Odysseus

The aim of the Odysseus project is to develop an Open Dynamic System (ODYS) enabling the ‘holistic energy management’ of the dynamics of energy supply, demand and storage in urban areas, on top of an open integration platform supporting the pilot scenario’s for designated urban areas exemplified in the cities of Rome and Manchester. While in Manchester project results will be validated on a simulated energy efficiency environment, in Rome it is in the early stages of dealing with energy efficiency in public building. So comparisons among each scenario will enrich conclusions on project results.The concept of holistic energy management covers the monitoring of energy operation and/or estimation of energy operation in a certain area according to 1) dynamic energy profile information for all relevant ‘energy nodes’ and 2) the actual conditions and behavior of all these nodes. Based on integral monitoring of planning and actual information problems can be spot (like deviations) and recommendations for resolution and in general optimization including commercial negotiation processes between the stakeholders (long term decision support). The decision making support addressing especially near real-time but also more tactical (adding or changing nodes, changing connection, profiles, ...) or even strategic adaptations (changing energy goals).The Open Integration Platform will capture all energy node information required in a “dynamic Energy Profile Card” structured according to a proposed full taxonomy of energy node types and their associated properties and interrelationships. All instance data according to these information structures and these information structures themselves will be stored in an open standards-based and, where possible, open source-based spatial and semantic database, accessible via standard interfaces to keep the system flexible, interoperable, adaptable and extensible.