IEA Task 23 documents

IEA Task 23 explored the role of the integrated design process (IDP) in enabling buildings to reach very high levels of performance. The three files attached provide an overview of the project, which ended in 2003.

The Integrated Design Process; History and Analysis

Nils Larsson, Executive Director
International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment (iiSBE)
larsson@iisbe.org, 21 August, 2009

Abstract: The Integrated Design Process (IDP) is a method of intervention in early stages of the design process that supports the development and design team to avoid sub-optimal design solutions. IDP is not a new concept, and may in fact have been applied in the past by some design teams on an ad-hoc basis; but the formal implementation of the process is a development that has taken place over the past 15 years. This paper provides a partial history and some analysis of the characteristics of IDP.

Synergy grids update

One of working groups within iiSBE is WG Synergy Grids. Attached document summarizes basic concepts and ideas.

File updated Jan 30, 2011

iiSBE short overview (presentation)

In the attached presentation you will find a basic information on the International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment.

Presentation higlights:

  • iiBSE at glance
  • iiSBE activities
  • Board of Directors 2010-2011
  • Active working groups
  • Overview of regional SB conferences 2010 and World SB11 confernce in Helsinki, Finland
  • SBTool
  • SB Method
  • SBTool in Italy
  • Protocollo ITACA
  • Social housing porjects in Italy