International Energy AgencyThe International Energy Agency (IEA) was established in 1974 within the framework of theOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to implement an international energyprogramme. A basic aim of the IEA is to foster co-operation among the twenty-eight IEA participatingcountries and to increase energy security through energy conservation, development of alternativeenergy sources and energy research, development and demonstration (RD&D).Energy Conservation in Buildings and Community SystemsThe IEA co-ordinates research and development in a number of areas related to energy. The mission ofone of those areas, the ECBCS - Energy Conservation for Building and Community Systems Programme,is to develop and facilitate the integration of technologies and processes for energy efficiency andconservation into healthy, low emission, and sustainable buildings and communities, through innovationand research.The research and development strategies of the ECBCS Programme are derived from research drivers,national programmes within IEA countries, and the IEA Future Building Forum Think Tank Workshop,held in March 2007. The R&D strategies represent a collective input of the Executive Committeemembers to exploit technological opportunities to save energy in the buildings sector, and to removetechnical obstacles to market penetration of new energy conservation technologies. The R&D strategiesapply to residential, commercial, office buildings and community systems, and will impact the buildingindustry in three focus areas of R&D activities:DisseminationDecision-makingBuilding products and systems
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