Imagine a smart home system, but for old city buildings that are hard to heat and cool. It learns who is using the room and what they like, then automatically adjusts the lights, blinds, and heating to save energy. It's like giving a historic building a digital brain that balances comfort with electricity bills.
Historic non-residential buildings are energy-inefficient and difficult to automate without damaging their structure. Current systems often ignore the actual preferences and behaviors of the people inside.
A cloud-based middleware for monitoring and control, a Digital Building Logbook, and a hardware suite including edge computers, smart sensors, and automated sun blinds.
If you are a property manager dealing with high energy costs in old monuments or museums — this project developed a cloud-based middleware that optimizes HVAC and lighting. It uses user archetypes to reduce waste while keeping visitors comfortable.
If you are a software provider dealing with fragmented building data — this project developed a Digital Building Logbook as a common data environment. This allows different hardware and software to talk to each other securely.
If you are a consultant dealing with unpredictable energy demand in old structures — this project developed physics and data-based models for forecasting performance. This helps in creating more accurate energy saving plans for clients.
Based on available project data, specific commercial pricing is not provided, though the project received an EU contribution of EUR 5,148,296 for development.
The system is designed for non-residential historic buildings and is being deployed at TRL 8 in three different countries, suggesting a high potential for scaling across similar building types.
Based on available project data, the IP arrangement is not specified, but the consortium includes 13 partners across 6 countries.
It uses multi-protocols data gateways and a cloud-based middleware to ensure interoperability between different technical building systems.
The project runs from 2023-05-01 to 2027-04-30, with deployment occurring at the demo sites during this period.
The consortium is heavily weighted toward commercial application, with 6 industry partners (46% industry ratio) and 3 SMEs. This balance, combined with 2 universities and 3 research centers across 6 countries, indicates a strong push to move the technology from research to a market-ready product.
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