Welcome to the IEA Annex Meeting at Northeastern University!

Meeting Overview

A new IEA EBC Annex titled Human-centric Building Design and Operation for a Changing Climate is being proposed to start in mid-2024. This five-year project will involve approximately 100 researchers and other professionals from diverse fields such as engineering, architecture, social sciences, planning, health sciences, etc. A two-day workshop on April 3 and 4 in Boston (in-person participation only) will be used to refine the scope, set priorities, identify key research activities, and begin to develop a workplan inlcuding the following subtasks.

Building (Re)Design:

Determine how buildings can be designed, refurbished, and/or modified to encourage and accommodate behavioural changes essential for a successful energy transition and accommodate future climates

Humans’ Role in Operation:

Understand the roles of designers, operators, and other stakeholders in shaping modern trends in energy consumption patterns (e.g. work from home, extreme events etc.)

Wellbeing, Equity, and Behaviour of Occupants:

Study how extreme events influence the behaviour of individuals and how climate change will impact the wellbeing of occupants, equitable access to comfort and healthy indoor spaces

The concept proposal slides can be found here: https://bit.ly/boston-concept-slides.