Description FIATECH 2009 Tech. Conference & Showcase – Las Vegas (USA) – 6-8 April 2009

PurposePresentation of the REEB project, with introduction to and discussion about the objectives of REEB, and introduction to the initial outcome from REEB. The main objective was to start confronting the (European) REEB views and approach with the US ones with respect to ICT supporting EE smart buildings.







Feedback

The presentation generates interest in the audience, and FIATECH has invited CSTB & VTT to organise a FIATECH Webinar (planned on the 3rd of November 2009) to present in details the vision and roadmap from REEB. Invitations are to be launched to all FIATECH members, including the ICT players ( “technology vendors”, “technology suppliers” or “solution providers”) like Adobe, Bentley, Dassault, Intergraph, AutoDesk, Oracle…

Event COST Workshop (m15)

Description COST Foresight 2030 – Brugge/Bruges – 30 June / 2 July 2009

Purpose- Presentation of a position paper on Energy Efficiency and smart Buildings, and potential impact by ICT ; Participation to the COST Workshop on Energy: ICT & Energy Efficiency, ICT for new and

renewable Energy, Governance of Energy.



Frequency Quarterly Semi-annually Annually Other: Exceptional event (organized by COST)



Nº of Attendants ~80 at the COST Workshop, ~18 at the COST Workshop on Energy. Role: Active

Feedback Acknowledgment of the importance of Buildings with ICT integration for Energy Efficiency.Interesting discussion around key topics for REEB.Most of the participants have accepted to be member of the International REEB community.

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Event Intel European Research and Innovation Conference – 8-10th September 09 (m17)

Description

Promote a world class research and innovation eco system in Europe through goal alignment in focussed research and innovation between enterprise, academia and policy makers – Intel leadership in Europe in Technology Manufacturing Research, Innovation & Assisted living technologies

Purpose

Advance further understanding of applied strategic research in the following areas: Technology and Manufacturing (Silicon & Nanotechnology, Manufacturing including Sustainability), Information and Communications (ICT for efficiency and sustainability, Enterprise Infrastructure & services, Embedded systems & circuits), Digital Health (Assisted Living Technologies).

REEB has been invited to present its initial results to the “ICT for efficiency and sustainability” session.







Feedback

The audience was composed of key ICT players, including of course many representatives from Intel (Europe & USA). Other presentations during the session were really relevant in the REEB context and good contacts have been established.Further collaboration with Intel will be activated in the next REEB workshops.

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Event 2009 NEM Summit – Saint-Malo (France) – September 28-29-30, 2009 (m17)

Description

"Towards Future Media Internet" http://www.nem-summit.eu/index.phpA Summit devoted to networked electronic media and ICT at large

Organised by the NEM European Technology Platform under the aegis of the European Commission (DG Information Society and Media)

Featuring over 50 high-level speakers and cutting edge exhibitions and demos Aiming at showcasing and discussing the status and trends of R&D in the networked &

electronic media area

A key opportunity for organisations in Europe and worldwide, in the networked and electronic media area and the ICT field at large to

Share information and viewpoints Network with peers from all over the world Get up-to-date and reliable information on technology and market perspectives

The NEM Summit gather representatives from Europe and worlwide Major manufacturers and service companies Start-ups and SMEs Research centers and institutions Industry associations and groups Standardization and regulation bodies

PurposePurpose for the REEB project : participate to the exhibition and have a 10' presentation during the NEM OpenForum, in order to enroll additional ICT players in the IRC (International REEB Community).







Feedback

Presentation of the E2B PPP and the REEB project (focus on ICT as a key topic of E2B) in the NEM OPEN MEDIA FORUM (number of attendees: ~28 people).Animation of a booth in the exhibition area of the NEM Summit. Presentation of posters about the REEB topics and goals, display of a slideshow about the REEB partners, objectives and first results, distribution of the newsletters and the IRC registration form.About 6 to 10 people stopped at the booth during the exhibition and asked for detailed information about the project. All pure ICT players (ICT NCP from France and Belarus, University professor from Serbia, Research engineer from Telefonica, etc…). Estimated return rate in terms of additional IRC members is 30 to 40%.

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Event FIATECH Webinar - Tuesday, November 3, 2009 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Eastern Time Zone

Description

FIATECH is an industry consortium that provides global leadership in identifying and accelerating the development, demonstration and deployment of fully integrated and automated technologies to deliver the highest business value throughout the life cycle of all types of capital projects.The FIATECH Webinars are moderated by Nicole Testa Boston for 60-minutes every Tuesday from 11:00-12:00 eastern time (ET). Each webinar features new and emerging technologies and trends. The webinars are complimentary.

Purpose

REEB has been in contact early with the FIATECH organisation and after an initial participation to the FIATECH 2009 Technology Conference & Showcase (April 2009 in Las Vegas), it has been agreed to present the latest developments in REEB end of October / beginning of November through a Webinar.The FIATECH Webinar took place on the 3rd of November. the objective being to introduce the FIATECH members to the recent outcomes of REEB, including the REEB vision on the high and promising potential for ICT to become fully pervasive in the future optimization of energy in the built environment - where “energy-efficient smart buildings” will manage their information for an optimal operation of building energy flows and overall building life cycle performance. Short introduction to some European Case Studies / Best practices, as well as ongoing R&D research projects funded by the EC. Eventually, information on how to join the IRC and to get more info on REEB was introduced at the end of the Webinar.



Frequency Quarterly Semi-annually Annually Other: Weekly basis



Nº of Attendants ~30 Role: Passive – with questions

Feedback

The presentation was done by Alain Zarli (CSTB & REEB Project Coordinator) and Sami Kazi (VTT), entitled “A European Perspective on Applications for Future, Smart, Energy Efficient Buildings”.It was attended by 28 participants at peak / ~50 registered – among them 22 from the industry and the other 6 from university members and research institutes. This presentation has contributed to improved awareness of the project to key US stakeholders in the Construction sector, with FIATECH having on board key ICT players as well like Bentley, Intergraph, Aspen Technology, Autodesk, Oracle, etc..Attendants have been invited to join the REEB community – with different options to collaborate to the REEB Vision & Roadmap. Overall assessment of REEB presentation (though only informally inventoried) at this Webinar has been quite good.

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Event EUTC Conference, 3-6 November 09, Budapest (HU)

Description EUTC Conference is an annual conference organized by EUTC (European Utilities Telecom Council) that brings together, among others, several stakeholders from Europe’s gaz, water and electricity utilities, telecom operators, telecom equipment manufacturers, and government regulators.

Purpose

Within the EUTC Conference a special session was held to present the preliminary results of the ICT4SMARTDG (ICT for Smart Distributed Generation) Thematic Network, where Acciona is involved representing the construction sector. During this session, time slots were allocated to present other projects with topics related to the Thematic Network, and one of these was reserved to present REEB project.The purpose was to give a general overview of the project, and the attendants were invited to join the REEB Community.





Audience Academia Researchers Industry Other: Government regulators

Nº of Attendants ~50 Role: Listeners

Feedback Assessment of REEB dissemination during EUTC Conference is good, as it reached representatives of several utilities, telecom operators and telecom equipment manufacturers, some of them holding key positions within their respective companies.

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Event ECTP – E2BA Annual conference 2009 – 24 & 25 November 09

Description

This 2009 edition of the ECTP conference, co-organized with the E2B European Initiative, was entitled: “Innovation in Construction: Taking the lead in greening the future”: The pivotal role played by the construction sector in the new global concepts of sustainable development and economic recovery is now widely recognised. In Europe this has led to reinforced Public Private Partnerships which are targeting innovation in the construction sector and are setting off with the clear objective to take the lead in greening the future.

Purpose

Contribution to general project awareness; Presentation of REEB project & vision in the plenary session “ICT for Energy

Efficiency”; Organisation of an ICT for EEB dedicated session in the programme (including

EU project presentations from DG INFSO unit H4 ICT for sustainable growth);


Form Report/paper Presentation Workshop Meeting Email Internet Other : poster + newsletters + dedicated session




Nº of Attendants 100 (plenary presentation) 25 (dedicated ICT for EEB session)

Role: Active

Feedback

The preparation of the REEB participation to this ECTP conference began early by contacting project coordinators of EU project in the field of ICT for EEB. Positive answers were received from REVISITE, GENESYS, HOSPILOT, INTUBE, eDiana, LIVINGLAB, and BeyWatch. On the second day, a presentation about the importance of ICT for EE in buildings was performed by Alain ZARLI, highlighting the REEB project (moreover part of the poster exhibition) and inviting the audience to attend the following dedicated session.Eventually, nearly 25 people have attended the session, chaired by Marta Fernandez and Merce Griera I Fisa. Good discussions have been held with the audience and some new contacts have been established.

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Event ICT for Sustainable Homes 2009 – 16-17 November 09

Description

The first edition of “ICT for sustainable homes” was held in Nice on November 16 & 17, 2009. It was organised by Sigma Orionis in cooperation with the Beywatch project aiming at energy efficient homes and neighbourhoods and supported by the European Commission's DG Information Society and Media.The two-day event has welcome 119 delegates from 19 countries (Europe, Japan and Canada) and featured 15 exhibitors (industrial organisations and collaborative research projects).

Purpose

Contribute to general project awareness; Establish links with other EU projects in the field of ICT for EE ; Find innovative initiatives / companies / research topics to be included in the

REEB roadmap


Form Report/paper Presentation Workshop Meeting Email Internet Other : booth & roundtable





Feedback

This conference was very relevant with regards to REEB since focused on ICT for EE in homes. Thus most projects and participating companies had strong links with REEB activities.The participation in this conference consisted in a booth (REEB poster + 3 rd newsletter distribution), an oral presentation of the project including initial results (on the 2nd day - by Alain ZARLI), and a participation to the roundtable “Let’s team up for greener homes” with 7 other EU projects and 5 representatives from standardization organizations (Alain ZARLI & Regis DECORME)Good discussions have been held with the various participants and interesting new ideas will be exploited in the REEB best practices guide and the REEB roadmap. A contact from Telefonica (BeyWatch project technical coordinator) has accepted to join the 3rd REEB SIG meeting.

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http://www.ict-sustainablehomes.org/2009_exhibitors.php

http://www.ict-sustainablehomes.org/docs/2009_attendee_list.pdf

http://www.beywatch.eu/

http://www.sigma-orionis.com/


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Event Green and Connected Cities Forum – 10 & 11 December 09 (Strasbourg)

Description

The first Euro-Mediterranean Green and Connected Cities forum, has been organized by ACIDD (Association for communication and information for sustainable development) in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on the 10th and 11th of December 2009, with the Green and Connected Cities Cluster, the European thematic ICT21 for Energy Efficiency network (information technologies for energy efficiency), the urban community of Strasbourg, the Alsace region, the Conseil général de Bas-Rhin, ADEME, the Caisse de dépôts and the Grenoble School of Management. Over 200 decision-makers and experts with 75 contributors from around twenty countries, all highly active as people in charge of local authorities, firms, researchers in engineering science and human science, association leaders, etc., decided to implement programmes and cooperation for developing the use of new digital technologies which are an incredible lever for innovation, solutions and also the adoption of sustainable development in cities. They also agreed to develop large scale training and awareness-raising programmes for all the inhabitants and users of the 21st century cities.The REEB project has been invited, as focussed on a key area of interest to the Forum (ICT for energy efficiency in the Built environment), and has been active in the context of the elaboration of a number of very practical suggestions and commitment to actions collectively drafted by the public and economic stakeholders of the territories assembled together in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. A synthesis report is under elaboration, where inputs from REEB have been provided.

Purpose

The REEB project has been presented (by CSTB – Alain Zarli) in terms of general project awareness, with presentation of the REEB project & vision in the Workshop 7: ICT & energy efficiency in Buildings, along with presentations from other key European projects (e-Diana ARTEMIS project, HOSPILOT project, BeyWatch and DEHEMS). The purpose was to exhibit the pivotal role played by the construction sector in the new global concepts of sustainable development and economic recovery – and to advocate that ICT is key in designing and instrumenting energy-efficient built environment.Title of the presentation: Energy-Efficient ICT-empowered buildings in Green & Connected Cities: a perspective from the REEB project.






Nº of Attendants ~50 attendees Role: Passive (but with few questions)

Feedback

Good feedback from the attendees, who acknowledged the importance of smart Buildings (and the impact of ICT) with respect to sustainable development.Some new contacts have been established – including with the European thematic ICT21 for Energy Efficiency network. It is intended to contact this network (February 2010) in order especially to exchange about best practices (and the best practices guide) in terms of ICT for EE in buildings.

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Event IBM Webinar - Thursday, January 14, 2009 15:00 - 16:00 CET

DescriptionIBM Smart Buildings Community is an internal global network within IBM dealing with research and development of solutions for energy efficient Smart Buildings. They have a monthly telecom where they discuss issues and topics of relevance to the community. REEB had the special privilege of being invited to present to this internal global network of experts within IBM.

Purpose

Following a REEB workshop on the 27th of October, 2009 in London, REEB was contacted by Joe Potter, Associate Partner, Asset Management Solutions, IBM Global Business Solutions, to make a short presentation on the REEB project, its vision, and way forward in terms of the roadmap. He informed that the work of REEB was of particular relevance to IBM Smart Buildings Community, an internal global network that conversed via telecom once a month on relevant research and development in the area of IT for energy efficient buildingsThe IBM Webinar took place on the 14th of January, 2010. The objective being to introduce the IBM Smart Buildings Community members to the recent outcomes of REEB, including the REEB vision on the high and promising potential for ICT to become fully pervasive in the future optimization of energy in the built environment - where “energy-efficient smart buildings” will manage their information for an optimal operation of building energy flows and overall building life cycle performance. Short introduction was also provided about some European Case Studies / Best practices, as well as ongoing R&D research projects funded by the EC. Eventually, information on how to join the IRC and to get more info on REEB was introduced at the end of the Webinar.



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Nº of Attendants ~30 Role: Passive – with questions

Feedback

The presentation was done by Alain Zarli (CSTB & REEB Project Coordinator) and Sami Kazi (VTT), entitled “A European Perspective on Applications for Future, Smart, Energy Efficient Buildings”.It was attended by approx. 30 participants from IBM global network. This presentation has contributed to improved awareness of the project to key persons within IBM engaged with the research and development of ICT based solutions for energy efficient buildings.Attendants have been invited to join the REEB community – with different options to collaborate to the REEB results and contribute to the book. Overall assessment of REEB presentation at this Webinar has been very good. Participants were impressed with the content, structure of work and looked forward to hearing more from REEB once the roadmap was ready.CSTB has already been contacted by IBM in France after the webinar, and the organisation of two meetings between IBM and CSTB is underway.

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Event Inter Spanish Technology Platforms in the Construction Sector Wokshop – Thursday 28 January 2010, CSIC, Madrid (Spain)

Description

This meeting was arranged by the Spanish Construction Technology Platform (PTEC - http://www.construccion2030.org/out/out.Main.php ) in order to promote the collaboration among the different Spanish Technology Platforms whose business and research area is related with the construction sectorThe following ICT and Energy related Spanish Technology Platforms participated in this workshop:

Plataforma de Eficiencia Energética: Technology platform about energy efficiency. Plataforma de Fotovoltaica: Technology platform about photovoltaic panels. INES: Technology platform about software and services. PROMETEO: Technology platform about embedded systems. Plataforma Tecnológica Hogar Digital: Technology platform about digital home.

Purpose

The purpose of our attendance was to present the REEB project and involve members of the Spanish Technology Platforms y the validation of the REEB vision and Roadmap.

A short presentation of the REEB project was included in the presentation of the PTEC and a fact-sheet about the project was distributed


Form Report/paper Presentation Workshop Meeting Email Internet Other: Fact-sheet

Frequency Quarterly Semi-annually Annually Other: Unique Ws in 2010




Feedback The responsible of the REEB related technology platforms were contacted and they are interested in collaborating with the REEB project in the vision and roadmap validation process.

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2. REEB International conference (Milestone 4)

In the REEB Description of Work, the key milestone M4 (Conference 1) is dedicated to the dissemination of REEB initial results in an International Conference. This event is also identified as deliverable D5.33 of WP5. As planned in the Description of Work, the event took place in conjunction with the CISBAT 2009 conference at m17 (September 2009). In the meantime, the REEB consortium decided to take the opportunity to have simultaneously a second REEB workshop in conjunction with an ITOBO-Fraunhofer event planned in Duisburg on the same days (2 & 3 September 2009). Consequently, the REEB partners have split into two groups to ensure the smooth organization of these 2 parallel events. Below are provided the communiqués for these 2 key active dissemination actions as well as comprehensive reports from the interactive sessions.

2.1 REEB at CISBAT 2009 conference in Lausanne

REEB has appeared as scientific partner of CISBAT 09 in all the conference dissemination instruments: link on CISBAT website, REEB logo and REEB project description in the CISBAT proceedings, REEB material (e.g. newsletters) distributed during the conference, etc. REEB intensively exchanged with the CISBAT organisation to ensure a smooth coordination and a win-win collaboration.

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Figure 1. REEB logo on CISBAT proceedings for scientific partnership

Communiqué

Event CISBAT Conference, 2-3 September 09, Lausanne (CH) (m17)

DescriptionCISBAT is a biannual international conference, which aims to be at the forefront of scientific and technological innovation in favour of sustainability of the built environment. In this 2009 edition, a specific topic is dedicated to the importance of ICTs.

Purpose

REEB has been in contact early with the CISBAT organisation and has arranged the following actions:

On the 2nd day (morning), ICT session chaired by Alain ZARLI, REEB Project coordinator, and concluded by a REEB presentation, inviting attendants to join the workshop on the 2nd day (afternoon); On the 2nd day, REEB interactive workshop aiming at refining & validating the categories identified in the REEB Vision (D4.1); REEB logo on all CISBAT documents, flyer, website…

REEB summary in the conference proceedings



Frequency Quarterly Semi-annually Annually Other: biannual


Audience Academia Researchers Industry Other: students


Feedback

The ICT session chaired by Alain was very relevant to REEB. Some presentations had a good synergism with REEB, and will be included as Best Practices (WP2) or RTD initiatives (WP3). The REEB presentation has contributed to general awareness of the project and attendants have been invited to join the REEB community; The interactive workshop has been split in 2 groups focusing on the categories “Intelligent & Integrated control” and “Energy management and trading”. No fundamental modification to the proposed REEB categories / subcategories has been identified. Interesting ideas have been discussed and are summarized in separated reports.

Overall assessment of REEB participation in CISBAT was good, even if attendance was mainly composed of construction / energy experts. A dedicated ICT–players workshop will be organized in Oct-Nov 09 to perform the same type of validation by the ICT sector.

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Interactive sessions report

The interactive workshop has been split into 2 groups focusing on the following categories ofthe REEB draft vision:

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“Intelligent & Integrated control”• “Energy management and trading”

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on the 2nd day of CISBAT 2009 conference

2.2 REEB at ITOBO-Fraunhofer workshop in Duisburg

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EventInternational Workshop in Duisburg, Germany:

“Design and Operation of Smart, Energy Efficient Buildings”

Description

This Workshop was organized in order to establish European Networks for Innovation, new businesses, to discover challenges for a new research and developments in the Energy Engineering area.In this workshop the Smart Building Cluster Cork (Ireland),the Fraunhofer “inHaus Research Centre”, and ZENIT join their forces:

1. to demonstrate the potentials of innovation in the area of smart, energy-efficient buildings (Day 1).

2. to present and discuss opportunities for participation in European R&D proposals under the 7th Framework Programme (Day 2).

3. to initiate the establishment of a “European Innovation Network for Smart, Energy-Efficient Buildings”

PurposeThe purpose of REEB participation to this conference was to make a full REEB presentation to the audience, in order to enroll additional ICT players in the IRC (International REEB Community).



Frequency Quarterly Semi-annually Annually Other: Appointed workshop


Audience Academia Researchers Industry Other: State Agencies, guest from EUcommission (FP7)

Nº of Attendants 92 (see table provided in appendix, 30 from ITOBO cluster)

Role: Active

Feedback

A verbal presentation of REEB has been done by Prof. Karsten Menzel (UCC) on thefirst day of the conference, together with:

A distribution of proposition to join the IRC, and a request of opinion about Main Classification Categories presented by WP3

during the track session of day 1.

No major impact on the main categories has been identified during the discussion.Several attendants (around ~15) have registered to the IRC. The comprehensive list of conference attendants is provided in the appendices of the present report.

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Event REEB Workshop on Oct., 3rd 2009 in the frames of the CIB-W78 Conference, Istanbul – 1-3 Oct. 2009 (m18)

DescriptionOpen presentation and brainstorming session with multi-national participation, dedicated to the identified major road-mapping issues by REEB, as part of an established annual international conference in the area of construction IT.

Purpose

(1) Brainstorming with regard to the identified major roadmap issues within REEB with the goal to identify further drivers, enablers, R&D topics, opportunities and barriers and to provide feedback to the REEB Consortium to review and eventually enhance the developed road-mapping matrix.

(2) Dissemination of REEB ideas and results to an international audience of researchers and developers.

(3) Increase the impact of REEB through the participant’s networks at the workshop.



Frequency Quarterly Semi-annually Annually Other: One-time event



Nº of Attendants15(Germany, Netherlands, Slovenia, Sweden, UK, USA, NZ)

Role: Active

Feedback

The workshop was overall very successful in the achievement of its set up goals. Participation was predominantly from academia and research in accordance with the conference profile. Nevertheless, discussions were highly practice-oriented and very active. Following an introductory presentation of Raimar Scherer (TUD), who outlined the main REEB goals and explained in detail the REEB road-mapping matrix, identifying the five major roadmap topics and their respective subtopics, a lively discussion took place in which more than 30 issues related to the roadmap were raised. These issues were ordered in the categories (1) EEB drivers & enablers, (2) objectives for future R&D and (3) barriers. They were documented at the workshop, digitally recorded and forwarded for further analysis to the REEB consortium as well as to the workshop participants.This was a very good and unbiased result from an audience that had (purposely) not been prepared afore hand.

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3.1 Event Description

Objectives

The ICT workshop held in London on the 27th October 2009 was to facilitate the co-creation of the REEB vision and strategic research agenda and supporting implementation plan for ICT enabled sustainable and energy-efficient smart building constructions. In particular, the specific objectives of this workshop were to:

Raise awareness and encourage ICT industry to get involved in energy efficiency in the built environment;

Contribute to developing the EC research agenda on ICT for energy efficient buildings;

Provide expert insight into the impact of ICTs for a sustainable built environment.

Methodology

For the first working session in the morning, participants brainstormed possible impacts looking at what were the Implications, opportunities and risks on post-it notes, under time spans.

Figure 3 - A1 template used for the first working session (Impact)

Then, for the second working session, under 6 categories taken from the Vision of REEB, they were asked to brainstorm research needed on post it notes. They then voted on specific ideas, to establish which were likely to be the most important areas of research.

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Figure 4- A1 templates used for the 2nd (Research needed) and 3rd (Implementation) working sessions

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Event Workshop - REEB Roadmap for ICT Enabled Energy Efficient Buildings - Tuesday 27 October, Arup, London

Description

This workshop has been organised by REEB (and especially ARUP, CSTB and VTT) to invite key ICT players to shape the REEB European strategic research Agenda for ICT supporting Energy-efficient buildings.NOTE: This workshop is one of the actions following the first review meeting, aiming at strengthening the involvement of ICT players in the elaboration of the REEB vision and roadmap. It has been described in details in the REEB deliverable D5.33 issued 30 November 2009 (m19). Therefore description below is only a synthesis, and the reader is invited to refer to D5.33 for more details.

Purpose

Raise awareness and encourage ICT industry to get involved in energy efficiency in the built environment;

Contribute to developing the EC research agenda on ICT for energy efficient buildings;

Provide expert insight into the impact of ICTs for a sustainable built environment.

The outcomes of the meeting have provided input to the latest stages of the REEB roadmap, as well as for the E2B PPP and the Focus Area ICT of the European Construction Technology Platform.



Frequency Quarterly Semi-annually Annually Other: Unique Ws in 2009


Audience Academia Researchers Industry Other: Students


Feedback

This workshop contributed to collect inputs from the ICT sector for the REEB vision and roadmap, and lots of findings have been generated and further carefully analyzed and integrated in the major REEB deliverables (especially Vision – D4.1 – and Roadmap – D4.2).)This workshop was one of the major steps to reinforce the involvement of ICT players in the REEB initiative. It was considered as quite interesting and informative (and well run) by the attendees. A one-to-one contact will be kept with each attendee, especially for peer-review of major REEB deliverables. Especially, out from this Ws, it was decided with IBM attendees to organise a Webinar dedicated to REEB for the IBM Smart Buildings network world-wide.

Communiqué

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3.2 Working Sessions

The main findings from the working sessions have been summarized in the following excel tables. These outcomes will be carefully analyzed and integrated in the major REEB deliverables (Vision, Roadmap, Implementation recommendations).

Figure 5- Pictures from the working sessions

4. - Upcoming Events: description

This section gives a selection of relevant conferences, workshops, and congresses for the upcoming period. A classification is proposed according to the main topics addressed (ICT – Energy – Construction).

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4.1 Upcoming Event Summary

Year date Event Place Target

Key Topics

Comments

2010

23-24Feb.

ICT4EE – 2nd EU High Level event on ICT for Energy

Efficiency

BE Researchers,academics,

industry

I E High-Priorityevent

03-05Mar.

World Sustainable Energy days 2010

AT Researchers,academics

E

22-26Mar. EU Sustainable Energy Week BE Researchers,

academics,industry

E High-Priorityevent

29-31Mar.

FIATECH Technology Conference & Showcase

USA Researchers,academics,

industry

I High-Priorityevent

06-09Apr

8th International Conference on Computing,

Communications andControl Technologies

USAResearchers,academics,

industryI

13-14Apr.

6th International conference on improving energy efficiency in

commercial buildings (IEECB'10)

DE Researchers,academics,

industry

E C

21-23Apr.

ICAE- InternationalConference on Applied

EnergySingapore

Researchers,academics,

industryE

27-28Apr. KNX International forum SP Researchers,

academics,E C

10-13May CIB World Congress UK


industryC High-Priority

event

17-19May 16th International Conf.

CIB W104 Open andSP Researchers,

academics,E C Organized by

a REEB

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Sustainable building industry partner

16-18 June

Future Network & Mobile Summit 2010

IT Researchers,academics,

industry

I High-Priorityevent

30-02July ICCCBE-XIII UK


industryI C

30-02July

CESB10: Central Europa towards Sustainable Building

CZ Researchers,academics,

industry

E C

14-16Sept. ECPPM 2010 IE


industryI E C

Organized bya REEBpartner

27-29Sept. ICT 2010 Event BE


industryI High-Priority

event

26-28Oct.

XXXVII IAHS World Congress on Housing Science SP

Researchers,academics, E C

27-29Oct.

eChallenges e-2010 Conference and Exhibition PL

Researchers,academics, I High-Priority

event

16-18Nov.

CIB W078 - Information Technology for Construction - 27th International Conference

EGResearchers,academics,

industryI C High-Priority

event

17-19Nov.

ICT for sustainable homes 2010 FR


industryI E C High-Priority

event

4.2 Other targeted events

In addition to the above list of conferences, REEB plans to participate to the events related to ICT-oriented or ICT-dedicated ETPs.

REEB has participated to the last NEM Summit (see communiqué in section 1) and contactshave been established with representatives of EPOSS (see above table).

In addition, contacts are ongoing with:o ARTEMIS (Partner in charge: ACCIONA),o eMobility (Partner in charge: LABEIN),o NESSI (Partner in charge: VTT & CSTB).

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With respect to the (eMobility) Mobile and Wireless Communications Technology Platform, this platform has been contacted through its Coordinator, Miss Fiona William. As a consequence of this contact, eMobility is now member of the International REEB Community(IRC) and investigations are ongoing about the possibility of participating in some workshop of the eMobility Applications WG and the "Future Network and Mobile Summit 2010" that will take place in June 2010.

The ARTEMIS ETP has been contacted too, and relationships are established as well. It is anticipated that REEB presentations may be achieved at one of the two following future events:

ARTEMIS Spring Event 2010 - March 1-2, 2010, Nürnberg, Germany; ARTEMIS Autumn Event 2010 – location and date to be defined.

These are tentative options, provided these kinds of events are suitable for presenting REEB or any other projects, and not only the ARTEMIS ones.

4.3 Events description

This event is organised by the European Commission's Information Society and Media Directorate-General, in cooperation with the Spanish Presidency of the European Union.This high level event will include:

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Conference and Parallel Sessions: On the first day the sessions will be policy related on the fields of ICT for Energy Efficiency, Smart Cities and Smart Metering. On the second day there will be technical parallel sessions on the fields of Smart Buildings, Logistics and Transport, ICT Infrastructure for the Smart Grid, Improving Awareness, and the role of the Media, Energy Efficient Data Centres and New Business Models on an Energy Liberalised Market.

Exhibition: which will show projects' results as well as the European Commission and European Institutions key initiatives.

Award Ceremony: The winner(s) of the Best ICT4EE Project Award competition will receive the grand prize from the high level representatives of the two companies sponsoring the award: ENEL, from the energy field, and SAP AG from the ICT field.

The objective of this event is to become a vehicle to drive progress in the transition to an energy-efficient and low-carbon economy following the terms of the "Recommendation C(2009) 7604" adopted by the European Commission on October 9th 2009.

The ICT4EE high level event is a unique opportunity to share the REEB outcomes with the EU decision makers, and to check compliancy of the REEB approach with the EU policy framework. It is also a good opportunity for cross-fertilization and synchronization with other EU project. REEB will have an active participation on the exhibition events.

More info at http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/ict4ee/2010/index_en.htm

The World Sustainable Energy Days, the largest annual conference in this field in Europe, offer a unique combination of events on sustainable energy production and use, covering energy efficiency and renewable energy sources for buildings, industry and transport.

Four conferences and seminars - which present the latest technology trends, outstanding examples and European strategies - and the “Energiesparmesse“, an important energy

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exhibition, offer ideal opportunities to establish new partnerships. The conference makes an important contribution to awareness raising for green energy and energy efficiency.

Since 18 years, experts and decision makers from all over the world flock to Upper Austria toattend the events - in 2009, the conference attracted more than 850 participants from 53countries.

More info at http://www.esv.or.at/esv/index.php?id=217&L=1

The focus of this year’s EUSEW is on Europe’s cities and their efforts in the fight against climate change. This event is an initiative of the European Commission managed by the Executive Agency for Competitiveness & Innovation (EACI), the EU Sustainable Energy Week is Europe’s lead event on energy issues.

The Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign is a European Commission initiative in the framework of the Intelligent Energy - Europe programme, which aims to raise public awareness and promote sustainable energy production and use among individuals and organisations, private companies and public authorities, professional and energy agencies, industry associations and NGOs across Europe.

It is in the context of the EU commitment to change the landscape of energy that the Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign has been launched. Set for a period of four years, the Campaign will contribute to the achievement of EU energy policy goals and targets in the fields of renewable energy sources, energy efficiency, clean transport and alternative fuels.

The specific objectives of the Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign are to:

raise the awareness of decision-makers at local, regional, national and European level; spread best-practice;

ensure a strong level of public awareness, understanding and support;

stimulate the necessary trends towards an increase in private investment in sustainable energy technologies.

Within the Campaign, achievable benchmarks are also provided, in order to measure the progress of sustainable energy actions and serve as goals for decision-makers and planners.

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EU Sustainable Energy Week,22-26 March 2010, Brussels, Belgium

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1. Sustainable Energy Communities - regions 2. Sustainable Energy Communities - cities

3. Sustainable Energy Communities - islands and rural areas

4. Sustainable Energy in Communities aiming at 100% RES Supply

5. Sustainable Energy in Transport

6. Sustainable Energy in Buildings

7. Sustainable Energy Lighting Systems and Appliances

8. Sustainable Energy Cooperation with Developing Countries

9. Sustainable Energy Promotion and Communication

More info at http://www.sustenergy.org/tpl/page.cfm?pageName=home

FIATECH 2010 will celebrate FIATECH’s first 10 years with the 2010 Technology Conference & Showcase which will be focus on “Enhancing Capital Asset Value through Leading Technologies and Delivery Processes.” with some highlights of industry leading developments including advancement of life cycle data management, design workflows, BIM for precast concrete, RFID developments, a building operation's facility directory, and many more. At the conference, it will be share the FIATECH vision for building on 10 years of industry leadership and also the near-term priorities. The conference will focus on advancing the demonstration and deployment of technology and processes to deliver the highest business value throughout the capital asset life cycle while providing a unique opportunity for peer-to-peer exchange and networking as well as collaboration on emerging technologies and innovative solutions in the competitive global market. This 2.5 day event will show the FIATECH consortium and its members work and what is coming up in 2010 and beyond.

The program will include the following three tracks:

1. Emerging and Market-ready Solutions for Interoperability 2. New and Innovative Technologies 3. Achieving Success in Safety, Sustainability, and Energy Efficiency

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CCCT 2010 is an International Conference that will bring together researchers, developers, practitioners, consultants and users of Computer, Communications and Control Technologies, with the aim to serve as a forum to present current and future work, solutions and problems in these fields, as well as in the relationships among them. Consequently, efforts will be done in order to promote and to foster the analogical thinking required by the Systems Approach for interdisciplinary cross-fertilization, "epistemic things" generation and "technical objects" production.

CCCT Conferences are yearly events intended to serve as an encounter point for Computer, Communications and Control Technologies researchers, practitioners, consultants and users who have been interchanging ideas, research results and innovations in the mentioned areas and other related topics. Analytical as well as synthetical thinking represents the infrastructural support of the papers presented in CCCT conferences. Synthetical thinking supported papers inside the Information Systems area, as well as its relationships (analogies, "epistemic things", "technical synthetical objects", hybrid systems, cross/fertilization, etc.) with other areas.

More info at http://www.iiis2010.org/imcic/website/default.asp?vc=3

The IEECB’06 conference will take place during Light+Building, the world’s leading trade fair for Architecture and Technology, 11 – 16 April 2010, in Frankfurt, Germany. Light+Building integrates the sectors related to building design – light, electrical engineering as well as home and building automation – at one trade fair. Integrated planning approaches and systems-linking interaction of various technical trades are no longer just a vision but a growing reality. Light+Building does justice to this with its unique international scope by presenting the subject in its entire breadth and depth. Light+Building is the number one industry event in 2010 forall experts involved in the conception, planning and management of buildings.1 February 2010

8th International Conference on Computing, Communications and Control Technologies, CCCT 2010, Orlando, Florida USA

April 6th - 9th, 2010

6th International Conference on Improving Energy Efficiency in commercial buildings (IEECB 2010)

13- 14 April - 2010, Frankfurt Germany

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The IEECB conference seeks to bring together all the key players from this sector, including commercial buildings’ investors and property managers, energy efficiency experts and building technologies researchers, equipment manufacturers, service providers (ESCOs, utilities, facilities management companies) and policy makers, with a view to exchange information, to learn from each other and to network. At the conference key representatives of leading organisations and companies, institutions and equipment industry will present the overall picture and give details of policies, recent advancements and examples of best practice.

The wide scope of topics covered during the IEECB’06 conference includes: macro/micro approaches, state-of-the-art equipment and systems (lighting, HVAC auxiliary equipment, ICT & office equipment, miscellaneous equipment, BEMS, electricity on-site production, renewable energies, etc.) and the latest advances in R&D, tools, regulation & policy, demand-side and supply-side perspectives for all branches of activity (public and private sector, the commerce and retail sectors, hotels and restaurants, banks and insurance companies, local authorities, civil services & public bodies, education, universities & laboratories, hospitals, airport and stations, etc.).

More info at http://www.eceee.org/calendar/2010/IEECB10/

The International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE) is an integrated forum on research, development and application of energy technology and policy. The objective of ICAE is to facilitate debate on topics ranging from energy R&D and energy resource optimization to urban energy efficiency standards and climate change policy. Forging dynamic networks among academia, industry and government has always been at the heart of this event.

The Call for Papers for ICAE 2010 is based on the theme of "Energy Solutions for a Sustainable World „ and offers a wide range of topics covering clean energy and renewables, advanced energy systems, energy and the environment, energy in buildings, and energy policy. Specialists from all over the world will share experiences and contribute towards building the framework for sustainable development in the 21st century.

Tentative topics are: energy solutions for the developing world, energy and sustainable cities, achieving a low carbon society, climate change mitigation technology, and energy policy for sustainable development.

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The selection of the papers presented at ICAE2010 will be reviewed for publication in a special issue of Applied Energy and other international peer-reviewed journals. In addition, best paper awards will be presented at the Conference. The Conference Topics will be the following:

Renewable and Green Energy Resources and Technologies;Energy Conservation in Buildings;Advanced Energy Technologies;Energy Systems for Power Generation;Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development;

More Information at the ICAE 2010 site: http://www.icae2010.org/

The KNX International Forum is held for the first time in Madrid, Spain, as a reference event in “Sustainable building” based on the integration of technologies of control, integration and automation.

Buildings are no longer something merely structural, but a functional element serving the people in it, meeting their needs and their social and natural environment from the technologies integrated.

By the influence acquired by from the environment concern and the role the technology integration plays in its design, KNX ITL FORUM is intended to be a point of knowledge and experience exchange on three fundamental axis of reference:

Sustainable architecture Environment responsibility Integration technologies

The process of design and construction of a building begins by the evaluation of the needs of the people occupying it and the compliance of the environmental responsibilities; afterwards the services that the building has to attend are analyzed and, in the end, the technologies involved in channeling those services to fulfill those needs.

The architect’s opinion will be analyzed because of his role of prescriptor, so that, based on the needs and the energetic efficiency, the sectors implicated will understand how important is the integration of technologies under a same standard, KNX.

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More Information at the KNX International Forum site http://www.knxitlforum.org/wellcome.aspx?Id=D8C95D47-2D13-40C9-9DF8-BF7A66DD661A&IdPage=0

The 2010 CIB World Congress is focused on Building for a Better World, the construction and built environment sectors to achieve a world in which people are properly housed, in which buildings and transport systems support the efficient operation of our economies, by connecting and channelling the full capacities of the construction and built environment industries to meet the needs and transform the world, for us and for future generations. The Congress will include high profile presentations by leading authorities and thought leaders; trend reports covering a wide range of disciplines; perspectives on national and regional markets around the world; and the latest academic papers from every corner of the global built environment research community.

Hundreds of researchers from around the world will be meeting at the Congress, representing a strong multi-disciplinary mix of over forty CIB Working Commssions and Task Groups and, as well as running their own academic streams.

The Congress is an opportunity for the CIB community to gather together and take stock on major issues, whilst also enjoying the opportunity to interact on a broader front than is normal for WC/TG meetings. The model for the event is to support CIB groups to hold their own meetings, but also to build common social events and targeted synergetic sessions. The theme is broad enough to include the full range of technical, social and managerial topics from within the CIB, but will provide some focus to help in the development of joint activities within the Congress. These are likely to include state-of-the-art reports and launches of major pieces of work from CIB groups, as well as significant keynotes of general interest, also a wide range of presentations, workshops, a postgraduate track, exhibitions / posters and special journal issues.

This CIB Congress will gather a total of 49 of CIB’s Working Commissions and Task Groups. This is an unprecedented opportunity to investigate specialist subjects, but also to share in the opportunity to cross-fertilise interests with other specialists.

More Information at the CIB World Congress 2010 Website: http://www.cib2010.org/

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CIB World Congress,The Lowry, Salford Quays, United Kingdom

10-13 May 2010

http://www.cib2010.org/

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This conference is one of a series held around the world in recent years by the CIB W104 Open Building Implementation Commission, focused on developments in the building industry related to two major societal objectives: 1) an adaptable - and thus sustainable - building stock and, 2) a more user-centered process of design and construction. In regard to these two objectives, it is noteworthy that a process formerly limited to office buildings, shopping centers and a few signature laboratory buildings is now becoming mainstream, withmany notable examples found in these building types as well as in housing and health care facilities. That is, a base building is constructed, defining architectural and urban character, major fixed interior public spaces and pedestrian circulation, and primaryutility system pathways.

These “open” buildings, designed to accommodate change, are fitted-out initially and over time to meet the changing preferences of inhabitant/users. The utility infrastructure of each unit of occupancy connects to the infrastructure of the base building, which connects in turn to the higher level urban utility infrastructure. Generally, change of the fit-out of these buildings does not disturb the more permanent base building and its utility infrastructure, but a change of the base building will necessitate alterations on the fit-out level.

Because these changes on the fit-out level happen over a long period of time, we often see different parties designing and constructing the base building and the fit-out. These developments - which are happening internationally - are spawning new kinds of architecture, new businesses, the development of new products and management processes and tools, and the introduction of new regulations and financing methods to match. This conference will examine these processes, products, roles and outcomes, internationally and across many building types.

More info at: http://info.labein.es/openbuilding-2010/

This event is the nineteenth in a series of Annual Conferences supported by the European Commission. The 19th Future Network and MobileSummit will address the challenges of building the Future Internet, based on mobile, wireless and fixed broadband communications infrastructures.

Conference Topics

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16th International Conf. CIB W104Open and Sustainable building,

May 17-19, 2010,Bilbao, Spain

Future Network & Mobile Summit 2010 16-18 June 2010- Florence- Italy

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Radio Access and Spectrum

Next-generation Radio System Architectures and Protocols Cooperative Wireless Networking

Advanced Physical Layer Techniques

Cognitive and Reconfigurable Radio Systems

Radio Spectral Coexistence and Future Frequency Bands

Radio Network and Terminal Self-configuration and -management

Converged and Optical Networks

WDM and long-reach Passive Optical Networks Mobile Access Networks based on Free-space Optical Technology including Infrared

and Visible Light

Next-generation Active Optical (P2P) Networks

Gigabit Home and In-Building Networks

Fixed-mobile Convergence including Infrastructure Convergence, Centralisation in Radio-over-fibre, Femto-cells and Supporting Solutions

Future Internet Technologies

Future Internet Architecture and Protocol Design Scalable Architectures for the Real World Internet

Future Internet Self-Management Frameworks

Network Overlay, Virtualisation and Federation

Future Internet Experimental Facilities and Benchmarking

Platforms and Middleware for Seamless Service and Content Delivery

More info at: http://www.futurenetworksummit.eu/2010/

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Since 1981, ISCCBE has successfully held eleven ICCCBE (International Conferences onComputing in Civil and Building Engineering), conferences all over the world:

(1981) ICCCBE-I, New York(1985) ICCCBE- II, Hanzho(1988) ICCCBE- III, Vancouver(1991) ICCCBE- IV, Tokio(1993) ICCCBE- V, Anaheim(1995) ICCCBE- VI, Berlin(1997) ICCCBE- VII,Seoul(2000) ICCCBE- VIII, Stanford(2002) ICCCBE- IX, Taipei(2004) ICCCBE- X, Weimar(2006) ICCCBE- XI, MontrealThe future Conferences will be:(2008) ICCCBE-XII- Beijing, China(2010) ICCCBE- XIII- London, England

The objective of the Society is to encourage international cooperation, collaboration and exchange of ideas and information related to the beneficial use of computers in civil and building engineering. The purpose is to sanction the International Conferences on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering. (ICCCBE)

Activities of the Society shall include: Encouraging the formation of National Committees by countries desiring membership

in the ISCCSE and assisting in their formation; Holding International Conferences on themes of general interest to the majority of the

membership at intervals not to exceed three years; Cooperating with other bodies whose aims are complementary to those of the Society; Forming an operating body which includes a President and Board of Directors.

The Society is organized by a Government and Administration, a Board of Directors, and an Executive Committee. ISCCBE counts with different institution members from USA, China, Finland, Germany, Greece, Japan, Korea, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and UK. The Official Headquarters of ISCCBE are Located in The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering at the Civil Engineering Department in Carleton University; Ottawa, Ontario.

More Info at the ICCCBE XIII Website: http://www.engineering.nottingham.ac.uk/icccbe/

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ICCCBE XIII - International Conferences on Computing in Civil andBuilding Engineering

30 June - 2 nd July 2010- Nottingham, England

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The CESB 10 conference is a part of a 2010 international conferences series on sustainable building organized in different regions of the world. The Prague CESB10 – Central Europe towards Sustainable building conference intents to cover primarily region of Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Slovenia, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland. Contributors from other countries are also warmly welcome.

The main goal of the conference is to summarize state of the art in the region, recognize future trends and discuss possible targets for the next years.

The Conference Topics are

Advanced building design Energy efficiency Material efficiency Quality of internal and external environment Assessment methods Economy Policy and legislation Education and Information

CSBS is an official representative of the International Initiative for Sustainable Built environment (iiSBE) in the Czech Republic. CSBS is a non- profit organization founded with the aim of promoting the ideas mentioned above in the specific national conditions of CR. It manages the development and introduction of a building complex evaluation system, supports information and educational activities related to sustainable built development.

More Info at http://www.cesb.cz/en

The ECPPM conference series has provided a discussion platform for Research and Development topics of key importance to the Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Facilities Management sectors since 1994.

The ECPPM 2010 conference will provide attendees with strategic knowledge on the

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CESB10: Central Europa towards Sustainable Building30th June -2 nd July 2010- Prague, Czech Republic

ECPPM 201014-16 September 2010 – Cork, Ireland

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achievements and trends in research, development, standardisation and industrial implementation of product and process information technology.

The ECPPM 2010 conference will present R&D results from the following themes: Complex Engineering Systems Processes and Construction Management Energy-Efficiency

The ECPPM 2010 conference will be an open forum for leading specialists from industry and research communities on developments in different countries worldwide, bringing together expertise, knowledge, ongoing research and visions, for the evolution of the expanding world of ICT-based applications that address information, process and project management in the dynamic construction sector.

The ECPPM 2010 conference invites key players from Industry, Academia, the European Commission and Government Bodies to explain new research programmes and present latest results from FP7, E2B, ERABUILD, the European Construction Technology Platform, Science Foundation Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, Sustainable Energy Ireland and other funding agencies.More Info at http://zuse.ucc.ie/ECPPM/topics.html

The biennial ICT Event (formerly called the "IST Event") is the most important forum for discussing research and public policy in information and communication technologies at European level. The Event brings together researchers and innovators, policy and business decision-makers working in the field of digital technologies.

The ICT Event: Presents Europe's future priorities for research funding in the ICT area Examines crucial issues of public policy for stimulating innovation through ICT

development and uptake Creates opportunities to establish research and business partnerships and simply keep

up to date in what is happening in various ICT research fields.

The ICT Event is organised by the European Commission's Directorate General for the Information Society and Media and is usually hosted by the current Presidency of the European Union.

The 2009-2010 Work Programme for ICT research in the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) will be presented during a number of conference sessions. Other sources of

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ICT 201027-29 September 2010 – Brussels, Belgium

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EU research funding for ICT will also be examined. including the new Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs) and the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP).

CT 2010: Europe's most visible forum for ICT research and innovation.

This biennial event has become a unique gathering point for researchers, business people, investors, and high level policy makers in the field of digital innovation. ICT 2010 will focus on policy priorities such as Europe's Digital Agenda and the next financial programme of the European Union for funding research and innovation in ICT.

At ICT 2010:

latest research trends in information and communication technologies European priorities for 2.8 billion Euros research funding in ICT, 2011-2012

Meet potential research and business partners at dozens of networking sessions

an exhibition with over 5000 square meters of Europe's latest cutting edge ICT research

More Information at the ICT website:http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/ict/2010/index_en.htm

The IAHS-INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HOUSING SCIENCE- was established in 1972 in the United States as a non-profit, education, scientific spreading, world organization. The IAHS promotes research, publications and conferences on the topic of Housing. The IAHS is an interdisciplinary association, interested in the different aspects of the housing sciences: planning, design, building, economic-financial side, marketing.The members are interested in architecture, engineering, materials science, economics, interior design, psychology, sociology, urban and environment design.

The major activities of IAHS are defined in the following goals1. To generate new knowledge and to promote research on housing science. 2. To sponsor and organize international conferences and workshops to help generate

interest and present innovative ideas and methods.3. To cooperate with academic and research institutions and government and private

organizations to sponsor pertinent research on topics related to housing.

The IAHS is a member of both the United Nations and ECOSOC (United Nations Economics and Social Council), as an NGO(non-governmental organization).

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XXXVII IAHS World Congress on Housing Science26-28 October 2010 – Santander, Spain

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The Association publishes a quarterly Journal, named INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOUSING SCIENCE AND ITS APPLICATIONS, for distribution to its members. Since 1972 the IAHS organizes international conferences on housing problems, in one of the 42 state members.

The Topics of the upcoming conference are:

Materials and methods of construction Design for sustainability and refurbishment Socio-cultural aspects of the house projects and urbanism Political health, security and comforts Design for house projects The urban planning and the city Economy and financing policies Systems of management and maintenance Technology of construction Pathology and refurbishment of the construction

More Information at http://grupos.unican.es/gted/iahs/eng/index.html

This event is the twentieth in a series of Annual Conferences supported by the European Commission. The goal of e-2010 is to stimulate rapid take-up of Research and Technology Development (RTD) results by industry and in particular SMEs, and help open up the European Research Area (ERA) to the rest of the world.

eChallenges provides a prestigious, international forum to share success stories and lessons learnt from applied Information and Communications Technology (ICT) related research at European level (FP6 & FP7) as well as Regional, National and Commercial initiatives. International cooperation and discussion of commercialisation, exploitation & interoperability issues are key aspects of the programme.

The programme will combine strategic keynote presentations, technical, legal and policy papers, business and government case studies, workshops and tutorials. e-2010 will also feature an Exhibition and an attractive Social Programme for partners, presenters, delegates and exhibitors, to enhance networking opportunities both during and after the Conference.

Conference topics

eInfrastructures ICT for Networked Enterprise & RFID

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eChallenges e-2010 Conference & Exhibition27-29 October 2010 – Warsaw, Poland

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eGovernment & eDemocracy

eHealth - Services to Citizens

Collaborative Working Environments

Living Labs

Digital Libraries and Cultural Heritage

Intelligent Content and Semantics

High Performance Computing Applications

Networked, Smart and Virtual Organisations

Mobility

Security and Identity Management

Technology Enhanced Learning and ICT Skills

Related themes include:

i2020 and ICT take-up by SMEs Digital Content & Digital Rights Management - issues, applications & technologies

eVoting, eParticipation

eInclusion and eAccessibility

eTourism

Future Emerging Technologies

Knowledge management and technologies

Interoperability and Standardisation

Open Source Technologies and Applications

Related topics for papers or sessions may include:

Best Practice Models - Lessons learnt eAdoption - national and sectoral case studies and policy issues

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Future Workplace Design

Identity Management and Authentication

Innovation and Technology Transfer

Legal and Regulatory Challenges for ICT Measuring and Benchmarking Multimodal Working Environments

More Information at http://www.echallenges.org/e2010/default.asp?page=home

The Virginia Tech Department of Building Construction (BC)/ Myers-Lawson School of Construction and the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) are pleased to announce the CIB W78 2010 conference 2010. This conference will be held in Cairo, Egypt on 16-18 November 2010.

The conference topics will include but are not limited to:

managing it strategies mobile computing situation awareness and sensing technologies product modeling building information modeling process modeling virtual reality and augmented reality automated approaches in construction data, information and knowledge management it supported architectural and engineering design 4d/nd modeling visualization and simulation techniques communication and collaboration technologies visual pattern recognition technologies model based management tools and systems data acquisition and storage

More information at http://www.bc.vt.edu/cib2010/

1 February 2010 World Sustainable Building SB11:"Design it. Build it. Live it"18-21 October 2011 – Helsinki, Finland

CIB W078 Information Technology for Construction- 27 th International Conference

16-18 November 2010 – Cairo, Egypt

http://www.bc.vt.edu/cib2010/

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The World Sustainable Building (SB) Conference series is the peak gathering of the worlds leading experts and researchers on sustainable built environment. The aim of this highly prestigious conference, which is held every three years, is to explore issues and find solutions to sustainability, which will enhance and support sustainable ways of living. SB11 London will continue with a strong focus on technical developments and case studies. The overwhelming success of SB08 in Melbourne attracted 2,059 delegates from over 60 countries, with over 350 papers and speeches delivered and 185 posters demonstrated.

This event will focus on the following Themes:• Climate change - science & policy• Climate change - adaptation & mitigation• Sustainable government policies, regulations & initiatives• Regeneration• Land use• Sustainable cities & towns• Quality of life• Community scale, development & refit• Behavioural changes• Energy generation & consumption• Material & technology• Technology development• Building retrofit & services• Intelligent planning & monitoring• Integrated design solutions• Performance based building• Education & training• Procurement• Knowledge management• Market initiatives• Case studies• Commercial displays

More Information at the ICT Website: http://www.sb11london.com/

5. - Dissemination Effectiveness: Assessment Indicators

A set of indicators have been defined in the REEB DAP – D5.4, Dissemination and Awareness plan. These indicators were activated for the first time in the previous deliverable

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and have be updated in the new release of D5.1, in order to check the progress of dissemination activities.

5.1 Web statistics & Number of DownloadsThe REEB Website includes a free service for the control of the visits and downloads of documents.

The visits count system has been installed since the first week of July 09 (m15) and can be consulted on the lower right place of the main page (index). Through a simple click on it, the different statistics can be accessed immediately. The system also counts the number of viewed pages for each visit.

Fig 6- Location of the visit count system

Available Statistic values: Visits Average per day, recent visitors by details, by referrals, location map, entry pages, visits and page views for the previous 7 days, 30 days & 12 monthsand traffic prediction.

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Fig 7 – visits summary view Fig 8 . Recent visitors by location view

Statistics extracted for m15-m17The number of visitors has considerably increased between m15 and m17. Even if there is probably an effect due to the end of the summer period, this result also reflects the intense commitment of all REEB partners to dissemination activities after the first review meeting, in particular for the first dissemination milestone M4 (conference 1), but also for the enrollment of new members within the IRC. When ranking the visits by referral, it is noteworthy that the Duisburg ITOBO Fraunhofer workshop had a good impact, since it is ranked n°5 of all referring URLs (see section 4 of the present report for the event description). There is a wide coverage of European countries among the different visitors, with evidently a larger part for countries represented within the REEB consortium. The statistic module offers a page ranking functionality. For the period m15-m17, the main entry page is the REEB homepage (index page), followed by the Best practices samples page.

Fig 9- Visits statistics m15-m17

Statistics extracted for m17-m21In this following period the increased of visit has its most important peak on October with almost 400 visits, which clearly correlates to the deadline of the PPP call (3rd of November).The activity of the REEB members and the impact on the users is well noticed, the index entry page and the IRC members page were the more visited sites, showing a good indicator in the task of enrolling new IRC members to the REEB Consortium, the improvement of visits reveal the good information and the interest of participating.

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Fig 10- Visits & Page view statistics for m15-m21

The download count systems is located in the Downloads page and was installed in October 2009 (m 18). Like the visits count system , it can be accesses through a simple click in the icon. The system also counts the number of visits to this page.

Available Statistic values: downloads activity, visitor paths, visit length, returning visits, recent page load activity, recent visitor activity, exit links, exit link activity.

Fig 11 – Page Load activity

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Downloads Statistics extract for m18-m21

The systems counts the downloaded documents in descendent order lists, the most downloaded document will be listed in the top list and following according the number of downloaded times. The second list of Downloaded activity will number the downloaded documents during the day. It is a precise tool to take a good knowledge of the most downloaded documents as well as the active list of documents being downloaded in real time.The most downloaded documents are: The REEB Vision, the Best Practices examples, The REEB Poster, the REEB selection & categorization criteria for European International Research on Energy Efficient and The lecture Notes.

Fig 12- Download Activity

5.2 Number of e-mails received from outside the consortiumThe number of “first requests” e-mails received from outside of the consortium (REEB partners) and outside of the community (REEB SIG, IRC) for the period m1-m17 were approximately 60 . For this new period of time the number of emails received were 70 approximately, it includes all the request information for public to all members and specially to the REEB coordinator (48 emails), which email is in each newsletter edition distributed, and is also mentioned in slideshows of workshops and presentations.

5.3 Number of participation (presentations) in conferencesREEB active presence in different conferences and Workshops has been listed (see section 1)to show the growing presence of the project in international events.For the period m1 to m17, this makes a total of 15 participations in various types of events.According to the EC instructions from the first review meeting, dissemination has been increased already in m17 (4 participations in September 09). For the Period m18- m21 there is a total participation of 7 participations, which is an increase number for this short period of time, revealing the incrementation of activities. It is also important to note the increase on m19 ( 4 participation on November 2009). It is expected that those participations will be

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further expanded in the coming months, by targeting preferably events with audience coming from the ICT sector.

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13- REEB active participations per month (m1 to m21)

5.4 Number of contributions received from the REEB CommunityInternational REEB Community (IRC)

Since the beginning of the IRC members call, in July 2009, the invited people/ organizations are 207, which had been asked to contribute in some REEB tasks as e.g. provide Best practices examples. Main IRC members contributions are the provision of Case Studies (WP2) and feedback about REEB vision (D4.1). Also some events have been organized in collaboration with them (FIATECH, NEM, other projects as BEYWATCH or HOSPILOT in the "ICT for sustainable homes").

Following the overview of the REEB community figures:

Identification of 335 potential members (65% ICT related organizations): Applicants to the SIG call. Participants in the projects that have been identified in the deliverable “D3.1 - REEB

selection & categorisation for European & International research on Energy Efficiency (EE)”.

Internet searches. Contacts of the REEB partners. Attendants to REEB events.

104 IRC members through the IRC call: 64 from the ICT sector

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40 from the Building and Energy sector.

ETPs:• Members: ECTP, eMobility, ARTEMISIA, NEM• Personal Contact: EPOSS,NESSI

Special Interest Group (SIG)

3 SIG meetings have been organized, 2 of them in period under review (1 May 09 to 31 December 2009):

2009/01/21 in Madrid. Focused on collecting feedback about WP2, WP3 and WP4 objectives. 10 SIG members attended.2009/06/25 in Brussels. Focused on analyzing the D4.1 “REEB Vision for ICT supported EE in buildings” and the

strategy to develop D4.2 “REEB Strategic Research Roadmap”. 11 SIG members attended.2009/11/25 in Brussels. Focused on presenting the harmonized REEB categories, definition of a Best Practice per

each REEB category and analyzing the technological roadmap for every category. All SIG members (12) attended, plus 3 ICT experts (on behalf of Telefónica I+D, Atos

Origin and SAP).

Other contributions: Peer review of key deliverables. Case studies about ICT for EEB.

The National Communities will be activated now to get local feedback about REEB vision and roadmap and additionally to set the definition strategies for implementation actions.

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5.5 A literature search of documents reflecting to our workThe Google search provides a general indicator on the existence and presence of the project on the Web. We performed the following “advanced search” with the keywords “REEB” AND “fp7” OR “zarli”. Using “fp7” or “zarli” as mandatory keywords ensures that results found by Google are really related to the “REEB” project (otherwise a basic search only on “REEB” gives too many non relevant results).

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This request gives 377 results on the 30th, September 2009 (m17).

Fig 18- Google advanced search results at m17

Updated progress

As well as the former period, the Google search was performance in order to obtain an actual data with the same keywords. The results are the following:

Fig 19- the actual advanced search performed on Google

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This request gives 448 results on the 29th, January 2010 (m21)

Fig 14- Google advanced search results at m21

This number reveals the increase of the REEB presence in the Web as well as the increase of material deliverable available on the internet, the result of the REEB consortium work and the persistence in the good development of the tasks.

CONCLUSIONS

This report has contributed to give an overall status on REEB dissemination activities. The dissemination actions over to periods (m1-m17) and the short updated period (m18-m21), the report contains the description of the first international REEB workshop (M4), and the following workshops organized for the REEB members, as well as the description of upcoming and past events, which were also classified. The impact of the dissemination activities was measure by the indicators, which, with the actual updated evaluation, reflects the organization work in perspective, giving an optimistic result of the growing development.

Dissemination actions along the first reporting period (m1 to m12) have been mainly targetingConstruction & Energy sectors through various events. Following, the first review meeting, REEB partners have increased their commitment to dissemination and have re-oriented the target to the ICT sector as a priority. The impact is already visible in m17 with participation to4 important events and many new contacts initiated, through the following months there was an increased of activities in which REEB was actively participating with the expected results. This deliverable also includes the information on the dedicated REEB ICT workshop which took place at the end of October in London, an important reunion which contributed to collect inputs from the ICT sector for the REEB vision and roadmap.

This general progress of REEB dissemination should continue over the coming period, especially through new participation in conferences, contacts with ICT ETPs, and also

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through the contacts established within the IRC. The interaction with the REEB community, which is also fully part of dissemination, is further described in Deliverable D1.2 – Report onREEB communities.

Acknowledgements

The REEB Consortium would like to acknowledge the financial support of the EuropeanCommission under the IST programme.

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Appendix A – REEB Interactive Sessions at CISBAT

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Appendix B – REEB Duisburg workshop, list ofAttendants

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Appendix C – REEB interactive workshop session at CIB- W78

(I) Applications for Integrated EE Design

Trends, drivers Gobernmental “high- end” objectives

Business objectives,

opportunities How can “high –level” objectives be translated to tech isssues? - requirements gathering

Life cycle analysisMore comprenhensive component analysis -energy related catalogues

Include revalification methods in D. S. Systems Barriers

Currents priorities on costs (I- V)

(II) User Awareness & Decision support

Trends, drivers Introduce gaining competitions in social communities to facilitate awareness


opportunities Smart influence of individuals

- Home- Office- public

Influence of economic factors on energy aware behaviour

User profiles

Analyse side effects

Short term Medium term Long term Barriers

Competition in social networks only has short-term effect, but might trigger side effects

Security issues vs. user profiling

VisionUser – components feedbacks

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(III) Intelligent & Integrated Control

Trends, drivers Good sensors Use surveillance cameras ( infrared) to measure,

to save sensors


opportunities Smart metering - create behavioural response

lists

Capture influences b/n social behavior & tech. systemsRelate building occupation % with energy system control

Short term Medium term Long term

Barriers Sensors are losing energy themselves

VisionFocus not only on control of buildings but also infrastructure facilities

(IV) Energy management & Trading

Trends, drivers Collaboration research b/n power supply companies & construction IT for data acquisition


opportunities Focus on existing buildings only about 2% are new buildingsTaking into account life-cycle, focus on re-use of older facilities

Systems transforming energy from the “air bridge” into electricity

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Barriers Result /consequences Are measured after years

(V) Platforms and Technologies for Energy Information Sharing

Appendix D – REEB workshop session at CIB- W78, list of Attendants

N° First Name Surname Organization Country1 Beetz Jakob TU Eindhoven NL2 Weise Matthias AEC3 DE3 Granath Kaj Jönköping SE4 Berrmann André Technical University Münich DE5 Issa Raymond University of Florida US6 Dawood Nashwan University of Teesside UK7 Mrkela Alés University of Maribor SI8 Erdogan Bilge Heriot Wortt University UK9 Codinhoto Ricardo Salford University UK10 Coates Paul Salford University UK11 Klinc Robert University of Ljubliana SI

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Trends, drivers Track material supply (transportation issue)

Business objectives, opportunities Short term Medium term Long term

GPS- based tagging of material supply and/ or emisions

Barriers Current barrier on supply chain savings decisions are made only on “costs”


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12 Ji Yang Technical University Münich DE13 Amor Robert University of Auckland NZ

Organization14 Scherer Raimar TU Dresden DE15 Katranuschkov Peter TU Dresden DE

Appendix E – REEB ICT workshop interactive Sessions

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VISIONof regulation and users

IMPLICATIONS / Cost & Complexity IMPACT Convergence, IT & Facilities

Loss of value of not updated buildingsNeed to get detailed info on energy consumptionUser Perception (Behavioural change over time)Carbon Reduction Levy imposed on large businesses Education ownershipCRC impacts only large businesses

Short-term wins through ESCO's but medium term issues Flexible Metering - more meters, -more frequent readings Interoperability - IP connectivity, - BAC Net: comms protocol, application protocols needed

OPPORTUNITIES Flexible Offices/BuildingsAbility to deal with the data: - capture it, -store it, analyse itDemand Management vs Supply ControlCommon understanding of role and value each individual/player towards EEIdenfication of retro-fit possibilityMonitoring systems to upgrade existingexisting bldgsStart thematic actions in public bldgs: schools, Councils, Town HallBuilding design to controlTR-OACG Opportunity - measure the starting point! How do we know what is being improvedRemote monitoring of home energy usageSimple techniques/technology possibleEnergy saving creates significant fundsCreation of community/group to help support EE initiatives rather than isolated viewsData analysis to be provided and used at group level - opportunity to bench mark groups

RISKS Data Ownership - commercial barriersCommercial Models - tenanciesInformation OverloadInteroperability - IP conectivity/BAC net comms protocol/application protocols neededWasted investmentOver-rated prices of systems to implement in retrofitted buildings configurationNo corporate responsible person to drive changeLow autonomy of the systems, ie. Battery life, First cost amount too high for individual homeowners (even if savings in the long term)No visible added value for end users; decreased comfort in buildingsUser awareness and fundingOvercoming cynicismLack of funding and legislationIncompatible Standards/ProtocolsArchitects, Engineers & Owners

Buildings meet energy efficiency requirementsSHORT-TERM (t < 3yrs)

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Mid-term


VISION The Energy performance of buildings is optimisedconsidering the whole life cycle

IMPLICATIONS / Adaptability of the building IMPACT Buildings maintenance will be more relevant

Design based on energy profilesHealth & Safety will need to developNew standards to be developed to ensure interoperabilityChange of occupation pattern of buildingsGreater integrated controlHow do we change user lifestyle? i.e. in home

New behavioural aspects make climate change boringFacilitation of Culture Change

OPPORTUNITIES Analysis: - analytical models, -data miningTo define/regulate ownership of building performance dataWider scope outside of E&E (Smart Build) : security, portfolio, arrival experience, cateringPredictive maintenance systemsBusinesses able to take advantage of positiveIncreased productivityImproved securityIntegrated Energy Management Advanced & user-friendly visualisation devicesEnergy Management at district levelModel typical behaviour - reduce complexityDistributed energy generation & storage and the use of renewable energy

Extrapolate to urban scale

RISKS To increase Energy Consumption fromData Mgmt & Data AnalysisStandardisation (lack of)"Unwanted" change of Data OwnershipLack of skills in small/medium local maintenance companiesLack of skilled controls experienceRate of changeICT systems consume more energy than savedDifferent business models between Residential and commercial buildingsClear understanding of waste and needed energy consumption - risk : constraining growth

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Long-term


VISION New Business Models are driven by energy efficiency at district level

IMPLICATIONS / Direct Cooling of Home Appliances IMPACT Dynamic tarifs

Global optimisation at Urban Scale (EE + Water, supply)Need to manage local generationUrban planning will have to consider local generation capabilitiesIndividual energy scope/tarifMuch greater control to achieve sustainable designed building

OPPORTUNITIES Urban planning tools accesible to many different stakeholdersControl systems with very good "forecasting" capabilitiesCustomised environments through ICT: home, officeMulti-sector integration for a move towards sustainabilityShared UPS InfrastructureExtended Services based on telecom operators gatewaysLifestyle model costsIntegrated MasterPlanning design & operationIndividual control via RFID"Best" Role of ICT to create cost savings

RISKS To focus on IT-solutions, ONLYConvergence: ICT↔Construction required to set holistic pictureNon-EU wide regulations (different in each member state)Work/life balance makes space inappropriateInteroperability, conectivity, lagacy equipmentIncompatible standards & protocols to work wellCost savings not commercialised

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RESEARCH NEEDED

Intelligent & Integrated Control Self Powered Sensors (1)

Communication standards for energy

Portal-based energy monitoring

Forecast based optimisationSimulation based controlDesign model to be used to commision and counter building designWhat is the highest RO1 on automation?Wireless remote controllers

Outside Existing Categories

Direct cooling of IT equipment (eg. Desktops/laptops/printer, etc)

Integrated Design and Production

Management How to change UK/EU building contracting methodology (1)More accurate building energy consumption simulation toolsOpen/easy access to building services (not hidden!!)Output definition & standards for how to describe/meaure these outputsWhat data is needed to produce an integrated design? Who has it? How do you get it?What user habits use too much energy?Need a Lifecyle Asset Management approach :how does this apply to building energyBIM-based 3D & 4D simulation making: regs & requirementsRole of ICT influencing building form Design teams to work better togetherBuilding designers to understand building operationOvercome problems in the design process & discontinuity with operationsDemand side management (building/district) (1)

Energy Management Domestic model for automated demand response (3)and Trading Definition of the outputs of this area & development of appropriate standards

Efficiency targets and how to measure themData capture - data "organisation", visualisationWhat are the energy bahaviour drivers in a commercial environment?Formal models to express regulationsDynamic models for pre-defined and real-time requirementsEducation on heat zones and controlTransparent regulationsEducation, Education, EducationEasy to understand billing

User Awareness and Decision Support

Research on user motivation → which incentives? (1)Behavioural change by real-time pricing tarrifs Impact of awareness on user behaviour What triggers behavioural change? What data is needed for the trigger? How should it be presented? Energy eg. Driving scheme at Council level with incentives , eg. Reduction in council tax, stampduty credit, etc - to promote user investment in EE Personal energy rationingUbiquictous access to informationMore displays of energy consumption - screens, on line, etc.Intuitive "natural" interfaces (mobiles, multi-coloured lighting….. Virtual games?) for Awareness and accountabilityEstablish ICT-framework for performance management, ie the buildings/builders "track record"

Communities for sharing energy info (ranking)Data security PRIVACY

Platform & Technologies for

Energy Information Management Common ("Google-like") Service Platform (2)

Adoption of Open Standards - domain, building life cycle Services for Energy Inform Mgmt → provided by remote service provider

Promote use of BALnet

BIM → Analysis → Control Control (4) Better/Cheaper heat metering required

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RESEARCH NEEDED

Intelligent & Integrated Control What standards are needed to permit integrated control? (1)

Self-configurable distributed control (2)

Off-the-shelf' home monitoring hub

Integration between ITC & BMSRemote access via IT systemMonitors/sensors built into design of buildingComplete removal of human interaction (in normal operation)Typical sensor & service software modelsIntegrate Diagnosis

Outside Existing Categories How can ICT systems become less power hungry

Disconnection between design & control phases → improvement in the governance model

Tools & Appliances to "inter-relate" Buildings EE with Transport EE moving between buildings and connection with 'green' cars


Management How can the design simulations be used in the operate phase and the results fed-back to design? (2)Tools based on global optimisation methods (Gas, Newroad Networks….) for optimised EE"Transparent" data capture & presentation occupants don't need to do it for themselvesUK tenant/landlord system → overall building inefficiencyIncentives for EEB to construction industryTransfer simulation results into performance/benchmarkingLoad management system in community of buildings → overall net balance demand rather than individual building

Forecast based HVAC Cotrol (4)

Energy Management Distributed energy generation using renewable energy and energy storageand Trading Define/specify exchange

Interoperable standardsModels & tools to manage the grey energyAt what level can power be fed back to grid, i.e. ground source, or air source, heat/powerTwo-way power flow capabilitiesAdvanced visualisation tools for energy management


Decision-support tools for energy trade-off between buildings/parts of buildings (2)Automatic profile generationHow can a citizen be motivated over the long term?Pricing management solutions that can operate at RT levels of details - could the energy and IT industry cope?Allow owners and tenants to "negotiate" investment strategies → ICT & legal framework requirementOptions for multiple types of analytics and decision support? :Deferministic models vs. data mining?In what form do people need information displayed?Incentivisation, what methods work? And how will this change over time?Comparison benchmarks eg, with:- last month, last year, sustainable buildings?

Platform &

Technologies for Energy Information

Management Concept of personal energy consumption (on mobile) 1 Opportunities for cross-sector optomisation (3) Platform for interoperability between various models (BIMS, energy, weather, etc) (4)

Interoperable Standards Communication protocols → standards

What would the commercial model for collaboration look like?Easy installation & system configuration - not everyone is an engineer

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Long-term

RESEARCH NEEDED

Intelligent & Integrated Control Energy Generation and storage control system (2)

Interoperablility standards

Non intrusive (load) monitoring

Context aware control (people identification which task is doing)"Community" (not individual property) automation models i.e. shared resources (heat, etc)How to transfer energy, ie. Heat from data centre to schoolPerfect modelSensors built into people



Management Simulation based control of 'Masterplan' (3)Self Learning energy models (4)What are the energy generation technologies that would apply to a building? Why would an occupant want to adopt them?Develop holistic systems/toolsets to support "customized" renovation scenariosWho has total life cycle ownership? Who gets made accountable?What body represents the districtBIM -based tools to ensure consistent model of the building through whole life-cycle

Define energy banks/brokers (2)

Energy Management Building-to-gridand Trading Vehicle-to-grid

Who sells, who buys energy information?New business models with Long Term prospectsAPI's between BMS, NMS & Energy "smart" gridsAllowance/target based procurement


Competition between Districts (3)How will work and home life balance in the future? Awareness for training → European Computer Driving Licence → House Operations → Driving Licence


Energy Information Management Probably need more than energy data - if so, what is this extra data?

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Working session 3: Implementation

Recommendations Who When

Intelligent & Integrated Control

(1) Create commercial model & value case for (self-powered zoned-sub-metering, eg. Sensors)

Manufacturers and Building Operators

Ideally now, but practically there needs to be a driver, therefore 2-3 years (2012)

(2) Legislation for 'continuous commissioning' European/National Regulators 2-3 years (2012)Identify & develop standards for Integrated Control. Use HVAC standards as a starting point

EU standards committee involving Equip Manufact + Building Ops + ICT integrators + BIM developers

3 years (2013)

Create the value propostion for organisations/individuals to generate own energy. What is future role of energy suppliers? Building Owners + ESCOs 5 years (2015)



Management

(1) Create an EEB-based contracting methodology/increase certification requirements (eg labels…..) EU Short

(2) Proportion of BIM (Building Info Model) Industry & Owners Short(3) New generation of design tools for EE districts Industry Medium(4) Research on Energy (Consumption & Generators) Pattern plus Data Collection infrastructure Universities, R&D Labs Medium

(1) DEMAND…. (Dynamic tariffs: users, utlities EU Short term

Energy Management(2) Creation of Energy Brokers at district level to handle multi-generation scheme) EU Long term

and Trading (3) Sub-metering for each appliance (eg. To avoid peak loads….) Utility + manufacturers (white goods) Medium

User Awareness and Decision Support (1) On-going University based research program - profound long-

term damage in the main EU Now(2) Develop an online calculator owned by an independent body Independent Body Now(3) Create tables to rank districts Government When Districts are defined/ located


Energy Information Management (1) 1st - define energy personal profile criteria REEB? Mobile company Now

2nd - explaining methodology 3rd - Display

(2) Working group between top IT players IT Players Now(4) Create new energy scheme ISO Within 3 years

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Appendix F – REEB ICT workshop session, list of Attendants

Name CompanyAndy HAILSTONE Siemens

Don MCLEAN IES

Joe POTTER IBM

Nuno MARTINS ISA

Tiago THOMAZ ISA

Paul JAMES Wesley Services

Eric THICKETT Wesley Services

Terry ROBINSON OACG

José J. DE LAS HERAS – ACCIONA REEB

Sami KAZI – VTT REEB

Philippe MARECHAL – CEA REEB

Jeremy WATSON – ARUP REEB

Kin PUANG WONG – ARUP REEB

Ellie COSGRAVE – ARUP REEB

Geraldine RALPH – ARUP REEB

Marta FERNANDEZ - ARUP REEB

Juan PEREZ – LABEIN REEB

Karsten MENZEL – UCC REEB

Alain ZARLI - CSTB REEB

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Appendix G - past events description

This appendix gives a description of events where REEB was actively present during the past period (m1- m17)

The 25th International Workshop by CIB W78 Computer Integrated Construction is coorganized by the Construction Engineering and Management Program of the Department ofCivil and Environmental Engineering and the Center for Integrated Facility Engineering(CIFE) at Stanford University and The School of Construction of the Faculty of Engineeringat Universidad de Talca-Chile is hosting this event. The workshop theme is “Improving the construction management of projects through IT adoption”. This theme acknowledges the much technological advancement in Construction IT that have been accomplished in the last two decades and that have been presented at many prior W78 workshops. It recognizes sustained adoption and implementation of IT-based work processes as a major current challenge and opportunity.

The Conference Themes are:• Distributed Open Platforms and Services• Semantic Interoperability• Grid and P2P Technology• Ontologies• Agent Technology• Collaborative Engineering and Design• Product and Process Modelling• 3D, 4D, nD Modeling, Visualization and Simulation• Mobile Computing• Networking Models for E-Business, E-Government and E-Construction• Risk Management• Integrated Facility, Project and Construction Management• E-Management of Supply Chains• Others related to IT in construction

REEB related InterestConstruction management related to ICT applications is a complemented area of great interestto REEB, the exchange of applications between researchers, academicians and practitioners inthe Built Environment are of important value. This event encourage and promote the researchand development in the application of integrated IT throughout the life-cycle of the design,construction and occupancy of buildings and related facilities, that is deeply related to theaims of REEB.

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More Information at the conference website: http://www.chile-cibw78-2006.cl/

The hoster of the ECPPM 2008 conference is the Centre Scientifique et Technique duBâtiment (CSTB), the French national research centre in the construction sector.Scientific management and research orientation of all ECPPM conferences are supported bythe European Association of Product and Process Modelling (EAPPM) that includesrepresentatives from almost all countries across Europe - from Greece to Iceland, and fromBulgaria to Portugal.

The main Objectives of this conference are:

• Structuring of product and process information for enhanced collaborative teamworkand information sharing in this fragmented industry.• Advanced computing, Information and Communication Technology addressing theresolution of challenges for the AEC/FM industry in the upcoming years.

Some of the Conference Topics includes:• Process Modelling and Management,• BIMs, 3D to nD digital models,• Interoperability, ontologies & open ICT standards,• Collaboration and innovation support: ICT tools for information sharing,• Industrialized production and Value-driven processes,• Methods and tools for Data, Information and Knowledge management,• Smart Buildings and intelligent automation services• eBusiness in AEC and value-chain management• Models and ICT for energy effi ciency• eRegulations, control and diagnosis• Standardization & innovation• Mobility and dynamic inter-enterprise teamwork• Knowledge transfer, ICT for transforming project experiences into corporate assets• Future model-based processes and services for AEC in 2030

REEB related InterestThis conference provides up-to date overviews and detailed information on the achievementsand trends in research, development, standardisation and industrial implementation of productand process information technology and is directly related to REEB in the ICT context withinthe construction sector.The discussed sessions led by experts from different countries worldwide, bring togetherexpertise, knowledge, ongoing research and visions, for the evolution of the expanding worldof ICT-based applications that address information, process and project management in the

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The 7th European Conference on Product and Process Modelling (ECPPM)

10-12 September 2008, Sophia Antipolis; France.

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dynamic construction sector.

The conference also confirms and refines the RTD agenda for ICT in Construction combiningpeople (key players from industry, academia, research centres) with research programmesfrom the EC, national initiatives, the European Construction Technology and nationalPlatforms, and current projects from FP6, FP7 ERABUILD, etc.The conference includes a joint ECTP/FA7 and REEB workshop to present the aims andobjectives of the REEB project on one side, and to exchange and share with the attendeestheir views and ideas on future R&D topics related to use of ICT to support the improvementof Energy Efficiency in Smart Buildings.

More Information at the CSTB website: http://international.cstb.frThe official webpage from ECPPM: http://www.ecppm.org/The ECPPM 2008 Webpage: http://2008.ecppm.org/More Info of EAPPM at: http://eappm.ecppm.org/

This events is organized by the European Commission's Information Society and MediaDirectorate-General, in cooperation with the Czech Presidency of the European Union.

Objectives

This event aims to accord visibility to the potential of ICTs in enabling energy efficiencyacross the economy and in particular it will show how ICT-based innovations may provideone of the potentially most cost-effective means to achieve the 2020 energy and climatetargets.

The ICTs and ICT-based innovations may provide one of the potentially most cost-effectivemeans to achieve the 2020 energy efficiency targets:

− reducing carbon emissions by 20%− increasing the share of renewables in energy consumption to 20%− saving 20% of the EU's energy consumption

The ICT4EE also aims to create a policy framework that will allow the energy-savingpotential of ICTs to be widely recognized and exploited.

The significant environmental benefits will provide a unique business opportunity for

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ICT4EE: High Level Event on ICT for Energy Efficiency19-20 March 2009 -Brussels, Belgium

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thousands of European companies which count on Europe's capacity to innovate.ICTs-based innovations are essential to provide the tools that enable business and citizens toreally begin the process of reducing their energy and carbon footprints and the ICT sectorcannot do it alone. Working partnerships will need to be established with regional and localauthorities: on the supply side, with the energy sector and on the demand side withprogressive businesses. Cities are home to almost half the world’s population, consume over75% of the world’s energy and produce 80% of its greenhouse gas emissions. In Europe thereare several initiatives beginning to bring together public, private and voluntary sectororganizations in various partnership arrangements, which aim at maximizing the effectivenessof ICTs in contributing to the 2020 targets.Researchers, engineers, Policy and business decision-makers interested in the field of ICT forEnergy Efficiency should attend this event.

More information at the Europe´s Information Society Thematic Portal:http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/ict4ee/2009/index_en.htm

The conference will be chaired by the Engineering Solutions Technology Center, The DowChemical Company and organized by FIATECH.FIATECH was founded under the auspices of the University of Texas at Austin as a subunitof the Construction Industry Institute (“CII”), an organized research unit in the College ofEngineering of the University.

FIATECH aim is to conduct, sponsor, fund, direct and promote scientific researchdevelopment and demonstration of practices, technologies and scientific methods that willimprove the effectiveness of capital facilities construction, operation, and performancethrough advances in fully integrated and automated project processes (FIAPP) and relatedmaterials and systems technologies for capital projects and constructed facilities.FIATECH has developed a “Roadmap for Capital Projects” to ensure right technologies aredeveloped in order to deliver the highest business value across all phases and processes of thecapital project life cycle.

The conference theme will be: "Don't Gamble with Construction Technology" and is designby the following tracks:

• Beyond BIM Technologies• Footprint Optimization Technologies• Safety, Health & Environmental Technologies• Simulation & Gaming Technologies• What Happens In Vegas Should Happen Everywhere

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More information at the FIATECH 2009 Website:http://www.fiatech.org/events/annconf/09/annconf09welcome.html

ITOBO brings together a full spectrum of academic and industry partners to collaboratein the development of embedded systems addressing the 21st-century needs for the energyefficient operation and sustainable maintenance of new and existing buildings. It is the aim to contribute to improved asset management in Ireland and abroad while supple-menting efforts to fulfil the Kyoto Protocol requirements.

Conference MotivationEnergy Engineering is one of the most important future markets worldwide. It offers greatpotential for new businesses but also many challenges for research and development.Smart, energy-efficient buildings will become one of the key products on the markets of the21st century and will bundle innovative products and technologies from multiple industrysectors, such as from micro- electronics, telecommunications, material sciences, computersciences and construction. At the same time will require the development of innovativevalue-added services: to deliver the optimal user comfort, to optimise the running costs and tominimise the environmental impact.

Conference ObjectiveIn this workshop the Smart Building Cluster Cork (Ireland), the Fraunhofer inHaus ResearchCenter, and ZENIT join their forces to:

- demonstrate the potentials of innovation in the area of smart, energy-efficient buildings(Day 1).- present and discuss opportunities for participation in European R&D proposals under the7th Framework Programme (Day 2).- initiate the establishment of a “European Innovation Network for Smart, Energy--EfficientBuildings”

REEB project was present in this event with a dedicated introduction session, which countwith the participation of the conference public to share knowledge and experiences.

More Information at the ITOBO workshop Website:http://zuse.ucc.ie/duisburg/AboutUs_ITOBO.html

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ITOBO : Information and Communication Technology for Sustainableand Optimised Building Operation

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CISBAT 2009 was organized by the Solar Energy and Building Physics Laboratory (LESOPB) and the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) with the Scientific partners: Cambridge University (UK) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( USA), in association with The European Strategic roadmap to ICT enabled energy- efficiency inbuildings and construction (REEB) and with the support of the Swiss Federal Office ofEnergy (SFOE).

CISBAT events are a great platform for information exchange on sustainable building design,in this biannual event is presented and discussed the latest research and development inadvanced sustainable technologies for the built environment. The newly emergingtechnologies such as nanotechnologies, as well as a deeper insight into the metabolism ofbuildings and urban settlements are the keys to a wider use of renewable energies and adrastic reduction of buildings' dependence on fossil fuels.

The main topics are:• Nanotechnology for solar energy conversion (solar nanotechnologies)• Sustainable building envelopes (ecobuildings)• Hybrid and passive cooling (natural ventilation)• Daylighting and electric lighting (green lighting)• Indoor environment quality and health (global comfort)• Advanced building control systems (biomimetic strategies)• Urban ecology and metabolism (material and energy flows)• Building and urban integration of renewables (electricity, heating and cooling)• Decentralised energy production and interactive distribution (polygeneration)• Information technologies and software (computer simulation)

ObjectivesAlthough much has been done already to reduce the environmental impact of the builtenvironment in the last twenty years, there is still a huge scope and a great need for furtherimprovement. In this context, the international conference CISBAT invites specialists fromacademic institutions, industry and public institutions to meet present and discuss the latest1 February 2010

CISBAT 2009: Renewables in Changing Climate- From Nano to UrbanScale

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research and development in advanced sustainable technologies for the built environment.The EPFL works with well established scientific partners (Cambridge University and MIT) tooffer a high-level conference with keynotes of renown.

CISBAT pursue the following objectives:

• show new perspectives offered by renewable energies in the built environment• present the latest achievements of research and technological development• prepare the ground for knowledge and technology transfer from research to industry• present particularly innovative case studies• encourage contacts between research and industry

Each CISBAT edition assembles between 200 and 300 participants from all over the world, inparticular researchers from academic and industrial backgrounds as well as otherprofessionals active in the domains of renewables, sustainable building and urbandevelopment.

Last events:

• CISBAT 2009, EPFL, Lausanne, September 2009 (CD-ROM, book under preparation)CISBAT 2007, EPFL, Lausanne, September 2007 (CD-ROM, book)• CISBAT 2005, EPFL, Lausanne, September 2005 (CD-ROM, book)• CISBAT 2003, EPFL, Lausanne, October 2003• CISBAT 2001, EPFL, Lausanne, October 2001• CISBAT'99, EPFL, Lausanne, September 1999• CISBAT'97, EPFL, Lausanne, October 1997

CISBAT Special Issues of International Scientific Journals:

• Solar Energy Journal, Volume 81, Issue 9, Special Issue CISBAT 2005• Solar Energy Journal, Volume 79, Issue 2, Special Issue CISBAT 2003• Energy and Buildings, Volume 36, Issue 4, Special Issue CISBAT 2001• Energy and Buildings, Volume 33, Issue. 5, Special Issue CISBAT'99• Solar Energy Journal Special Issue CISBAT 2007 (under preparation).

More Info at the conference Website: http://cisbat.epfl.ch/default.htm

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W078 : “Information Technology for Construction” is a commission of CIB and has liaisonswith the CIB Encouraged Journals "Construction Management & Economics" and ITCon.W078 aims to establishing a liaison with IAI - the International Alliance for Inter-operability.

The W078 Commission objectives are:• To foster, encourage and promote research and development in the application of integratedIT throughout the life-cycle of the design, construction and occupancy of buildings andrelated facilities• To proactively encourage the use of IT in Construction through the demonstration ofcapabilities developed in collaborative research projects• To organize international cooperation in such activities and to promote the communicationof these activities and their results.

This CIB W78 (26th edition) is presented by the Istanbul Technical University andInternational Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction-CIB, with theworkshop theme of: Managing IT in Construction. The Committee meeting and postersession will take place on 30 September 2009.The conference will bring together international experts from academic and industrialcommunities to create an environment for exchange of their research, experience and bestpractices and to debate future strategies and solution in order to manage construction fortomorrow.

The main topic of this conference will be:• Managing IT Strategies• Mobile Computing• Situation Awareness and Sensing Technologies• Product/Building Information Modeling• Process Modeling• Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality• Automated Approaches in Construction• Data, Information and Knowledge Management• IT Supported Architectural and Engineering Design

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• 4D/nD Modeling, Visualization and Simulation Techniques• Communication and Collaboration Technologies• Visual Pattern Recognition Technologies• Model Based Management Tools and Systems

REEB workshop session:During this event REEB will be present in a Workshop session (on the 3th of October) whichwill count with the participation of the REEB members (TUD- Raimar Scherer- PeterKatranuschkov) and the general public attending this conference.More Information at the CIB- W78 Conference webpage: http://www.cibw78.itu.edu.tr/

EPoSS is an industry-driven policy initiative, defining R&D and innovation needs as well aspolicy requirements related to Smart Systems Integration and integrated Micro- andNanosystems. EPoSS brings together European private and public stakeholders in order tocreate an enduring basis for structuring initiatives, for co-ordinating and bundling efforts, forsetting-up sustainable structures of a European Research Area on Smart Systems Integration.

EPoSS objectives:provide a common European approach on Innovative Smart Systems Integration fromresearch to production outlining the key issues for a strategic European innovation processformulate a commonly agreed roadmap for action (updating, assembling and completingexisting material and approaches) and provide a strategic R&D agendamobilise public and private human, infrastructural and financial resources, anddefine priorities for common research and innovation in the future.

The members of EPoSS are stakeholder organisations in the field of Smart SystemsIntegration including large companies, SMEs, industrial associations, research organizations,academia and others from more than 20 European Member States.

EPOSS (ETP on smart systems integration) annual Forum is open to all interestedstakeholders. This two days forum will be dedicated to different activities:The first day of theforum (8th October 2009, starting at 15:00h) is dedicated to EPoSS members and all thosewho intend to become a member. It will comprise reporting on current activities and outliningof strategic intentions of EPoSS. Subsequent dedicated EPoSS meetings will complement theprogramme of the first day.The second day (9th October 2009) is open to all interestedstakeholders. It will comprise high-level keynote speeches and presentations from the EPoSSCall for Presentations that is asking for new and visionary approaches to smart systemsintegration. Presentations will address smart systems products in major application fields, and

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EPoSS-European Technology Platform on Smart Systems Integration,General Assembly and Annual Forum, 8-9 October 2009 Syracuse, Italy

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related technological challenges. Roadmaps including research priorities and timelines will bepresented by both industry and research organisations.

Presentation will address visionary approaches to smart systems integration and smartsystems products in major application fields (Ambient intelligence/Health and wellbeing,sustainable mobility, safety and security) and related technological challenges. Roadmapsincluding research priorities and timelines will be presented by both industry and researchorganizations.

More Information at the EPoSS Website:http://www.smart-systems-integration.org/public/news-events/events/annual-forum/epossannual-forum-2009

This international conference is Organized by the Finnish Association of Civil Engineers(RIL) and the European Council of Civil Engineers (ECCE) with the Co- sponsor of theInternational Association for Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE), the InternationalCouncil for Research and Innovations in Building and Construction (CIB) and the FinnishInnovation Fund (Sitra) This event pointed the need for interaction between different countries all over the world to exchange research and practice experiences for the exploitation of new knowledge, as well as the sustainable energy policy and the mitigation of the climatic change as a key issues for society. The conference is divided in two Simposia“State Analysis and Condition Management of Buildings and Civil Infrastructure” and “Low-Energy Building Concepts”.

SYMPOSIUM 1: State Analysis and Condition Management of Buildings and CivilInfrastructure1. Analysis of national state, and of the need for rehabilitation and renewal ofinfrastructure in Europe and worldwide2. Strategic goals of asset management for repair and rehabilitation of the building stockand infrastructures3. Condition assessment methodologies and methods4. Predictive and optimizing lifetime asset management: process, methodology andmethods5. Monitoring the behaviour and performance of infrastructures: methodologies,methods, equipment and IT systems6. Service-life prediction and service-life design of structures

SYMPOSIUM 2: Low-Energy Building ConceptsCurrent and future energy efficiency regulations for new and existing buildings in the EU and

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Euroinfra_ International ECCE Conference15-16 October 2009; Helsinki, Finland

http://www.smart-systems-integration.org/public/news-events/events/annual-forum/epossannual-forum-2009

http://www.smart-systems-integration.org/public/news-events/events/annual-forum/epossannual-forum-2009


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in national applications1. Guidelines, methodologies and methods for architectural and technical design of newlow-energy buildings and for energy renovations2. Low-energy building and renovation concepts3. Novel structural and building service systems, modules and components for lowenergybuildings4. Analysis and control of thermal and physical quality and performance of low-energybuildings (new buildings and energy renovations)5. Life-cycle economy of new low-energy buildings and of energy renovations6. New technologies and products for the renewal of energy production systems (heatpumps, solar heat, solar cells, wind power plants, etc.)More Information at the International ECCE Conference Website:http://www.ril.fi/web/index.php?id=696

This events is organized by the ACM SenSys , the University of California, Berkely andcounts with the support of SENSEI (Integrating the Physical with the Digital World of theNetwork of the Future) an Integrated Project in the EU's Seventh Framework Programme , inthe ICT (Information and Communication Technologies); the SFI ( the science foundation ofIreland) and REEB (The European Strategic roadmap to ICT enabled energy- efficiency inbuildings and construction).

The aim is to present technologies for the improvement of the energy efficiency of buildingslike sensing systems, networks, and devices and to present real-world results simulation andanalysis of an energy problem, showing how the technology would be integrated into smartarchitectures and an analysis of its performance.

Some of the topics of this conference will be:• Sensor-based architecture for energy saving in buildings• Building energy monitoring, prediction and decision support• Technology integration into smart grid and alternative energy sources• Energy saving and peak leveling through energy metering• Energy efficiency for data centers• Application studies / field trials• Cross-systems power conservation• Architecture for integration and interoperability of sensor systems• Experimental evaluation of low-power industrial communication standards• Distributed processing and reasoning

Sensing, monitoring and actuating systems that are expected to play a key role in reducingbuildings overall energy consumption will be of importance in this event, as well as

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BuildSys – First Workshop on Embedded Systems for Energy- Efficiency in Buildings, 3rd November 2009, California, USA

http://www.ril.fi/web/index.php?id=696


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leveraging sensor systems to support energy efficiency in buildings which poses novelresearch challenges in monitoring how the space is used. At the same time controllingdevices, interfacing with smart energy meters and communicating with the energy grid whichincludes developing energy efficient algorithms of control systems, integrating heterogeneousdevices, personalizing and presenting data to generate energy awareness.

More Information at the BuildSys Website: http://buildsys.ucd.ie/

The Passive House comes of age - innovative architecture - mature technology - PassiveHouses have been lived-in and well-proven for 18 years!

• Passive Houses offer unique comfort of living• Passive Houses keep so warm, you barely need heating at all• Today, you can apply the Passive House concept to any new and old building• The investment into a Passive House pays off from the very first day on

Why don’t you go ahead and find out for yourself?

From November 6th to 8th, Passive House residents open their homes to you. You can comeby, get a tour of the house and have your questions answered by people who can talk fromtheir very own experiences.

At the International Passive House Days, anyone can learn more about the comforts of aPassive House. While the majority of open houses will be private dwellings, there will also besome office buildings, schools and kindergartens. The buildings were designed by differentarchitects using different construction methods.

The “International Passive House Days” is an event by the “Informations GemeinschaftPassivhaus Deutschland” (IG Passivhaus) several European Passive House Communities, theEU Project PASS-NET and further partners abroad. It’s the sixth time that we welcome youinto Passive Houses all over the world.

More Information at the conference website:http://www.ig-passivhaus.de/index.php?page_id=162&level1_id=75

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6th International Passive house days,6-8 November 2009

http://www.ig-passivhaus.de/index.php?page_id=162&level1_id=75

http://buildsys.ucd.ie/


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The ICT for the sustainable homes conference and exhibition is organised by Sigma Orionis,a private company specialized in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) with afocus on Science and Technology, and also offers substantial references for each of itsservices: business intelligence, technology assessment and product definition, market researchand industry analysis, business and cooperation events, back office operations of associationsand alliances, preparation of and involvement in EU-funded projects, etc. Sigma Orionis hasbeen organizing business and cooperation events, in the ICT sector in general or focusing onspecialized theme, in the last 10 years, has organized around 40 such events, in Europe, Asia,sub-Saharan Africa, or Latin and North America, and in different formats (conferences,forums, workshops, seminars, working groups, exhibitions, etc).

This event objective is to provide leading stakeholders involved in ICT based products andservices for the home in Europe and worldwide with the opportunity to meet and network, tobe informed of latest developments and find fresh ideas, to identify promising technologiesand markets, to find potential partners and to initiate or strengthen projects. In this context theICT introduce the different issues to take in consideration:

• homes will be more and more designed or renovated with the objective to consumeless energy (and take advantage of renewable energies), and to have the lowest impacton the environment all along their life cycle (limited use of earth resources, limitationof greenhouse gases emissions, etc.)• ICT cannot only contribute to making homes “greener” (ICT for energy management,for environment monitoring, etc.) but more globally to ensure a more sustainable life(ICT for the elderly and the handicapped, ICT for all, ICT for social networking andinteraction with local services, etc.)• Consumers will remain essentially different and customisation will remain a key word

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ICT for Sustainable HomesAnnual Research & Industry International Forum

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but it is probable that more and more consumers will look for more affordable and“meaningful” products and services (not “gadgets”), durable (upgradable), and evenreusable or recyclable ones.

The event will, beyond a conference also include showcases and demonstration of researchresults by laboratories, companies and other organisations addressing the area of ICT for thesustainable homes like SmartHouse/SmartGrid,eDIANA - Embedded Systems for EnergyEfficient Buildings, iHomeLab at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences, Sigma Orionis,Veolia Environnement, REEB,IntUBE.

More Information at the ICT for Sustainable homes Website:http://www.ict-sustainablehomes.org/index.php

After Paris, Versailles, and Amsterdam, the European Construction Technology Platform isorganizing its 4th Conference.

ScopeThe pivotal role played by the construction sector in the new global concepts of sustainabledevelopment and economic recovery is now widely recognised. In Europe this has led toreinforced Public Private Partnerships which are targeting innovation in the constructionsector and are setting off with the clear objective to take the lead in greening the future. At theconference, experts will highlight research and innovation priorities which have beenidentified to meet the challenges we are facing. Results from ongoing research projects willbe showcased as well as innovative new products entering on the market and ampleopportunities will be available for technology transfer from and to major construction playersand SMEs.

OrganisationThe ECTP-E2BA 2009 Conference entitled "Innovation in Construction: Taking the lead ingreening the future" is organized jointly by the European Construction Technology Platform(ECTP) and the Energy Efficient Buildings Association (E2BA) in collaboration with theEnterprise Europe Network (Sector Group Sustainable Construction) and the EuropeanCouncil for Construction Research Development and Innovation (ECCREDI).

Dedicated session “ICT for EE in the built environment”A dedicated session to ICT for energy efficiency in the Built Environment is organised on

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ECTP-E2BA 2009 conference,Innovation in Construction: Taking the lead in greening the future, 24-25

November 2009

http://www.ict-sustainablehomes.org/index.php


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Wednesday 25th of November (11:30-13:00), and will be chaired by the EC and organised bythe REEB project. The REEB project has invited several FP7 project focusing on ICT for EEin Buildings and Construction to submit a poster and to prepare a presentation for this session.

More info at: http://www.ectp.org/conference2009.asp

ECOCONSTRUCCIÓN is principally focussed on energy efficiency in building, althoughthis new edition includes for the first time ecological work materials.

More info at: http://www.salonecoconstruccion.net/

Building on the success of Build LONDON Live 2008, Asite, AEC3 and BIM Productsannounce Build LONDON Live 2009 (Bll 2009) will take place from 15th – 17th Decemberand will culminate with an exhibition in Central London on the December 18th.

This 48 hour event will showcase the state of the art in design, engineering and collaborativetechniques for the Architectural Engineering and Construction industry. It will bring togetherhundreds of engineers from scores of companies working in different disciplines, languages,cities, countries and time zones onto a single real-time project. Bll 2009’s unique format willre-define the standards expected from design competitions by creating the worlds largestBuilding Information Model (BIM). For this years challenge, a hypothetical site set amongstman-made islands in the Thames Estuary has been established as the setting for a mixed usescheme comprising hotels, offices, residential and retail space. Teams from all over the world

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ECOCONSTRUCCION 2009, Sustainability and efficiency in construction,

25-27 November 2009

Build LONDON Live 2009,15-17 December 2009

http://www.salonecoconstruccion.net/

http://www.ectp.org/conference2009.asp


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will be allocated a unique ‘site’ and design brief and will contribute to an ambitious masterplan for 48 hours.

Build LONDON Live is a collision of master-planning, engineering and political ideas forregeneration. It uses the latest Building Information Modelling (BIM) techniques to createdetailed designs and proposals. Teams will submit an unprecedented amount of contentincluding 3D models, imagery, movies, analysis results and show how traditional designmethods are enhanced by BIM to everyone’s benefit.

More info at http://www.buildlondonlive.com/

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http://www.buildlondonlive.com/

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