Solar Energy Buildings
On global level the operation of buildings accounts for around 40 % of the primary energy consumption and approximately 25 % of the greenhouse gas emissions. Task 66 will focus on the development of economic and ecologic feasible solar energy supply concepts with high solar fractions for new and existing single buildings and building blocks or communities.
Australian Lead
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.