Deliverables Documents, reports (33) RE-COGNITION System architecture v2 An updated system architecture will be delivered, considering updated information on the information flow (including extended standards, protocols and semantics’ information regarding the components’ interfacing and inter-communication) as the project evolves and RETs prototypes are on the phase of delivery. Success criteria: System architecture updated with necessary extensions to satisfy RETs’ prototypes ICT compatibility Hybrid MAS-based ACEME topology v1 This report will describe in detail the optimization algorithms and ACEME technology proposed in the project for autonomous decision making regarding optimum building energy flow Success criteria Successful delivery of algorithms that demonstrate ACEME contribution to a more efficient energy management 1st version of ACEME delivered considering selected RETbased technologies optimization Data Management Plan The DMP will outlines the Re-COGNITION practices for collecting, organizing, backing up, and storing the data the project will be generating. It will be regularly updated. The DPM will make publicly accessible the data beyond the life of the project. Building-Users/ Owners and RE-Installers Needs Report v1 This report will identify the human factor needs and requirements, regarding installation of RE-COGNITION RETs into the building environment. Success criteria: Human-factor related requirements reported. Public Engagement Activities on raising awareness of RE-COGNITION project The document will report all the activities carried out in favour of the general public and will also include the level of awareness on the adoption of the proposed innovative actions and installationSuccess criteria high level of satisfaction measured among the general public Building Energy Plant Planning Tool (BE-PLATO) v1 This document will report a series of advanced analytics methods tools and optimization techniques for RES simulation and introduction with the aim to meet the expectations of the stakeholders in terms of the viability of investments and RES introduction impact Success Criteria Description of the techniques identified and processes implemented Report on the operation and use of the RE-COGNITION solution during pilot testing The monitoring of the Crossfunctional ICT Platform solution along with selected RETs integration and operation results in real building scenarios will be reported in this documentSuccess Criteria reallife validation of Crossfunctional ICT platform and selected RETs into various reallife conditions Report on RE-COGNITION Full Framework validation The monitoring of the completed RECOGNITION solutions framework integration and operation results in a real building environment POLITO will be reported in this documentSuccess Criteria Successful full framework validation report Techno-economical and social barriers affecting the deployment of building-integrated RES v2 Changes into the regulatory framework and other issues which could affect the RE-COGNITION RETs integration would be reported in this updated document. Success criteria: Identified changes during the 2nd year of the project reported. Biogas-fuelled micro-CHP Prototype v1 Report containing the description of activities needed to evolve the micro CHP system in order to be able to operate with Biogas. Success Criteria: the document should clearly describe the Adaptation of the fuel system, the adaptation of the combustor and the system control adaptation. Techno-economical and social barriers affecting the deployment of building-integrated RES v1 This report will deliver the main issues and barriers hindering the integration of RETs proposed in RE-COGNITION into residential and tertiary buildings. Regulatory, technical, social and economical barriers will be identified. Success criteria: Techno-economical and social barriers reported successfully. RE-COGNITION Use cases and test scenarios definition The specifications and operating strategy for each pilot use case scenario will be specifically defined in this report, in order to prove pilot initiation readiness. Success Criteria: All needed specifications and strategy for pilots’ deployment defined Pre-Pilot deployment and Testing The deployment and testing activities of the smallscale RECOGNITION framework into the CERTHITIs Smart House facility will be described in detailSuccess Criteria Successful deployment and preliminary results on prepilot integration Dissemination and Communication Plan v2 Updated Report on the adopted dissemination and communication plan, including the definition of the communication kit and the adopted social media. Success Criteria: WEB Site keep updated and social media account promotion Optimized Latent-Heat based Thermal Energy Storage technology v1 Report containing the description of activities related the detailed design and realization of the thermal energy storage system. Success Criteria: the thermal energy storage should achieve low solidification and melting times with high energy density. RE-COGNITION Common Information Model & Device Managers This report will contain the Common Information Model specifications, addressing the semantic representation for delivering the RE-COGNITION ICT framework functionalities. Success criteria: Delivery of the Common Information Model specifications Colorized and lightweight BIPVs and Auxiliary Components v1 Report containing the description of the development of colour elements integrated in module sandwich lightweight PV modules and Auxiliary componentsSuccess Criteria new film material and printing technique for BIPV modules designed and developed RE-COGNITION System architecture v1 The system architecture, correlated with the defined functional requirements, will be delivered. Information regarding related standards, protocols and semantics’ models correlated with the information flow will be reported. Success criteria: Delivery of system architecture and main technical specifications of sub-system components. Innovative Solar Cooling system v1 Report containing the description of activities related the design and development of optimized solarthermal driven dehumidification deviceSuccess Criteria the document should clearly describe the system design dynamic simulation the design engineering and optimisation the preliminary prototype realisation Functional requirements, benchmarking indicators and evaluation framework definition Functional requirements of the developed solutions considering general capabilities of the already installed equipment will be identified and conclusions regarding the acceptance of low TRL technologies in urban environments will be made. Evaluation metrics regarding each scenario to be tested will be delivered as well. Success criteria: Definition of the functional requirements, KPIs to be tested for benchmarking purposes, along with potential shortcomings for guiding the evolution of low TRL developed technologies. Building-Users/ Owners and RE-Installers Needs Report v2 Updates on the human-factor related requirements will be reported in this document, reflecting the technologies prototypes’ design feedback. Success criteria: Changes and updates on human-related requirements based on design-stage feedback reported. Visual Analytics Dashboard v1 This report will describe the 1st working prototype version of the delivered webbased visual analytics toolkit and user interfaces of the RECOGNITION ICT PlatformSuccess Criteria Description of the visual analytics toolkit and user interfaces delivered Lab Testing and Improvement at Test Beds The extensive labscale testing activities regarding the integration of Crossfunctional RES Integration Platform components would be reported in detailSuccess Criteria Results on labscale tests for Crossfunctional RES Integration Platform components delivered RE-COGNITION iGateway v1 Starting from the analysis of available IoT standards and protocols for IoT and MachinetoMachine communication this deliverable will introduce the preliminary hardware and software stack architecture of the RECOGNITION iGateway based on the outcome of the requirements analysis selecting protocols that will be integrated within RECOGNITION for maximising the connected device support and interoperability and providing the preliminary specifications of RECOGNITION iGatewaySuccess Criteria Definition of the first version of the hardware and software RECOGNITION iGateway architecture and specifications Report on preparation of test-bed related activities The preliminary actions needed to prepare the test-bed activities will be reported in detail, along with the off-the-shelf components to be used for them. Success Criteria: Defined preliminary actions for test-bed activities preparation reported. Dissemination and communication package - Second reporting period Revised and updated report on the carried out dissemination and communication action including the list of presented papers published articles on scientific journals participation to external events workshops etc Success Criteria Reached target in terms of papers and articles published VAWT building integration optimization in urban environments v1 Report containing the description of activities in T2.1 related to prototyping a VAWT. Success Criteria: Urban Boundary Layer specific “building scale” optimisation, safety issues, power electronics and system integration addressed. Report on activities for engaging and training pilot participants and related material Report on the identification of pilot actors, activities for their engagement and their preliminary insights regarding successful pilot user acceptance. Success Criteria: Delivery of user engagement activities and successful involvement into pilot scenarios Dissemination and communication package – First reporting period Report on the carried out dissemination and communication action, including the list of presented papers, published articles on scientific journals, participation to external events, workshops, etc. Success Criteria: Number of presented papers and articles Dissemination and Communication Plan v3 Updated Report on the adopted dissemination and communication plan including the definition of the communication kit and the adopted social media Success Criteria WEB Site keep updated and social media account promotion Dissemination and Communication Plan v1 Report on the adopted dissemination and communication plan, including the definition of the communication kit and the adopted social media. Success Criteria: WEB Site opened and social media account established Report on Integration Platform (interoperability mechanisms testing) This deliverable will report on the development of the interoperable mechanisms to standardise integration of data collection assuring security and seamless system deploymentSuccess Criteria Description of the development and testing of the interoperability mechanisms RE-COGNITION System architecture v3 The fully detailed system architecture will be delivered considering the finalized interfaces between all components included into the project framework RETs building installed equipment Integration platformSuccess criteria Fully detailed system architecture delivered Open Research Data Pilot (1) Open Research Data Pilot The deliverable will report the final version of the adopted RECOGNITION practices for collecting organizing backing up and storing the data generated inside the project The DPM will make publicly accessible the data beyond the life of the project Publications Peer reviewed articles (5) Optimal Integration of Renewable Sources and Latent Heat Storages for Residential Application Author(s): Giulia Manco, Elisa Guelpa, Vittorio Verda Published in: Energies, Issue 19961073, 2021, Page(s) 5528-5549, ISSN 1996-1073 Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) DOI: 10.3390/en14175528 Modelling and evaluation of the Baseline Energy Consumption and the Key Performance Indicators in Technical University of Cluj-Napoca buildings within a Demand Response programme: a case study Author(s): Mihaela Crețu, Levente Czumbil, Bogdan Bârgăuan, Andrei Ceclan, Alexandru Berciu, Alexis Polycarpou, Renato Rizzo, Dan D. Micu Published in: IET Renewable Power Generation, Issue 14/15, 2020, Page(s) 2864-2875, ISSN 1752-1416 Publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology DOI: 10.1049/iet-rpg.2020.0096 Compact Model of Latent Heat Thermal Storage for Its Integration in Multi-Energy Systems Author(s): Alessandro Colangelo, Elisa Guelpa, Andrea Lanzini, Giulia Mancò, Vittorio Verda Published in: Applied Sciences, Issue 10/24, 2020, Page(s) 8970, ISSN 2076-3417 Publisher: MDPI DOI: 10.3390/app10248970 Innovative Renewable Technology Integration for Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings within the Re-COGNITION Project Author(s): G.Mancò, E.Guelpa, A.Colangelo, A.Virtuani, T.Morbiato,V.Verda Published in: Sustainability, Issue 20711050, 2021, Page(s) 1938-1963, ISSN 2071-1050 Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing DOI: 10.3390/su13041938 Custom Outlier Detection for Electrical Energy Consumption Data Applied in Case of Demand Response in Block of Buildings Author(s): D.I.Jurj, L.Czumbil, B.Bârgăuan, A.Ceclan, A.Polycarpou, D.D.Micu Published in: Sensors 2021, 21(9), Issue 14248220, 2021, Page(s) 2946-2973, ISSN 1424-8220 Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) DOI: 10.3390/s21092946 Conference proceedings (14) "A ""combi-encapsulant"" for enhanced performance of glass-free lightweight crystalline silicon solar PV modules" Author(s): F.Lisco, A.Virtuani, C.Ballif Published in: Proceedings of the 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Issue 01608371, 2021, ISSN 0160-8371 Publisher: IEEE DOI: 10.1109/pvsc43889.2021.9518430 Assessment of the Romanian Pilot Site Energy Consumption Indicators and Technical Prerequisites in the Implementation of the RE-COGNITION Horizon Project Author(s): T.Farkas, L.Czumbil, M.Cretu, L.Darabant, D.Stet, A.Ceclan, A.Polycarpou, D.D.Micu Published in: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Modern Power Systems (MPS), 2021 Publisher: IEEE DOI: 10.1109/mps52805.2021.9492686 MONITORING THE OUTDOOR OPERATING TEMPERATURE OF GLASS-FREE LIGHTWEIGHTSOLAR MODULES FOR BUILDING-INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAICS Author(s): A.C. Oliveira Martins, V. Chapuis, A. Virtuani, C. Ballif Published in: 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Issue one per year, 2019 Publisher: JRC Press DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4726092 Analysis of Data Cleaning Techniques for Electrical Energy Consumption of a Public Building Author(s): Dacian I. Jurj, Dan D. Micu, Levente Czumbil, Alexandru G. Berciu, Mircea Lancrajan, Denisa M. Barar Published in: 2020 55th International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC), Issue one per year, 2020, Page(s) 1-6, ISBN 978-1-7281-1078-3 Publisher: IEEE DOI: 10.1109/upec49904.2020.9209781 BIPV demo-sites with novel Glass-free colored Lightweight modules Author(s): Lisco Fabiana; Virtuani Alessandro; Balif Christoph Published in: Proceedings of the 20th Swiss National Photovoltaic Conference, 2022 Publisher: 20th Swiss National Photovoltaic Conference Publisher DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7118479 Multi-scale Modelling of a Shell-and-tube Latent Heat Thermal Storage Unit for Building-level Dynamic Simulation Author(s): Colangelo Alessandro; Guelpa Elisa; Lanzini Andrea; Verda Vittorio Published in: Proceedings of the 34rth International Conference On Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, 2021 Publisher: 34th International Conference On Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7125595 Towards Near-zero Energy Buildings: Lessons Learnt from the RE-cognition project Author(s): Colangelo Alessandro; Guelpa Elisa; Lanzini Andrea; Verda Vittorio Published in: Proceedings of the 35th International Conference On Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, 2022 Publisher: 35th International Conference On Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems Publisher DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7125635 Optimisation of the Frontsheet Encaspulant for Increased Resistance of Lightweight Glass-Free Solar PV Modules Author(s): F. Lisco, A. Virtuani, C. Ballif Published in: 37th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Issue one per year, 2020, Page(s) 777-783, ISBN 3-936338-73-6 Publisher: JRC Press DOI: 10.4229/eupvsec20202020-4bo.11.5 EXTENDED ANALYSIS OF DATA CLEANING FOR ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION DATA OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS Author(s): D.I.Jurj, A.Polycarpou, L.Czumbil, A.G.Berciu, M.Lancrajan, D.Barar, D.D.Micu Published in: The 12th Mediterranean Conference on Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Energy Conversion (MEDPOWER 2020), 2020, ISBN 978-1-83953-524-6 Publisher: The 12th Mediterranean Conference on Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Energy Conversion (MEDPOWER 2020) DOI: 10.1049/icp.2021.1237 Glass-Free Lightweight Solar Modules for Integrated Photovoltaics: the Use of Velcro as an Alternative Mounting System Author(s): F. Lisco, A.C. Oliveira Martins, A. Virtuani, C. Ballif Published in: 37th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Issue one per year, 2020, Page(s) 1108 - 1111, ISBN 3-936338-73-6 Publisher: JRC Press DOI: 10.4229/eupvsec20202020-4av.2.14 Do North-Facing BIPV Facades in Europe Make Sense? Author(s): A. Virtuani, A. Fairbrother, F. Lisco, L.-E. Perret Aebi, N. Wyrsch, C. Ballif Published in: Proceedings of the 38th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 2021, Page(s) 1608 - 1611, ISBN 3-936338-78-7 Publisher: 38th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition DOI: 10.4229/eupvsec20212021-7do.5.2 Demonstration Scenarios for Renewable Energy Technologies Integration in Different Pilots’ Sites within the RE-COGNITION Project Author(s): M.Cretu; LDarabant; L.Czumbil; A.Ceclan; D.Stet; D.D.Micu Published in: Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Advanced Topics in Electrical Engineering (ATEE), 2021 Publisher: IEEE DOI: 10.1109/atee52255.2021.9425338 Renewable Sources and Latent Heat Storages for Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings Author(s): Elisa Guelpa, Giulia Manco, Vittorio Verda Published in: Proceedings of The First World Energies Forum—Current and Future Energy Issues, Issue 25043900, 2020, Page(s) 35-46, ISSN 2504-3900 Publisher: MDPI DOI: 10.3390/wef-06914 Hybrid Energy System Analysis for a Swimming Pool Complex using HOMER Pro Author(s): T.Farkas, P.Unguresan, M.Cretu, D.Stet, L.Czumbil, A.Ceclan, C.Muresan, A.Polycarpou, D.D.Micu Published in: Proceedings of the 57th International Universities Power Engineering Conference, 2022 Publisher: the 57th International Universities Power Engineering Conference Publisher DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7132239 Searching for OpenAIRE data... 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