Descrizione del progetto
Quadro di riferimento incentrato sugli esseri umani per i comportamenti energetici sostenibili
Il Green Deal europeo ha stabilito le priorità chiave per ridurre il consumo energetico, le emissioni di gas a effetto serra e i costi energetici. Queste priorità si ripercuotono sui requisiti dei servizi energetici per i consumatori, mentre i fornitori di energia devono affrontare la sfida della transizione dalla vendita al dettaglio tradizionale di energia all’incorporazione di servizi basati sui dati. Per incoraggiare comportamenti energetici sostenibili, il progetto UtilitEE, finanziato dall’UE, sta elaborando un quadro di riferimento per il cambiamento comportamentale incentrato sugli esseri umani, i corrispondenti modelli aziendali innovativi ispirati al concetto di energia come servizio e strumenti associati per le utenze. Il progetto individuerà e quantificherà le attività ad alta intensità energetica, fornendo un riscontro significativo per coinvolgere gli utenti in un processo di apprendimento e miglioramento continui. Verranno inoltre illustrati modelli e teorie comportamentali per innescare nei cittadini comportamenti efficienti dal punto di vista energetico, nonché strumenti semi-automatici per migliorare l’efficienza energetica domestica secondo il quadro comune di riferimento per l’energia.
Obiettivo
Utilities are facing political pressure to reduce the energy end use by their customers and GHG emissions. Consumers, on the other hand, are empowered by the proliferation of IT interfaces and multiplication of channels. Their expectations for everything-anytime-anywhere interaction are redefining the nature of (energy) services. The advent of smart building technologies for energy efficiency reveal a mega-trend on the evolution of consumer choices and highlight the need for addressing their requirements for user-friendly, meaningful and actionable communication. Faced with these realities, business as usual is no longer an option for energy utilities. They must seek new sources of revenues by introducing bundled building energy management service packages including energy efficiency, smart controls and automation. The UtilitEE project will provide a customer-oriented Behavioural Change Framework (Energy-as-a-Service delivery approach via an open ICT ecosystem integrated into the building with off-the-shelf sensors). It focuses on discovering, quantifying and revealing energy-hungry activities and conveys meaningful feedback to engage users into a continuous process of learning and improvement. UtilitEE will leverage well-known behavioural models/ theories and standardized operational rating/ certification methods. It will also incorporate human-centric intelligent control features that use occupant comfort profiles and supportively control HVAC and lights so as to minimize energy waste, while always keeping occupants comfortable and preserving a healthy indoor environment. The framework will be validated in real-life conditions by a large population of residential and commercial consumers and aims to reduce energy use by ~30%. Validation activities will also explore future business models and go-to-market strategies for utilities. A holistic roadmap and business plan for the exploitation and replication of project results will be delivered.
Campo scientifico
- humanitiesartsarchitectural design
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringthermodynamic engineering
- natural sciencesmathematicspure mathematicsdiscrete mathematicsmathematical logic
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness models
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
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H2020-EE-2017-RIA-IA
Meccanismo di finanziamento
IA - Innovation actionCoordinatore
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