Newsletter [November 2025]
1) Journal paper: Hassam ur Rehman, Rakesh Ramesh, Implication of building renovation and renewable integration on the energy resilience in the Nordic climate: Techno-economic analysis using questionnaire-based thresholds, Energy and Buildings, Volume 350, 2026, 116633, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.116633.
2) Newsletter published by VTT about the project that discusses energy resilience in cold regions and mentions about Annex 93 activity, "New definition and framework introduced for energy-resilient buildings in cold climates", November 2025. Read more.
Newsletter [October2025]
1) EBC Annex 93 “Energy Resilience of the Buildings in Remote Cold Regions” held an online working meeting on October 7-8, 2025. Read more.
Newsletter [September 2025]
1) Collaborations between EBC (Annexes 89, 93 and 96), PVPS Task 15 'Enabling Framework for the Development of BIPV' and the Cities TCP on September 22, 2025. Read more.
2) Collaboration between Annex 93 and the Energy Storage TCP for a presentation at their 50th anniversary event on Energy Storage and the Built Environment in October 2025. The presentation was shared to the Chairman of IEA EBC. Read more.
3) “Lecture on “Towards the Energy Resilience of Buildings in the Nordics” on 23 September 2025, delivered to students participating in the Satellite Program and the exchange program between Hokkaido University and the University of Helsinki. Read more.
Newsletter [August 2025]
Participation at the IBPSA Building Simulation Conference at Brisbane, Australia August 24-27, 2025
1) Conference paper: Article presented titled "Modeling the impact of diverse extreme climate scenarios on residential buildings with renewable energy and storage in cold regions: A techno-economic analysis" Authored by Hassam ur Rehman, Vahid M. Nik, Rakesh Ramesh, Ala Hasan (https://bs2025.org/presentation/modeling-the-impact-of-diverse-extreme-climate-scenarios-on-residential-buildings-with-renewable-energy-and-storage-in-cold-regions-a-techno-economic-analysis/)
2) 19th International IBPSA Building Simulation Conference, BS2025, Chairman of the session was done.
3) Shakeel, H.M.; Iram, S.; Farid, H.M.A.; Hill, R.; Rehman, H.u. EPCDescriptor: A Multi-Attribute Visual Network Modeling of Housing Energy Performance. Buildings 2025, 15, 2929.(https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/15/16/2929)
Newsletter [July 2025]
HEALTHY BUILDINGS 2025, ISIAQ INTERNATIONAL
Regional Conference, Europe
REYKJAVÍK, ICELAND, June 8-11 2025
Workshop
1) Workshop: 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/workshops)
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.
