New technical system solutions are developed with regards to techniccal as well as economical based orchestration of decentralized energy systems, resulting in an overall-system concept for future electrical distribution grids, allowing to create synergy effects by applying the smart meter infrastructure cross-functionally (Smart Grid - Smart Market - Smart Home)

The BECA project designed, developed and piloted new solutions to enable sustained reductions in energy consumption across European social housing. This was accomplished by providing usable ICT-based services for Energy Management (EMS) and Energy Decision Support Service (EDSS) directly to tenants as well as to social housing staff. The project achieved 15% savings for heating, 11% for cold water and 17% for hot water. Savings amount to 570MWh which equals 177 tons of CO2 per year. Financial pay-off is achieved by most stakeholders during the first 3 years.

AFTER addresses vulnerability evaluation and contingency planning of the energy grids and energy plants considering also the ICT systems used in protection and control. Main addressed problems concern high impact. wide spread. multiple contingencies and cascading.