Part2: Building Management linking Energy Demand, Distributed Conversion and Storage using Dynamic Modelling and a Pervasive Sensor Infrastructure
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Strathclyde
Department Name: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Abstract
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Organisations
- University of Strathclyde (Lead Research Organisation)
- Building Research Establishment (Collaboration)
- Newcastle University (Collaboration)
- Siemens IT Solutions and Services Ltd (Project Partner)
- Philips Research Laboratories (Project Partner)
- BRE Scotland (Project Partner)
- Arup Group (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
Publications
Allison J
(2017)
Domestic thermal storage requirements for heat demand flexibility
Allison J
(2018)
Assessing domestic heat storage requirements for energy flexibility over varying timescales
in Applied Thermal Engineering
Allison J
(2017)
Simulation, implementation and monitoring of heat pump load shifting using a predictive controller
in Energy Conversion and Management
Clarke J
(2015)
A vision for building performance simulation: a position paper prepared on behalf of the IBPSA Board
in Journal of Building Performance Simulation
Clarke J
(2014)
Performance of actively controlled domestic heat storage devices in a smart grid
in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy
Clarke J
(2018)
The role of building operational emulation in realizing a resilient built environment
in Architectural Science Review
Clarke J
(2015)
Integrated building performance simulation: Progress, prospects and requirements
in Building and Environment
| Description | The project created an open source pervasive sensing system for the rapid quantification of energy/environmental problems in buildings and the delivery of new information services. The monitoring component, termed the BuildAX system, was prototyped and tested by the Newcastle and Strathclyde team, and CE marked with post project funding from the Energy Technology Partnership. This component comprises a low cost, wireless multi-sensor for the high frequency monitoring of environmental conditions and occupant behaviour. Groups of devices are connected to a local logger/router from where the monitored data are despatched to a server application (EnTrak) where relevant analytics are applied before final service delivery. The BuildAX system has been deployed to support the calibration of high resolution buildings models prior to use for the appriasal of design options. |
| Exploitation Route | There is significant post-project interested in the BuildAX/EnTrak system this has formed the basis of a feasibility study funded by the TSB to address commercialisation, with BRE and Freescale as the project partners, and new commercial partnerships with companies developing capability in the 'Internet of Things' space, e.g. QUSystems and Treegreen. Glasgow City Council has adopted the system as a means to ensure the quality of building upgrades (as part of the TSB-funded Future Cities Demonstrator project). The system has also been taken up within 2 international research projects funded under the EC's H2020 programme and by the Korean Government organisation, KETEP. These projects are building a 'big' data' platform to enable the integration of different data sources relating to building facilities management and the delivery of timely performance information. Other project funding has linked estate monitoring with advanced performance simulation as a means to bridge the performance gap. |
| Sectors | Construction,Energy,Environment |
| URL | http://www.esru.strath.ac.uk |
| Description | The eService platform developed in the project has been adopted by two SMEs, QUSystems and Treegreen (with IAA funding), as the means to establish and deliver new energy-related information services to building owners/occupiers. The systems has also been adopted by the BRE as the monitoring platform for deployment within their international network of innovation parks as the means to quantify the impact of the new technologies and construction methods being showcased. Glasgow City Council has adopted the platform as a means to ensure the quality of building upgrades and the system has been taken up within 2 international research projects funded under the EC's H2020 programme and by the Korean Government organisation, KETEP. These projects are building a 'big' data' platform to enable the integration of different data sources relating to building facilities management and the delivery of timely performance information. The platform has also underpinned EPSRC project EP/L024489/1, which is researching new approaches to facilities management including the involvement of occupants in determining best response to problems, and enabled 2 KTPs addressing th commercialisation of e-services. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2014 |
| Sector | Construction,Energy,Environment |
| Impact Types | Economic |
| Description | Centre of Excellence in Energy Utilisation |
| Amount | £318,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Building Research Establishment |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2017 |
| End | 12/2017 |
| Description | Development of Standardised Approaches and a Prototype Software Tool for Resilience Testing of Building Performance |
| Amount | £49,594 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Construction Scotland Innovation Centre |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2019 |
| End | 02/2020 |
| Description | FITS-LCD: Fabric Integrated Thermal Storage for Low-Carbon Dwellings |
| Amount | £998,879 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/N021479/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2016 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | Glasgow City Council: Future Cities Demonstrator |
| Amount | £247,221 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2014 |
| End | 07/2016 |
| Description | H2020: Rotterdam, Umea and Glasgow - Generating Exemplar Districts in Sustainable Energy Deployment. |
| Amount | £377,312 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 731198 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 07/2016 |
| End | 06/2021 |
| Description | Industrialisation of Energy-Neutral Renovations |
| Amount | € 72,833 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 02/2019 |
| End | 01/2021 |
| Description | Knowledge Transfer Partnership |
| Amount | £152,286 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innova UK |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2016 |
| End | 08/2018 |
| Description | Knowledge Transfer Partnership |
| Amount | £145,377 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innova UK |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2015 |
| End | 04/2017 |
| Description | Korean partnership programme |
| Amount | £279,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Korea, Republic of |
| Start | 07/2015 |
| End | 06/2017 |
| Description | NINES Knowledge and Learning |
| Amount | £250,402 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2015 |
| End | 12/2016 |
| Description | Commercialisation of research outcomes |
| Organisation | Building Research Establishment |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | New commercial services are being established for delivery by BRE internationally. These include low cost monitoring for post occupancy evaluation of buildings, new approaches to energy model calibration, and building upgrade quality assurance - all based on pervasive sensing, high resoluaion model simulation and e-service delivery. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The BRE Trust give finanical support to Strathclyde as their 'Centre of Excellence in Energy Utilisation', one of four centres included within their University Partnership Programme. |
| Impact | Funding approximately 3 PhD studentships per year. Funding for new staff appointments. Support (from BRE Scotland) for the commercialisation of research oputcomes. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | University of Newcastle |
| Organisation | Newcastle University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Joint research with the Culture Lab at the University of Newcastle |
| Collaborator Contribution | Prototyping of the circuit board underpinning the BuildAx multi-sensor as used to deploy pervasive sensing of building environmental conditions to enable the delivery of new information services to various stakeholders. |
| Impact | Continued collaboration in EPSRC multi-disciplinary project EP/L024489/1. |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Title | BuildAX/ EnTrak |
| Description | This eService delivery platform is made available under an Open Source/ Common license agreement. |
| IP Reference | |
| Protection | Protection not required |
| Year Protection Granted | 2014 |
| Licensed | Yes |
| Impact | More rapid take-up of the technology and a willingness by others to share in its applicability testing and refinement. |
| Title | The ESP-r program for the dynamic simulation of an energy system. |
| Description | A new method to undertake a holistic appraisal of an energy system of arbitrary complexity as a means to ensure operational resilience.. |
| IP Reference | |
| Protection | Copyrighted (e.g. software) |
| Year Protection Granted | 2017 |
| Licensed | Yes |
| Impact | The program has been applied by practitioners within many projects as a means to appraise, at the design stage, performance under realistic operating scenarios. |
| Title | Pervasive service supporting an eService delivery platform |
| Description | The tool comprises a hardware/ software system for low cost, pervasive sensing of building environmental conditions and the use of high frequency data to deliver relevant and timely information to a range of stakeholders, including facility managers and building occupants. |
| Type Of Technology | New/Improved Technique/Technology |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Impact | Adoption by Glasgow City Council for the quality assurance of housing upgrades. Adoption by the Electronic Technology Research Institute of Korea as an essential component in their 'big data' platform. Adoption my 2 SME's (QUSystems and Treegreen) for use to provide commercial information services relating to building performance. Deployment within the EU H2020 project, Hit2Gap, to deliver new information to facilities managers. Adoption by Xiilab, a Korean IT company. Adoption by Hurrley Palmer Flatt, an energy systems engineering company. Adoption by CO2Estates, a real estate management company. Deployment within the EU H2020 project, Ruggedised, to quality assure new energy deployments in 4 partner cities. |
| URL | http://www.esru.strath.ac.uk |
| Description | Participation in Scoland Heat Summit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr N Kelly participated in the Scotland Heat Summit, presenting on how modelling could be used to inform policy decisions for the Scottish Government's upcoming heat strategy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.climatexchange.org.uk/files/1214/7584/9984/Nick_Kelly_-_Energy_Efficiency_in_Buildings_-_... |
| Description | Training courses in e-service delivery |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Hands-on training in the configuration and deployment of multi-sensors and the definition of the analytics to be applied to the data to deliver specific information to different stakeholders. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 |
| URL | http://www.esru.strath.ac.uk |