While nearly zero energy projects in Europe focus on reducing heat demand, green buildings in tropical Singapore require lower cooling loads. To study and discuss methods to meet cooling needs, construction and energy experts from all around the world met in Singapore in late October for a two-day workshop organised by the Building & Construction Authority Singapore (BCA) and the IEA’s Buildings and Communities Programme (EBC). The aim of the Future Buildings Forum (FBF) 2017 was an agreement on strategic R&D priorities for Transforming Cities in Hot and Humid Climates Towards More Efficient and Sustainable Energy Use.
The FBF Think Tank Workshop 2017 brought together around 60 invited experts from seven of the IEA’s Technology Collaboration Programmes (TCP), for example, Solar Heating and Cooling (SHC), District Heating and Cooling (DHC), and Photovoltaic Power Systems (PVPS). Findings will be available in the first quarter of 2018. “During the workshop, we concentrated on the issue of efficient and renewable space cooling in hot and humid climates, and this will also be the focus of the results report,” said Andreas Eckmanns, Chair of the IEA EBC programme. Previous Think Tank Meeting reports from 1990, 1995, 2001, 2007 and 2013 are available for
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