Interoperable solutions to streamline PED evolution and cross-sectoral integration (PEDvolution)

Description

Interoperable solutions for Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) focus on creating a seamless exchange of data and energy across different urban systems. By utilizing open standards, unified ontologies, and digital twins, these solutions break down silos between the electricity, heating, and mobility sectors. This cross-sectoral integration allows buildings to act as flexible energy hubs, optimizing local production and consumption while streamlining the overall evolution of sustainable urban environments. it is based on PED’s phenotypes, a set of observable characteristics of the PED resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment (e.g. energy market, industry, mobility, (geo)politics).

Building on the latter methodological approach, an array of products, services and methodologies can be tailored for addressing and handling PED interaction and integration with inbound and outbound energy resources/systems across energy and service sectors.

Key data

Projectlead

Prof. Dr. Matthias Haase

Co-Projectlead

Pascal Kienast, Prof. Dr. Andreas Witzig, Prof. Dr. Andreas Heinzelmann

Project team

Dr. Andreas Jehle, Myrto Kanakaki, Mihaela Meslec, Dr. Simon Ashworth

Project partners

Inlecom Innovation Greece; Flemish Institute for Technological Research VITO; Smart Innovation Norway; Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Sympraxis Team; OFFSET Energy d.o.o.; SWW Wunsiedel GmbH; ZukunftsEnergie Nordostbayern GmbH; Es-geht! Energiesysteme GmbH; Technische Universität Wien; Intracom Single Member SA Telecom Solutions; Elektro Gorenjska d.d.; Gorenjske elektrarne d.o.o.; Stadt Winterthur

Project status

ongoing, started 01/2024

Institute/Centre

Institute of Facility Management (IFM); Institute of Energy Systems and Fluid Engineering (IEFE); Institute of Computational Physics (ICP); Institute of Sustainable Development (INE)

Funding partner

Horizon Europe

Project budget

529'938 CHF

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