the project has received research funding from:
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION7th Framework Programme onResearch, TechnologicalDevelopment and demonstration |
Energy efficiency in the building sector through intelligent energy management is a key measure for the globalreduction of greenhouse gas emitted by this sector and additionally facilitates user costs reduction in the contextof growing energy prices and harshness of natural resources.The KnoholEM project’s aim is the engineering of an intelligent energy management solution that willconsiderably reduce energy consumption, both by systematically avoiding energy wasting in buildings and byknowledge-based holistic optimization of energy consumption. The solution will be applicable and configurablefor a broadband of building types from any EU region.The intelligent energy management solution will be based on existing knowledge representation technologieslike functional modeling and ontology, which will be used in the context of smart buildings in combination withBuilding Automation Systems. It will be enhanced by energy consumption behavior simulation with realisticvisualization assistance. Approaches previously developed by the project partners will be integrated into aholistic intelligent energy management solution.The focus of the project will not be on development, but on detailed analysis and validation. KnoholEM includesfour types of demonstration objects in Spain and the Netherlands that will be used by the consortium of industryand research partners to develop, enhance and extensively test the solution. An overall knowledge base willbe created through a detailed analysis of the structure of the demonstration object buildings and their energyconsuming/producing devices, through the intelligent interlinking of building usage with its energy demand, aswell as by various energy consumption behavior simulations.Through the knowledge accumulated within the extended validation phase, KnoholEM will facilitate up to 30%of energy savings, depending on the building. The 13 partners from 6 countries will ensure an efficient andinexpensive EU-wide application of the results after the end of the project.
List of the partners:
- BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT LTD – United Kingdom
- Karlsruher Institut fuer Technologie – Germany
- THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS & THE OTHERMEMBERS OF BOARD OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY & UNDIVIDEDTRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN – Ireland
- CENTRO DI PROGETTAZIONE, DESIGN & TECNOLOGIE DEIMATERIALI – Italy
- CARDIFF UNIVERSITY – United Kingdom
- Steinbeis Innovation gGmbH – Germany
- ISOTROL SA – Spain
- STICHTING SMART HOMES – Netherlands
- WONINGSTICHTING DE ZALIGHEIDEN -Netherlands
- STICHTING HOGER BEROEPSONDERWIJN HAAGLANDEN ENRIJNSTREEK – Netherlands
- FUNDACIO PRIVADA BARCELONA DIGITAL CENTRE TECNOLOGIC – Spain
- MATRIX SPA – Italy
- TERA SRL – Italy