IEA AMT Task 5: Tire and Brake Emissions (TiBrakE)

Due to the upcoming Euro 7 legislation, non-exhaust particle emissions are becoming more prominent. The aim of the task is to use findings from international projects, and derive harmonised and clearly defined measures from previously fragmented activities. This should lead to greater acceptance of national approaches to measuring tyre and brake wear and increased awareness of proposed solutions.

Co-Operative Programme on Advanced Materials for Transportation Applications (AMT)

The AMT Technology Programme (AMT-TCP) focuses on creating innovations in material technologies to increase energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions to allow global warming mitigation.

IEA Wind Energy Systems (Wind TCP)

The mission of the Wind TCP is to stimulate co-operation on wind energy research and development and to provide high quality information and analysis to member governments and commercial sector leaders. The focus lies on technology development and deployment, as well as market and policy instruments.

IEA HPT Annex 59: Heat Pumps for Drying Processes

Drying processes are highly energy-intensive and widespread in industry and commerce as well as in households in various forms. In this project, the potential for energy savings in drying processes in various applications will be investigated, which can be tapped through the use of heat pumps and made available to the relevant target groups in the form of guidelines, data, etc.

Circular Bio Floor- Floor construction made from biomaterials

In this project biogenic building materials from wood industry waste and geopolymer binders are developed that can be used as tamped fill or 3D-printed dry-screed elements in timber construction. These materials offer functional benefits and an excellent eco-balance, contribute to the conservation of forests and enable the production of separable and reusable floor segment panels using digital manufacturing technologies. That significantly reduces the consumption of primary raw materials.

LenA circular houses - Demonstration of the circular architecture design process for circular andreuse building based on the lighthouse project LenA

The LENA project demonstrates in practice how resource-efficient use of materials can be achieved in architecture. LENA documents circular design methods and shows why planning begins at the end-of-life phase. By using digital methods and technologies to recover existing building elements and manufacture new ones with a focus on reuse, it determines what savings in gray energy and CO₂ can be achieved in the manufacture of re:use products and detachable/demountable/replaceable connections for our built structures, urban and residential areas.

IEA-SHC Task 65: Solar Cooling for the Sunbelt Regions

IEA SHC Task 65 focuses on cost-efficient, safe, and reliable solar cooling systems optimized for hot climates. This requires cost reductions, system simplifications, life-cycle cost-benefit assessments and supportive policies. Austria plays a key role in Task 65, particularly in the assessment of technologies (Subtask C). Through scientific analyses, pilot projects, and workshops, market barriers are to be overcome, and solar cooling is to be established as a viable solution.

StirliQ+ Component development of the expansion Stirling generator with supercritical fluid as working & lubrication medium

Technical research and further development of details or components of the novel StirliQ engine, which has the potential to overcome the technical hurdles of conventional Stirling engines. On the basis of simulations as well as a laboratory plant, a narrowing down of the process parameters with regard to a resilient pre-dimension of apparatus components is carried out.

NEB-Tischlerei-Melk - Development of a former joinery site into a multipliable European lighthouse NEB neighbourhood

The former production site of the Fürst Möbel GmbH shall be transformed into a climate-neutral, multifunctional, scalable mixed-use NEB city quarter. This quarter called “Tischlerei Melk” is intended to achieve the highest ambition levels of the NEB compass and to position and represent Austria strongly in this context. As the area is located next to the world-famous Abbey of Melk, the project has the potential to become an internationally known best-practice solution.

IEA EBC Annex 97 / IEA Cities Task 5: Expert Meeting No. 01

23. - 24. April 2026
Instituto de Ciencias de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja & Universidad de Navarra, Madrid, ES

Das erste Expert Meeting des IEA EBC Annex 97 / IEA Cities Task 5 lädt alle teilnehmenden Institutionen ein. Im Rahmen des zweitägigen Workshop-artigen Meetings wird es einen regen inhaltlichen Austausch sowie die Koordination weiterer Arbeitsschritte geben.

Concentrated Solar Power Technologies - SolarPACES

SolarPACES aims at significantly increasing the share of concentrated solar power (CSP) in the global production of renewable energies. To this end, SolarPACES supports technological development and partnerships for developing CSP through an international network of independent experts. It coordinates and advances solar technology research, by focusing on the next generation of technologies; provides recommendations to policy makers and organises international conferences and workshops. In order to increase the transparency of the market and reduce risks associated with project development, SolarPACES also develops guidelines and standards for CSP industries.

Working Party on Renewable Energy Technologies (REWP)

Central tasks of the Renewable Energy Working Party (REWP) are to support the IEA research programs, discuss current energy and technology policy issues among the IEA member states, advise the IEA Secretariat in Paris on issues related to R&D, technology and market introduction, and support the IEA in their outreach strategy.

IEA Technology Collaboration Programmes (TCPs)

Austrian experts and companies are currently active in 23 out of 39 IEA Technology Collaboration Programmes (TCPs) and one expert group.

Eurotherm seminar #119: Contribution of thermal energy storage towards decarbonization

13. - 15. May 2026
Campus Cappont, C/ de Jaume II, 67, 25001 Lleida, Spagna, Lleida, ES

This seminar will bring together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry, who are working in the rapidly expanding field of thermal energy storage (TES). Theoretical, numerical, and experimental approaches will be presented for the entire range of applications, from material characterization to complete storage systems.

Hybrid Solar Systems for Industrial Process Heat and Power: From Concepts to Implementation

14. April 2026
Grand Hotel Wiesler, Grieskai 4-8, 8020 Graz, AT

Hybrid solar systems combining solar thermal, photovoltaics (PV), storage, and auxiliary technologies offer promising solutions for the decarbonisation of industrial mid-temperature heat. This workshop provides insights into the INDHEAP and SOLINDARITY projects, and fosters exchange between research projects and practitioners. It also offers a focus on heat storage technologies for industry.