Objetivo OPENMAN aims to develop a system to help utility companies plan the use of electricity for their domestic consumers within parameters designed to reduce overall consumption, especially at peak periods. The consortium believes that energy management will provide one of the important lead services attracting consumers to take up home systems.Basic models of consumer usage of electricity have been analysed, evaluating consumption estimation for different appliances, home types and clients. After this first study, the development of 2 subsystems is being carried out: a consultancy and configuration tool, a configuring machine installed in the utilities sales offices, for generating the particular applications best suited for each consumer; the controller, an energy management system which constitutes an intelligent system to be installed in the home, supporting a world of different applications of energy management, for any user or requirement, and using the programmable logic control (PLC) network as communication medium. The last phase of the project includes some tests to be performed in both Spain and France, in order to contrast the real functioning of the system, and to validate the results.It is intended to develop a system that envisions the Client Service from the instance the client comes to the utility to establish the supply contract characteristics, until the moment that energy consumption control and optimisation physically take place in his home. For the customer, it offers on one side, a standard controller with different applications, and on the other side, a satisfactory comfort - convenience - economy tradeoff, processing the customer's comfort requirements, lifestyle and habits, and the home configuration. For the electricity company, it offers both an enhanced servicing and the optimisation of the electric power supply system (in the long term) by applying a more selective control of the system's peaks. For the manufacturer, it offers a competitive advantage through the product standardisation, increasing and pushing Home Systems market. The main objective of the OPENMAN project is the Optimisation and Energy Management in the home, with different results: - long-term optimisation of the electric supply system and smoothing of system peaks, - reduction of electricity generation and supply investment, - energy savings based on an improved efficiency of domestic electricity utilisation, - energy management systems standardisation and promotion within the domestic sector. Ámbito científico engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectrical engineeringelectric energyengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectrical engineeringpower engineeringelectric power generation Programa(s) FP3-ESPRIT 3 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of information technologies, 1990-1994 Tema(s) Data not available Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación Data not available Coordinador IBERDROLA Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección CARDENAL GARDOQUI, 8119 4808 BILBAO España Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Participantes (3) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE SERVICE NATIONAL* Francia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Avenue du Général de Gaulle 1 92141 CLAMART Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos KEON España Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección RECACOECHE, 4-6A PLTA 48010 BILBAO Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Schlumberger Industries SA Francia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 50 avenue Jean Jaurès 92542 Montrouge Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos
