Project description Optimising Energy Systems in Smart Cities Show the project objective Hide the project objective Energy efficiency becomes crucial for rational consumption of the available resources and reduction of the CO2 production. But the reduction of energy consumption as the only remedy is only a partial solution. Similar, applying more environment-neutral or renewable energy sources without smart management systems may even cause failures in the energy grid or at least cause the energy to be wasted. Introducing intelligent solutions that combine the control of energy production and consumption helps to achieve the best efficiency.However a successful application of such solutions faces problems due to human factors. The problem space is multidimensional, but can be abstracted as a combination of social, economic and technical aspects. The e-balance project will investigate their interdependencies and propose a solution that satisfies the defined requirements.The social, economic and technical aspects will be investigated in order to achieve a mature and holistic solution.The social aspects include:- Socio-technical development (user requirements and concerns),- Different levels of user participation (involvement) and means to increase it,- Barriers to conduct an effective solution,From the economic perspective the following aspects will be considered:- Development of new business opportunities,- Economic means to increase involvement,- Legislation reinforcements and corrective measures,And the technical solution will provide the following features respecting the socio-economic aspects:- Support for all kinds of energy source and storage,- Scalable, fine grained and decentralized energy balancing and demand prediction,- Security and privacy mechanisms,- Flexible accounting,- Increased reliability.The technical solution will be based on available state of the art results and will combine them according to the socio-economical requirements with necessary adaptation.The proposed energy management platform will be evaluated in realistic scenarios using real world set-ups in Alliander microgrid in Bronsbergen and EDP Smart Grid in Portugal, as well as in emulation.In order to stimulate the exploitation of the results we will provide a guide book and tools for parties interested in using our solution, to help them to estimate the improvements they can achieve for a given deployment as well as the costs they can expect. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energysocial sciencespsychologyergonomics Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2013.6.4 - Optimising Energy Systems in Smart Cities Call for proposal FP7-SMARTCITIES-2013 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator IHP GMBH - LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE MICROELECTRONICS EU contribution € 905 337,00 Address IM TECHNOLOGIEPARK 25 15236 Frankfurt Oder Germany See on map Region Brandenburg Brandenburg Oder-Spree Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (11) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all LESSWIRE GMBH Germany EU contribution € 136 679,00 Address RUDOWER CHAUSSEE 30 12489 BERLIN See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS DE MATERIALES Y CONTROL DE OBRA SA Spain EU contribution € 317 600,00 Address CALLE BENAQUE 9 29004 Malaga See on map Region Sur Andalucía Málaga Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSIDAD DE MALAGA Spain EU contribution € 316 240,00 Address AVDA CERVANTES, NUM. 2 29016 Malaga See on map Region Sur Andalucía Málaga Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LIANDER NV Netherlands EU contribution € 138 600,00 Address UTRECHTSEWEG 68 6812 AH ARNHEM See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE Netherlands EU contribution € 522 447,00 Address DRIENERLOLAAN 5 7522 NB Enschede See on map Region Oost-Nederland Overijssel Twente Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIWERSYTET LODZKI Poland EU contribution € 132 525,00 Address UL PREZYDENTA GABRIELA NARUTOWICZA 68 90-136 LODZ See on map Region Makroregion centralny Łódzkie Miasto Łódź Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data OSRODEK PRZETWARZANIA INFORMACJI-PANSTWOWY INSTYTUT BADAWCZY Poland EU contribution € 232 455,00 Address AL NIEPODLEGLOSCI 188B 00 608 Warszawa See on map Region Makroregion województwo mazowieckie Warszawski stołeczny Miasto Warszawa Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data INOV INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA DE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES INOVACAO Portugal EU contribution € 297 200,00 Address RUA DE ALVES REDOL 9 1000 029 LISBOA See on map Region Continente Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data EFACEC ENGENHARIA E SISTEMAS SA Participation ended Portugal EU contribution € 16 684,00 Address RUA ENG FREDERICO ULRICH GUARDEIRAS 4470 605 Maia Porto See on map Region Continente Norte Área Metropolitana do Porto Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data E-REDES - DISTRIBUICAO DE ELETRICIDADE SA Portugal EU contribution € 163 380,00 Address RUA CAMILO CASTELO BRANCO 43 1050-044 LISBOA See on map Region Continente Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data EFACEC ENERGIA - MAQUINAS E EQUIPAMENTOS ELECTRICOS SA Portugal EU contribution € 203 636,00 Address LUGAR DA ARROTELA 4465 587 Leca Do Balio See on map Region Continente Norte Área Metropolitana do Porto Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data