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Description
The main objective of the project is to provide an end-to-end solution for customers energy management needs, based on demand side management for energy and cost savings. The developed solution will bring novelty based on Edge computing and artificial intelligence and will integrate sensors and building functionalities into one common gateway, giving the possibility for different service providers to operate on the same hardware, with open data source and scalability.
The project will consider buildings as an active component integrated into multi-carrier energy systems including the demand response in different energy sectors (electricity, heating and cooling, transportation). The pilot buildings included in the project are:
- - Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania: University block of buildings pilot.
- - Østfold County Council, Fredrikstad, Norway: Residential houses and block of buildings pilot.
- - Alba Iulia Municipality, Romania: Social residential houses pilot.
The goal is to integrate and combine the management of different energy technologies: renewable energy sources with storage technologies, heating, ventilation, air conditioning system control, lighting, heating, and cooling into a building and energy management system, to ensure an efficient and optimized energy management and the coverage of the highest possible share of renewable energy sources.
The project is implemented with multiple partners. From Norway, Høgskolen i Østfold and Nxtech AS. From Romania, Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara, Alba Iulia Municipality and Association Center for the Study of Democracy.
Key activities of the project include:
- Project management.
- Specification analysis, standardization activities and business models.
- Development of innovative algorithms.
- Publicity.
- Financial audit.
The partners will have various responsibilities but Høgskolen i Østfold and Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara will contribute directly to all project phases.
Summary of project results
The project aimed to provide an end-to-end solution for customers energy management, using Edge computing and artificial intelligence as well as integrated sensors and functionalities into one common gateway, giving the possibility for different service providers to operate on the same hardware, with open data source and scalability. The goal was to integrate and combine management of different energy technologies: renewable energy sources with storage technologies, heating, ventilation, air conditioning system control, lighting, heating, and cooling into a building and energy management system. The objective was to ensure an efficient and optimized energy management, as well as coverage of the highest possible share of renewable energy sources.
The project results were concluded by three energy efficiency solutions implemented or tested in the three pilot sites: one in Norway, one in Cluj-Napoca, and one in Alba Iulia;
- - Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania: University block of buildings pilot.
- - Østfold County Council, Fredrikstad, Norway: Residential houses and block of buildings pilot.
- - Alba Iulia Municipality, Romania: Social residential houses pilot.
In the three pilot sites, various Energy Management and Control developed Systems were tested and validated. A joint application for Intellectual Property Protection was submitted to the State Office for Invention and Trademarks. Following the implementation of the project, 13 full time equivalents (FTEs) were created in the project. The beneficiaries were all of the partners of the DOITSMARTER consortium, with different levels of IP rights, according to a common agreed to be shared property benefits and the individual members involvement.