IEA EBC Annex 80 - Dynamic simulation guideline for the performance testing of resilient cooling strategies

The objective of Annex 80 is to develop, assess and communicate solutions for resilient cooling.
The systematic assessment of resilient cooling strategies is one of the main activities of Annex 80.
As stated in Annex Text:
Activity B.1 includes a systematic assessment of potential benefits, limitations and
performance indicators of resilient cooling systems under a wide range of application
scenarios and other boundary conditions. We generate Resilient Cooling ‘Technology
Profiles’ to clearly summarize and promote the operational characteristics and benefits of
each technology/system. Recommendations for good implementation, commissioning and
operation are being developed. Barriers to application and further research opportunities are
being identified, which will inform research activities of Subtask B.
The previous approach for assessing the resilience of cooling strategies is mainly based on
qualitative comparison and based on results from individual research, which lacks common
boundary conditions and universal indicators for resilience evaluation.
This study aims to provide a consistent approach for assessing the resilience of different cooling
strategies by dynamic simulation. Various cooling strategies will be tested on the reference
buildings under present and future weather conditions in different climate zones, and proposed key
performance indicators will be applied to evaluate summertime overheating risk and climate
resistance of cooling strategies.