IEA – ECES Annex 23 – Status Report
May 15, 2012 Spain
Operating Agent:
Fariborz HAGHIGAT
Concordia Research Chair – Energy & Environment
Department of Building, Civil and Environmental
Engineering
Concordia University, Montreal , CANADA

Country
Australia
Brazil
Canada
China
Denmark
France
Greece
India
Italy
Norway
New Zealand
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
UK
Participating Countries
Research Group
University of Southern Australia
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Department of Building Engineering, Concordia University
Laboratoire des Technologies de l'énergie d'Hydro-Québec
Department of Building Science, Tsinghua University
Technical University of Denmark
CETHIL, INSA de LYON
Depart. of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, La Rochelle University
Laboratory of Heat Transfer & Environmental Engineering, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Aristotle
University - Thessaloniki
Anna University
Torino University
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
The University of Auckland
GREA Innovació Concurrent, University of Lleida
Chalmers University of Technology
Faculty of Architecture, Dept. of Architecture, DEU
University of Ulster

• Coordinated national reviews of energy storage use in energy efficient buildings
• To share the information among the members and to
“inform” the members about all the considered systems
• To give the actual picture of ES use in each country, design concepts used and practical results,
• To highlight limitations and needs for new research activities.
Task has been completed

• Improve the knowledge of the storage material has been identified as the most important information to improve the technology.
• Optimization is necessary for the control, sizing, system integration and modification,
• fundamental and applied research is needed to remove many hurdles in the large scale applications of these technologies.

Subtask B
• Collaborative evaluation of energy storage usage and proposed efficient systems based on Subtask
A and other Annex results .
– Evaluation and inclusion of related finding from other
IEA activities
– Identification of obstacles to effective storage techniques.
The final report was presented yesterday
Workshop: to discuss the findings of A&B

• Development of Sustainable Energy Storage
Designs for a variety of Ultra-low energy building thermal and phase change materials options .
– Conceptual design of ultra-low energy building types with energy storage,
– Case studies
A number of case studies have been performed.

• Development of improved tools for modeling, simulation and optimization for integration in comprehensive building simulation programs,
– Develop a numerical model for PCM integrated walls (to be integrated with TRNSYS) and validated with field data from task D,
– Perform detailed simulation to show the benefits of TES application in ultra low energy building.
Only one case study should be proposed for all participants.

• Apply, monitor and evaluate demonstrations of these Designs in a number of countries and climates
– To monitor experimental/prototype systems with
Energy Storage for model validation
– To monitor real buildings (already built or under construction) with Energy Storage Systems ,
• Data for model validation,
• Comparison of efficiency and performance of technologies
A comprehensive data base has been developed.

• PCM passive cooling with conventional brick, alveolar brick and concrete walls
• PCM wallboards
• Ventilated facade with PCM
• Ventilated façade with concrete
• Heat pump with PCM tanks
• Water+PCM tanks for domestic hot water
• PCM packed bed for cold storage

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INSA–Lyon (France)
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University of Savoie (France)
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University of Auckland (New Zealand)
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University of Lleida (Spain)
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Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden)
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BuroHappold (United Kingdom)

• Identify technologies and applications needed in the long-term to achieve ultra low energy building objectives and develop typical
Sustainable Energy Storage Designs
Work is under progress

• Determination of thermal behaviour of new material/component (measuring technique),
• Validated calculations and LCA tools for assessment of material/component,
• What is the affects of this technology on other aspects e.g. IAQ, fire.

• 1 st Annex 23 Forum – March 8, 2010, Lyon
• Special Session @ PALENC 2010 Conference,
Greece
• Special Session@ International Symposium on
Sustainable Systems and the Environment, 2011,
Dubai
• Special Session @ ISES Solar World Congress,
August 2011, Germany

• Special Workshop and Sessions @ CLIMA
2013

• Subtask A:
Alain MOREAU, Mr.
Laboratoire des technologies de l'énergie d'Hydro-Québec, CANADA
• Subtask B:
Christian INARD, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering,
La Rochelle University, FRANCE
• Subtask C:
Johannes KEVYN, Ph.D.
CETHIL, INSA de LYON, FRANCE

• Subtask D:
Albert CASTELL, Ph.D.
GREA Innovació Concurrent,
University of Lleida, EPS – CREA, SPAIN
• Subtask E:
Bijan ADL-ZARRABI, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer
Chalmers University of Technology, SWEDEN