Newsletter [July 2025]
HEALTHY BUILDINGS 2025, ISIAQ INTERNATIONAL
Regional Conference, Europe
REYKJAVÍK, ICELAND, June 8-11 2025
Workshop
1) Requirements for Building Thermal Conditions and Indoor Air Quality under Emergency Operations in Cold Climate by Alexander Zhivov ( 10-Jun 13:10 ) (https://www.hb2025iceland.org/)
2) Abstract - Examine and classify residential buildings with integrated renewable energy systems based on their energy resilience performance under typical and extreme climate conditions in cold climates by Hassam ur Rehman at Healthy Building Conference 2025 Iceland.
Site Visit:
Hellisheidi Geothermal power plant in Iceland. It's a combined heat & power plant, currently the 4th largest geothermal plant in the world. A brief description by COWI about the plant at : “Renewable energy: heat, power, and circular economy in one" (https://www.cowi.com/projects/renewable-energy-heat-power-and-circular-economy-in-one/)
Newsletter [June 2025]
- Publication of the edited book as reprint:
Advanced Energy Systems in Energy Resilient, Zero/Positive Energy Buildings, Communities and Districts
Edited by: Ala Hasan, Hassam ur Rehman
May 2025
- ISBN 978-3-7258-4187-5 (Hardback)
- ISBN 978-3-7258-4188-2 (PDF)
https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-7258-4188-2
Newsletter [May 2025]
- Project meeting held on 9th May 2025 online to discuss about the progress and project plan
- Healthy building June 2025 conference and workshop
Agenda: https://www.hb2025iceland.org/program-detailed
Workshop: https://www.hb2025iceland.org/_files/ugd/5bb9cc_c165919a16c94262b1cd98da024b61ad.pdf
Newsletter [April 2025]
-Guide book table of content in drafting process
- Publication:
Ramesh, R., Rehman, H. U., Hasan, A., Eerolainen, L., Yin, H., & Hamdy, M. (2025). Optimising energy flexibility in Finnish residential buildings: A comparative study of PI, rule-based and model predictive control strategies. Energy and Buildings, 338, Article 115727. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.115727
- Next working meeting is planned for Sept 2025.
Newsletter [March 2025]
The 1st working meeting was held at Narvik, Norway hosted by UiT Norway between 4-7th March 2025
-The table of content for the guidebook was discussed and the subtask activities were planned
Newsletter [January 2025]
The Kick-Off meeting held online on 16th January 2025
Newsletter [November 2024]
The Annex93 project has been accepted for the working phase from January 2025 at the IEA EBC ExCo meeting at 96th 21st-22nd November 2024, Melbourne Australia!
Newsletter [October 2024]
The preparation meeting of the IEA EBC #Annex93 from 14th Oct- 15th Oct 2024. The event is arranged in #Akureyri #Iceland hosted by Artic Energy Forum🙂 ❄!. This is the 3rd face-to-face along with online (hybrid) event arranged for the working meeting.
