Presenting results at the 6th Central European Symposium on Building Physics
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- Budapest, Hungary
We are happy to announce that Roberta Moschetti from SINTEF will be sharing results from EASI ZERo at the 6th Central European Symposium on Building Physics in Budapest.
The conference will take place on September 11th-13th 2025, and the presentation will cover results from the paper titled "Simulation and validation of building renovation components: A case study using IDA ICE and EnergyPlus", authored by Roberta Moschetti, Alessia Losini, Amandine Piot, Mirco Riganti, and Alessandro Nocente
- Buildings & Climate: Buildings contribute to over one-third of global energy use and about 26% of energy-related CO₂ emissions, making their renovation critical for climate action.
- Innovative Renovation Technologies: EASI ZERo is developing easy-to-install building envelope components, including bio-sourced insulation, low-carbon finishes, and lightweight frames, to enable near-zero energy renovations.
- Simulation & Validation: A new wall component was studied using advanced energy modeling tools (IDA ICE and EnergyPlus) and validated against 16 days of laboratory measurements (operative temperature, surface temperature, and heat flux).
- Model Performance: Both simulation tools agree well with measurements: EnergyPlus outperformed IDA ICE in predicting operative temperature, glazing surface temperature, and heat flux (e.g., operative temp NRMSE: 0.25 vs. 0.32). IDA ICE was more accurate for test wall surface temperature (NRMSE: 0.12 vs. 0.16).
- Practical Guidance: Results offer important recommendations for selecting simulation software and highlight the need for high-accuracy predictions in energy renovation projects to support sustainability targets.
We are excited that EASI ZERo is moving into a new phase, where these important results are finally ready to be shared!
Read more about the conference here
