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IEA ECBCS ANNEX 60
Description
Annex 60 will develop and demonstrate new generation computational tools for building and community energy systems based on the non-proprietary Modelica modeling language and Functional Mockup Interface (FMI) standards. The anticipated outcomes are open-source, freely available, documented, validated and verified computational tools that allow buildings, building systems and community energy grids to be designed and operated as integrated, robust, performance based systems with low energy use and low peak power demand.
The target audience is the building energy research community, design firms and energy service companies, equipment and tool manufacturers, as well as students in building energy-related sciences. Currently fragmented duplicative activities in modeling, simulation and optimization of building and community energy systems that are based on the Modelica and FMI standards will be coordinated. Tool-chains will be created and validated that link Building Information Models to energy modeling, building simulation to controls design tools, and design tools to operational tools. Invention and deployment of integrated energy-related systems and performance-based solutions for buildings and communities will be accelerated by extending, unifying and documenting existing Modelica libraries, and by providing technical capabilities to link existing building performance simulation tools with such libraries and with control systems through the Functional Mockup Interface (FMI) standards. Demonstrations will include optimized design and operation of building and community energy systems.
IRUSE is involved in Activity 2.3 "Model use during operation"
This task will use control models from Activity 1.1 and FMI export programs from Activity 1.2 to deploy energy-aware control algorithms and models for monitoring to experimental facilities, building automation and energy management systems. The integration of these algorithms and models will be done through Functional Mockup Units which provide a simulator and control-system independent software interface. This will allow model use in hardware-in-the-loop experimentation, during building commissioning for functional testing, and during building operation to ensure energy-minimizing and smart-grid responsive control that continuously monitors performance relative to design intent.
The target audience is the building energy research community, design firms and energy service companies, equipment and tool manufacturers, as well as students in building energy-related sciences. Currently fragmented duplicative activities in modeling, simulation and optimization of building and community energy systems that are based on the Modelica and FMI standards will be coordinated. Tool-chains will be created and validated that link Building Information Models to energy modeling, building simulation to controls design tools, and design tools to operational tools. Invention and deployment of integrated energy-related systems and performance-based solutions for buildings and communities will be accelerated by extending, unifying and documenting existing Modelica libraries, and by providing technical capabilities to link existing building performance simulation tools with such libraries and with control systems through the Functional Mockup Interface (FMI) standards. Demonstrations will include optimized design and operation of building and community energy systems.
IRUSE is involved in Activity 2.3 "Model use during operation"
This task will use control models from Activity 1.1 and FMI export programs from Activity 1.2 to deploy energy-aware control algorithms and models for monitoring to experimental facilities, building automation and energy management systems. The integration of these algorithms and models will be done through Functional Mockup Units which provide a simulator and control-system independent software interface. This will allow model use in hardware-in-the-loop experimentation, during building commissioning for functional testing, and during building operation to ensure energy-minimizing and smart-grid responsive control that continuously monitors performance relative to design intent.
Key Information
Start date: 2012
End date: 2017
IRUSE contact: Marcus M. Keane
Finished projects
INteroperable Tools for nEtwork-aware, Ledger-based Local energy sharIng and flexibility manaGEment leveraging user engagemeNT
Project description
To reach net-zero emissions by 2050, annual clean energy deployment needs to triple by 2030. Two major challenges hinder progress: grid operators lack the tools to manage distributed energy resources effectively, and citizens are not equipped to effectively participate in energy markets, particularly in peer-to-peer trading, which would foster individual investment in DERs. While the EU has established a legal framework for energy communities, its implementation has been restrictive, leading to energy communities based on predetermined, community-level prices and effectively peer-to-market rather than true P2P trading. The INTELLIGENT project will provide advanced P2P technology and demonstrate its benefits in 4 diverse EU communities to encourage regulators in EU member states to empower more advanced local energy sharing and trading. INTELLIGENT’s comprehensive P2P trading infrastructure includes interoperable decentralised energy exchange components, secure data exchange, and optimised trading and flexibility management for citizens and grid operators. These tools will be open source and protocol and regulation-agnostic, customisable for specific market requirements.The project leverages and extends the capabilities of the GSY DEX, an open-source P2P exchange software, which employs blockchain technology to enable grid-aware, secure, and automated exchange while fully accounting for network constraints. Innovations centres on a bottom-up, asset-based energy market design with sophisticated, AI/ML and
blockchain-powered trading and flexibility mechanisms, supported by dynamic grid fee models and interoperability with grid operators, asset management and other related services. INTELLIGENT's goal is to advance P2P energy trading technology, making it more accessible, secure, and efficient to optimise the economic and environmental benefits for citizens, while supporting grid operators to better address grid stability and congestion management.
Project Objectives
- Create a standardised and open-source peer-to-peer energy sharing platform;
- Enhance user acceptance and consumer engagement in flexibility and peer-to-peer energy trading by using a full user-centric approach;
- Validate INTELLIGENT platform in the trading ecosystem of energy communities;
- Generate new sources of value for all the actors across the energy value chain by developing sustainable business models for the innovative services and opportunities unlocked by INTELLIGENT;
- To strategically position INTELLIGENT in the decentralised energy landscape: from initial ideation and open-source commitment, through collaborative partnerships, to effective outreach.
Key information:
Start date: November 2024
End date: October 2027
Source of funding: EU Horizon Europe
EU / H2020 Grant Agreement No.: 10116067
