Documentation
ES-SO makes its position public on certain subjects related to energy issues in buildings, and communicates on this position with the EU authorities. ES-SO preferably acts on this together with other building stakeholders, or alone, depending on the subject.
December 2021
ES-SO Position Paper on EPBD Revision
November 2018
ES-SO Position Paper on "Implementing the EPBD and assessment of windows"
Febuary 2021
ES-SO Position Paper on the EU Renovation Wave
December 2016
ES-SO White Paper on "Overheating risk in low energy buildings
GUIDEHOUSE STUDY November 2021
Solar shading – Synergising mitigation of GHG emissions and adaptation to climate change: the potential to disrupt rising cooling demand and overheating in buildings
HOW TO PROTECT BUILDINGS FROM OVERHEATING?
A South-West facing flat in an old converted office building in North London was able to reduce temperatures from a scorching 47.5C to a more acceptable 28C by using external solar shading.
Dynamic shading solutions for energy efficient buildings
by Sonnergy 2015. This study includes an update of the figures of the ESCORP report 2005.
Impact of Shading Devices on Daylight Quality in Offices, report TABK, Lund University- by Marie-Claude Dubois
January 2022
September 2020
ES-SO Solar shading for low energy and healthy buildings
Febuary 2022
Helen Rose Wilson- Fraunhofer ISE and Jacob Jonsson -LBNL
Optical and thermal characteristics of solar shading and how they can be measured and determined
Febuary 2022
Bruno Bueno-Fraunhofer ISE, Taoning Wang and Charlie Curcija - LBNL
Applying software to evaluate the effect of solar shading on energy consumption, daylighting and glare in buildings
March 2015
TNO-Findings on extra savings of solar shadings