@book{JRC31495,
	editor = {},
	address = {},
	year = {2006},
	author = {Bloem J and Sutherland G},
	isbn = {92-79-01251-7},
	edition = {},
	abstract = {At the DYNASTEE 2005 Scientific Conference, a total of seventy one registered participants representing seventeen countries, from across the European Union and beyond, followed the three day programme of twenty eight scientific and technical topics. This Book of Proceedings includes the papers, and where relevant additional information is also included, the presentations made during the conference. 
		
		The building sector in the European Union continues to account for approximately 40% of final energy consumption. Whilst the energy intensity of consumption is declining as a result of technological advancements and proactive energy policy, the standard of living in society as a whole, as well as the expectations for an improved indoor environment, continue to rise. 
		The scientific topics of the conference covered the whole range of developments in the field of dynamic analysis, simulation and testing applied to the energy and environmental performance of buildings and in particular the following conclusions were drawn from the scope and depth of ongoing research in the field:
		
		--	Dynamic analysis, simulation and testing remains an area of high scientific interest with significant scope for effective implementation of research results in order to obtain improved indoor environmental conditions with lower energy consumption.
		--	The combined activities of testing, analysis and simulation remain necessary for development of innovative building components and the study of their integration within the built environment. This suggests the requirement for both the development of virtual laboratories for analysis and simulation, but also for the consolidation and maintenance of the hardware of research infrastructures existing in this scientific field. 
		--	The possible contribution of dynamic methods to practical applications related to the implementation of national and European legislation and the adoption of industry and sector standards remains to be fully exploited.  
		--	An upturn in research funding and activity can be expected in the medium term in order to meet the requirements of security of energy supply and environmental impact of energy consumption in the EU.
		
		In addition, the final session of the conference concerned applications relative to the energy performance assessment of buildings, wherein the link between the scientific aspects of the study of building performance using dynamic methods and the requirements for more simplified approaches to performance assessment for building certification became evident.  As such, it is obvious that directives, such as the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (2002/91/EC), act as a driving force for incorporating the outcome of research into daily practice.
		
		
		
		
		
		
		},
	title = {Proceedings of the Dynamic Analysis, Simulation and Testing Applied to the Energy and Environmental Performance of Buildings Conference},
	url = {},
	volume = {},
	number = {},
	issn = {},
	publisher = {JRC},
	doi = {}
}