Digitalisation

  • OPTIMISATION OF ENERGY MARKET BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

    Project dates: 01. Nov 2020 - 31. Jan 2022

    Objective

    Sensing & Control (S&C) has a customer energy management product, enControl™ that can be complemented with new Smart Grid functionalities that are expected to be developed in this proposal. The Smart Grids category covers solutions for the smart control and management of power networks and installations. The use of Artificial Intelligence techniques will enable to develop decision-making approaches based on multi-source information fusion, data predictive analytics, and to create a marketplace capable of joining and smart managing both energy supply and demand.
    Our objective through OPENAI is to contribute to the increase of energy efficiency with a specific focus on the Smart Grid functionalities. The European Union requires each Member State to deliver a fixed amount of end-use energy savings over the next 2021-2030 obligation period. Our main interest in this project is not only strategic considering our current product roadmap but also is a social objective since we can contribute to the climate solution. The transition to a low carbon economy, the digitalization of Power Grids and the decentralization of Power Generation are business innovation opportunities for S&C. Also, since 2019, S&C is part of the larger AMPER group which gives us access to clients from the Energy sector, in particular from the generation and distribution side.
    For the new functionalities within Smart Grid, the specialized skills / knowledge we are looking for in the Innovation Associate (IA) are the following with requirement to have a PhD in a combination with expertise in deep practical knowledge in sharing economy by using artificial intelligence, understanding of energy generation and distribution control systems, and experience in developing decision-making approaches and forecasting algorithms.

    Partners

    Number of partners: 1
    Site numbers:

    AMPER S & C IOT SL

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  • Software Development toolKit for Energy optimization and technical Debt elimination

    Project dates: 01. Jan 2018 - 31. Dec 2020

    Objective

    The vision of SDK4ED is to minimize cost, time and complexity of low-energy software development processes, by providing tools for automatic optimization of both software quality and non-functional requirements such as energy efficiency, dependability and performance, with the capacity to tackle the interplay between design quality and run-time constraints. SDK4ED aims to realise its vision through the following objectives:
    - establish a set of methods and tools for monitoring processes for early identification of design flaws, energy consumption indicators, and security vulnerabilities, with respect to the targeted hardware platform and non-functional requirements
    - estimate the costs and limitations associated to technical debt (TD) liabilities in the entire software stack
    - provide toolboxes for assessing project management decisions with respect to the choices of repaying TD, under the constraints imposed on energy consumption and security
    - deploy the envisaged solutions in three industry-driven distinctive but complementary use cases in the domains of airborne systems, healthcare, and automotive industry
    - Illustrate the importance and benefits introduced by proper TD management into low-energy software application development
    - train and consult the embedded software systems industry.
    Through its envisaged toolboxes, SDK4ED will comprise a set of software programming add-ons for preventing the degradation of run-time qualities and especially energy consumption, while allowing for efficient measuring of the accumulated TD during the development of new low-energy computing software applications, including embedded systems and IoT products.
    The major expected impact of the proposed platform will be measured by the achieved improvement in productivity, the extent to which the envisaged tools will be adopted by the reference market and the minimisation of effort for adopting digital technologies into low-energy products and services.

    Partners

    Number of partners: 11
    Site numbers:

    UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA

    HOLISUN SRL

    INSTYTUT INFORMATYKI TEORETYCZNEJ ISTOSOWANEJ POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK

    AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS

    RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN

    TIOBE SOFTWARE BV

    NEURASMUS BV

    CNET SVENSKA AB

    MAXELER TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

    Research & Innovation

    IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE

    INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS

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  • Building Information aGGregation, harmonization and analytics platform

    Project dates: 01. Dec 2020 - 30. Nov 2023

    Objective

    EU countries have drawn up strategies reflected in their National Energy Efficiency Action Plans that include provision of an overview of the country's national building stock, identification of key policies that the country intends to use to stimulate renovations and provision of an estimate of the expected energy savings that will result from renovations. Despite the increase in the use of energy and the evident environmental benefits of having more share of renewable energy sources (RES) in buildings, the adoption of both energy efficiency measures and RES is highly influenced by its cost and the impact on occupants’ comfort. The real implementation of actions to reduce energy consumption in buildings is confronted with the complexity of managing their internal energy systems, the overall target of cost savings and the respect of the levels of comfort expected by the buildings occupants.
    The BIGG project aims at demonstrating the application of big data technologies and data analytic techniques for the complete buildings life-cycle of more than 4000 buildings in 6 large-scale pilot test-beds, achieved by: 1) The Open Source BIGG Data Reference Architecture 4 Buildings for collection/funneling, processing and exchanging data from different sources (smart-meters, sensors, BMS, existing data sets); 2) An interoperable buildings data specification, BIGG Standard Data Model 4 Buildings, based on the combination of elements from existing frameworks and EC directives, such as SAREF, INSPIRE, BIM, EPCHub that will be enhanced to reach full interoperability of building data; 3) An extensible, open, cloud-based BIGG Data Analytics Toolbox of service modules for batch and real-time analytics that supports a wide range of services, new business models and support reliable and effective policy-making. These solutions will be deployed and tested cross pilot and country validation of at least two business scenarios in Spain and Greece.

    Partners

    Number of partners: 12
    Site numbers:

    INETUM REALDOLMEN BELGIUM

    IRON THERMOILEKTRIKI ANONYMI ETAIREIA

    HELEXIA DEVELOPPMENT

    INFRAESTRUCTURES DE LA GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA SA

    INTUICY SRL

    INSTITUT CATALA D'ENERGIA

    INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM

    DOMX IDIOTIKI KEFALAIOUCHIKI ETAIREIA

    EUROPEAN CONSTRUCTION, BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM

    CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE DU BATIMENT

    CENTRE INTERNACIONAL DE METODES NUMERICS EN ENGINYERIA

    ENGIE HELLAS AE ENERGEIAKON YPIRESION

    Key Exploitable Results

    • TRL

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  • Smarter Grid: Empowering SG Market Actors through Information and Communication Technologies

    Project dates: 01. Jan 2015 - 31. Dec 2017

    Objective

    Power systems undergo massive technological changes due to the ever increasing concerns for environmental and energy sustainability. The increase of RES and DG penetration is one of the main goals in Europe in order to meet the environmental targets. However these goals will require new business cases and must be based on innovative ICT tools and communication infrastructure. On parallel, following the M/490 EU Mandate, CEN, CENELEC and ETSI proposed a technical report describing the Smart Grid Reference Architecture and the Smart Grids Architecture Model (SGAM) framework. A key objective of new Research and Innovation projects should be to provide solutions and ICT tools compatible with the SGAM and the standardization activity in Europe. Such new projects should also support the standardization activity by proposing additions or changes related to their objectives. Another key issue to address is whether the existing telecommunication infrastructure is sufficient to support in mass scale the new business cases and Smart Grid services. SmarterEMC2 implements ICT tools that support Customer Side Participation and RES integration, and facilitate open access in the electricity market. These tools take into account the SGAM as well the future structure of the Distribution Network as described by the relevant EU bodies and organizations. The project supports standardization activity by proposing adaptation to data models of market-oriented standards (IEC 62325-351) and field level standards (IEC 61850). Moreover, the project is fully dedicated towards achieving a maximum of impact. To validate the proposed technologies, the project includes 3 real-world pilots and large-scale simulation in 3 laboratories. The former will demonstrate the impact of Demand Response and Virtual Power Plants services in the real world settings, while the latter will reveal the ability of the communication networks to support massive uptake of such services.

    Partners

    Number of partners: 10
    Site numbers:

    ELEKTRIK DAGITIM HIZMETLERI DERNEGI(ELDER)

    AYDEM ELEKTRIK DAGITIM ANONIM SIRKETI

    THALES ITALIA SPA

    UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM

    FUJITSU LABORATORIES OF EUROPE LIMITED

    ORGANISMOS TILEPIKOINONION TIS ELLADOS OTE AE

    AALBORG UNIVERSITET

    Research & Innovation

    INESC TEC - INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIADE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES, TECNOLOGIA E CIENCIA

    • Partner
    • Portugal
    • Budget: 275, 375

    INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS

    DSOs

    DIACHEIRISTIS ELLINIKOU DIKTYOU DIANOMIS ELEKTRIKIS ENERGEIAS AE

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  • Holistic Open Platform for Energy control and monitoring and facility digitalizatiON

    Project dates: 01. Aug 2017 - 30. Nov 2017

    Objective

    HOPE-ON is the first holistic open platform building automation system (BAS) based on the Internet of Things that will enable intuitive management and control of building installations, such as lighting, heating, ventilation, air-conditioning system, in both commercial and residential buildings. It addresses all the shortcomings of state-of-the-art systems, such as high implementation costs and lack of compatibility with other systems, thanks to its disruptive communication protocol, architecture and software. HOPE-ON can create a network of virtually unlimited devices with minimum communication interference and its architecture allows for integrating all today’s BAS and standards into one unified system. As a result, HOPE-ON is simple to operate, flexible, scalable and compatible. Its software bridges the technological understanding gap between architect offices, system engineers, construction companies, equipment installers and end-users, facilitating the planning and designing of a smart building. In this way, the costs and time for building planning and designing are reduced by 50% compared to SOA BAS. Furthermore, HOPE-ON provides a game-like intuitive and easy to control interface which can be used on any mobile device, with different access privileges so that it can be used by the building owner, administrator, different building users, maintenance companies, etc, and the data are stored in a cloud.
    The installation of HOPE-ON enables 45% energy cost reduction, 60% operating costs reduction (including efficient maintenance) and saving 45% cost of redundant wiring in both new and refurbished buildings. In this way it will contribute to meeting the goals of the EU for increased energy efficiency. Moreover, it will also benefit our company, Raybased, as with HOPE-On we expect to reach revenues of €53 million by 2023, with a ROI over 8.

    Partners

    Number of partners: 1
    Site numbers:

    RAYBASED AB (PUBL)

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