MASTERPLANNING AND SMART CITIES

GLASGOW TSB FUTURE CITIES (PM KENNY)Introduction

GLASGOW TSB FUTURE CITIES This project will develop an APP for building and home owners in Glasgow to understand their energy use, examine simple Energy Conservation Measures to help them reduce their consumption and provide them with potential retrofit solutions that will be applicable to their buildings

Technological Outcomes• Development of database (could be spatial) to host information from the user and the

<VE> results• The capability to perform Apache Simulation via a remote server • A 2D web app for energy retrofit• A 3D web portal for the display of the results• A KPI methodology to analyse the results• A pre-defined list of ECM’s specified to building typologies• Energy retrofit solution dataset• A pre-defined list of master templates specific to building typologies

GLASGOW TSB FUTURE CITIES Deliverables within the next year

Deliverables within the next year

STANDARD DATABASE

SPATIAL DATABASE

ENERGY RETROFIT SOLUTIONS

CEI VALUES PRE-DEFINED BY LOCATION

2D WEB APP

THE APPROPRIATE SIMPLE MEASURES FOR THE BUILDING

TYPOLOGY IS GENERATED

USER INFORMATION

MASTER TEMPLATE

APPROPRIATE TO BUILDING

A SIMPLE 3D GEOMETRY MODEL IS CREATED

THE EE DATASET IS APPLIED TO

THE DSM MODEL

THE 3D MODEL IS SIMULATED

ON THE CLOUD

THE RETROFIT OPTIONS AND RESULTS ARE GENERATED

BEI VALUES PRE-DEFINED BY LOCATION

AND BUILDING TYPOLOGY

SIMPLE ECM’S PRE-DEFINED PER

BUILDING TYPOLOGYOS MAPS

OPEN STREET MAP DATA

A REDUCED RETROFIT

DATASET IS CREATED BASED ON USER INFO.

FUTURE CLIMATE FILES

THE USER RETURNS THEIR CHOICES

THE USER UPDATES THEIR ACTUAL AND ESTIMATED ENERGY

DATA

THE USER INPUTS THEIR SAVINGS MADE BASED ON THE USE OF

THE APP

3D WEB PORTALONLINE CITY

MODEL DISPLAYING

KPI’S

BIOCLIMATE REPORT

REPORTS FOR BM AND BENCMARKS

REPORTS FOR SERVICE/TECH

SUPPLIERS

HIERARCHY OF SOLUTIONS

XML/JSON OR SIMILAR FILE

TRANSFER DATA TO VIEWING

PLATFORMOTHER GIS DATA

(E.G ZONING INFO, LISTED BUILDINGS)

KPI RESULTS FROM DATABASE

KPI CALCULATION METHODOLOGY

RETROFIT RESULTS ARE

REFINED BASED ON GIS INFO (E.G.

ZONING)

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5

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1c

3b

3g

2

4d

4c

3a

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DSM MASTER TEMPLATES FOR

VARIOUS BUILDING TYPOLOGIES

BIOCLIMATIC INFORMATION

SPECIFIC TO THE AREA IS PRODUCED

THE MASTER TEMPLATE IS APPLIED TO THE 3D MODEL TO

CREATE A DSM

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3f

4a

4b

MIRIAM - SBRI FUTURE CITIES (PM TBC)Introduction

MIRIAM – SBRI FUTURE CITIES MIRIAM is an interoperable Neighbourhood Manager and City Information Model which gathers both Real-Time Information (RTI) and Building Specific Information in a city to analyse and understand both power and heat data at macro-scale. All data is collected via a user friendly web portal, whether it is RTI to be updated at regular time intervals or manual data that is entered once. Where possible, real data is used to show real measured energy use in the city and where real data is not available, simulated data is generated via the building specific information. All data is stored via an interoperable City Information Model (CIM) server. The filtered data is viewed via an online portal as 3D model geometry, 2D interactive maps or raw data. This is used to understand energy usage and flows in the city and the amount and type of data available will determine if one or all views can be utilised. The data from the CIM server is also

exported to a Neighbourhood Manager (NM), which characterises the city in terms of power and heat.

Technological Outcomes• Feasibility report on the development of the MIRIAM concept which will act as the

phase 2 submission• Mock-up of the potential user interface and paper prototype• Specification of the CIM database and sample prototype• Specification of the Neighbourhood Manager and sample prototype• Small scale demonstration using Craighall buildings

MIRIAM - SBRI FUTURE CITIES Current Tasks

Deliverables within the next year • Feasibility report on how we will deliver the project• Application for Phase 2• Small scale prototype and demonstration

INDICATE (PM NIALL)Introduction

INDICATE Through the development of an interactive cloud-based tool that will provide dynamic assessment of the interactions between buildings, the electricity grid and Renewable Technologies and Information Communication Technologies (ICT), the INDICATE project will support decision makers and other stakeholders towards transforming their cities to a “Smart” City

Technological Outcomes• Link with GIS and other Real City Data• The DSM Environment as part of the city• Analysis Methodology for Evaluation and Quantificationof a Cities Energy Use• Development of Sustainable Urban Indicators• The Application of Indicators for Standardisation• The Application of Indicators for cross-European application• Web Based Graphical User Interface (GUI) for Masterplanning• The Virtual City Model (VCM) for City Characterisation and Assessment

INDICATECurrent Tasks

Deliverables within the next year • Characterisation of the City (April ‘14)• Report on how we can quantify energy efficiency within a city (Mar ‘14)• Dynamic Simulation Model of the City (CitySUMS Phase 2) (Jun ‘14)• Agreement on Virtual City Model Architecture (Sep ‘14)• Templates for Building Typologies (Sep ‘14)

The Creation of the SMART

CITY

PLAN:• Urban Design• City Planning• Energy and

Buildings• Renewable

Resources

REDUCE:• Urban Heat

Island Effect• Energy

Consumption• Carbon

Emissions• Fossil Fuel

Demand

INTEGRATE:• District Heating

& Cooling• Centralised/

Decentralised RETs

• ‘Smart’ Technologies

OPTIMISE:• Existing

Systems• Energy

Demand• Energy

Efficiency

FASUDIR (PM VALERIA)Project overview

FASUDIR- Friendly and Affordable Sustainable Urban Districts Retrofitting

OBJECTIVE: to develop an Integrated Decision Support Tool (IDST) for a friendly and affordable sustainable energy retrofitting of buildings and districts, including:• a novel methodology for selecting and prioritizing energy efficiency retrofitting

interventions at district level• a software platform supporting this methodology

Principal Objectives of the ProjectDefinition of the framework (districts characterization, identification of KPIs)

Development of a repository of technologies and best practices

Development of a methodology for decision making on buildings energy retrofitting from a sustainable district perspective

Development of the software platform supporting the methodology (IDST tool)

Validation in 3 European districts (Santiago de Compostela, Budapest, Frankfurt)

FASUDIRReports

Deliverables within the next year• European urban districts analysis (Nov. 2013)• EU context for the building energy retrofitting at district scale (Nov. 2013)• Integration of available resources in the IDST approach (Feb. 2014)• IDST Key Performance Indicators (May 2014)• Best practices on energy retrofitting a district scale (Feb. 2014)• Technologies and systems for sustainable building/district retrofitting (Aug.

2014)• IDST user requirements (May 2014)• External resources integration (Aug.

2014)• Communication pack (Nov. 2013)• Project website (Nov. 2013)• First version of the Dissemination Plan

(Feb.2014)

iURBAN (PM VALERIA)Project overview

iURBAN- Intelligent URBAn eNergy tool

OBJECTIVE: to develop and validate an intelligent URBAn eNergy tool based on a smart Decision Support System (smartDSS) to efficiently manage and distribute at a city level the energy produced and consumed at a local level, incorporating behavioural aspects of the users

Principal Objectives of the ProjectDevelopment of a Smart City database network to obtain real-time data from energy consumptions and productions in different end points of the city

Development of Data Models to forecast short-term energy consumptions and productions

Development of a business model framework based on the concept of dynamic value networks of actors

Development of a smart DSS to optimize the energy distribution in cities, prevent or reduce critical peak situations and involve to all the participants in the energy market

Validation in two European cities (Rijeka, Croatia and Plovdiv, Bulgaria)

iURBANReports

Deliverables within the next year• Reference operational scenarios (Jan. 2014)• Requirements for the ICT infrastructure (May 2014)• Architecture, database and data acquisition (June 2014)• Roles and Relationships for Each Pilot Scenario (July 2014)• Key indicators and pilot definition (March 2014)

• Interim pilot validation (Sept. 2014)

• Dissemination Plan (Sept. 2014)• Engagement initiatives

(Jan. 2014)

CI-NERGYProject OverviewCI-NERGY – ‘Smart cities with sustainable energy systems’A multidisciplinary coordinated PhD programme aims to train young scientists to develop urban decision making and operational optimisation software tools to minimise non-renewable energy use in cities.

Principal Objectives of the Project• Providing high-level integrated trainings to PhDs and Research Fellows (ERs) covering building physics,

energy supply technologies, software engineering and information technology;

• Developing concepts, modelling and decision-making tools for highly energy efficient cities based on PhD & ER research

• Implementing and testing all solutions to two pilot cities: Geneva and Vienna. 4 years

CI-NERGYReports

IES role in the project (allocated 1 PhD)• Extend the scope of building simulation model to the urban simulation model, by upgrading IES

<VE> software to the urban scale;

• Integrate the software solutions with other tools developed by the network partners ;

• Develop a quasi-automated model calibration methodology for the urban simulation models

• Calibrate the city models with case study data to demonstrate fitness for purpose

Deliverables within the next year• MS 12: Validation and scenario testing of simulation platform with monitoring data finalized, Jul

2017

• D10: Exploitation and IPR report, Sep 2017