Renovating Historic Buildings to Zero Energy
Tsk 59 focuses on finding conservation compatible energy retrofit approaches and solutions for historic buildings, which preserves the historic and aesthetic values while increasing comfort, lowering energy bills and minimising environmental impact.
Australian Lead
Rebecca Yang
Rebecca is the leader of Solar Energy Application Lab (SEAL) at RMIT University. She is a building and construction scholar working in the subfield of distributed renewable energy. She is particularly known for her research on solar building envelope applications and solar mapping. Rebecca actively represents Australia as an Expert in the International Energy Agency (IEA) collaborative programs: She is the Australian lead in the Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme (PVPS) Task 15 Enabling Framework for the Development of Building Integrated PV (BIPV) and the Solar Heating and Cooling Programme (SHC) Task 66 Solar Energy Buildings. She is also a member of the National Mirror Committee for International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) TC 82 Solar photovoltaic energy systems by Standards Australia, represents Australia to the development of an international standard on BIPV. Linkedin