Objective
Current smart homes are not as “smart” and user-friendly as promoted. They enable household monitoring and appliance control with several new HW and SW solutions and extensive manuals, but do not automatically adapt to the user’s living habits. Moreover, studies showed that smart home schedules set by the users are widely inefficient thus contributing to excessive energy usage. Initial tests show that up to 33% of energy saving can be achieved with our innovative approach.
The presented product tries to breach the gap between the users and a truly smart home by introducing an on-demand cloud service that implements multi-criteria optimization and dynamic user profiling methods in order to optimize performance in any smart building and in particular connected into a smart city. Moreover, the user can only qualitatively set a couple of parameters and then select one of the control strategies proposed by the system, dealing with balance of energy preserving, comfort and security. Optimization methods achieve even higher energy savings with alternative energy sources, e.g. photovoltaic energy. The technological feasibility of the project was already verified on a small house prototype.
The market potential for the presented service is extremely high, with the revenue growth estimated to reach $51.77 billion by 2020, at an estimated CAGR of 29.5%. Several key players like Google are entering the market indicating another global dominance. We are in contact with several global market providers to speed-up the commercialization of our product.
During the feasibility study we will mainly focus on market analysis, user needs, the range of provided services and functionalities, and the pricing mechanisms. Additional technology verification for a large scale application will be conducted and the need for cooperation with third-party institutions will be assessed. The important result of the study will be the feasibility report that includes a detailed business plan.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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- engineering and technology civil engineering urban engineering smart cities
- engineering and technology environmental engineering energy and fuels renewable energy
- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electronic engineering control systems home automation
- social sciences economics and business business and management commerce
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Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
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H2020-EU.3.3. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy
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H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument
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Topic(s)
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Funding Scheme
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1
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Call for proposal
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Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
(opens in new window) H2020-SMEInst-2014-2015
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Net EU financial contribution. The sum of money that the participant receives, deducted by the EU contribution to its linked third party. It considers the distribution of the EU financial contribution between direct beneficiaries of the project and other types of participants, like third-party participants.
6240 KOZINA
Slovenia
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
The total costs incurred by this organisation to participate in the project, including direct and indirect costs. This amount is a subset of the overall project budget.