Developement of a community-enabled smart readiness platform adopting a user-centred holistic approach to provide standardized generic interfaces and APIs, creating an open market for developing effective smart energy management services for buildings. The user is guided by custom visualizations and gamification services to behave in a resource-efficient way.
Development and integration of advanced building energy management control algorithms, via transparent access to the control of IoT upgraded equipment integrated with current smart appliances, and by providing access to knowledge on the user/building behaviour and on building energy performance. By using the proposed building smart performance assessment and advisor as well as user/building
behaviour services, it will be possible to access the potential of building energy systems in terms of optimal control and demand side management. The unexploited but proven potentials of data-driven control strategies are thus exploited for very different systems and demonstrated under real conditions.
Development of a unified cybersecurity by-design cross layer to provide secure end-to-end communications, data privacy-preserving, services access control and user policies management. To achieve that, EAP-based authentication and secure Internet protocols (i.e. TLS, DTLS) will be integrated to provide end-to-end protection. SMART2B will integrate novel outcomes from ANASTACIA project to develop attribute-based access control and efficient privacy-preserving for protected data sharing among multi-systems and parties. To prevent and predict security risks and breaches, security modelling techniques and IETF MUD (Manufacturer Usage Description) are integrated to detect suspicious communications and behaviors of digital systems and IoT devices.
Development of a platform layer abstracting the existing concepts, that integrates existing BMSs as well as smart and legacy equipment, and provides a standardized interface and API for the grid, service providers, and end users. In addition to cloud-based intelligence, on-board intelligence in building automation devices is used to improve performance during downtime. The interoperability of smart devices and legacy equipment will also be addressed through cost-effective solutions of IoT gateways, home assistants. The proposed framework thus has the potential to enable a high level of comfort and data availability to end-users and energy service providers by bringing direct insights from the SRI methodology. It enables standardized integration (i.e. IDS, NGSI, SAREF) and testing of innovative optimization and DR methods. Through technical upgrades and non invasive incentive systems, the potential of legacy equipment, sensors and actuators is exploited.
Development of new, innovative business models that use the community-enabled smart readiness platform to trigger new ways of interaction and cooperation between the various stakeholders. The new business models are targeted at both residential and commercial clients. By bridging the gap between them and other stakeholders, integrative business models that generate a common added value are promoted. The modular approach of the technical solutions enables the sale of the proposed products namely the SMART2B devices and actuators, the platform and the services via an X-as-a-service financial model for customers, appliance manufacturers or energy service providers in various levels of service (XL-, L-, M-tariff) to drastically reduce the barrier for market entry.
