About IEA-Annex 55

The scope of the Annex 55 is to develop and provide decision support data and tools for energy retrofitting measures leading to a substantial upgrading. The tools will be based on probabilistic methodologies for prediction of energy use, life cycle cost and functional performances.

You can read more about the Annex 55 in the proposal of the Annex 55 to the IEA .

Participating Countries and Organizations
Participants of the annex are:
1. Austria (TU-Wien)
2. Belgium (K.U.Leuven, U.Gent)
3. Canada (Concordia University, BCIT Vancouver)
4. Denmark (Technical University of Denmark)
5. Finland (Technical University of Tampere)
6. Germany (IBP Holzkirchen, Technische Universität Dresden)
7. Netherlands (TU/e)
8. Norway (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, SINTEF)
9. Portugal (Universidade do Porto)
10. Sweden (Chalmers University of Technology, SP, Lund University, IVL)
11. UK (U. College London)
12. USA (Owens Corning, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

The following countries are participating as observers in the Annex:
1. Slovakia (Slovak Academy of Sciences)
2. Estonia (Tallinna Tehnikaülikool)
3. Brazil (Pontifical Catholic U. of Paraná)