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ICT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ENERGY-EFFICIENT BUILDINGS AND NEIGHBOURHOODS FOR CARBON- NEUTRAL CITIES The Construction sector: a vision from CSTB Meeting of Advisory Group European Commission – DG INFSO Brussels, 16 th September 2011 Dr. Alain ZARLI - Head of Division Information Technologies & Knowledge Dissemination Department CSTB - Centre Scientifique & Technique du Bâtiment

EE neighbourhoods, districts & cities – do we have some common definitions ? Object – what is exactly the considered spatial dimension?  Neighbourhood: scale at level of a group of adjacent buildings;  District: integrates a set of connex buildings, public spaces, roads, vehicles,  undergrounds, and networks (in a broad sense) + inhabitants, users (e.g. commuters), and administrators / managers; City: a network of connected districts – with potential interfaces...   Potential factors to be considered Spatio-temporal synergies inferred by a usage mix (including mutualisation of energy  production and recovery); Physical interaction – direct (e.g. umbrage common wall) or indirect (through any kind  of network) – inter-buildings; Energetic expenses related to public spaces (e.g. urban lighting);  Energetic retro-actions district / environment;  Mobility.   Objectives – from an ICT point of view :  To produce ICT tools: gathering & analysing information and supporting decision-making (e.g. through  simulation) specificaly for the district / city scales contributing to « decarbonate » the balance energy / greenhouse gases with respect  to: operating the district;  transforming the district.  Alain ZARLI – CSTB – September 2011

From eeBMS to eeNMS and eeCMS New role in innovative distributed energy production  with new associated business models Renewable energy management  Distribution optimisation of local energy production  Storage of energy/electricity, to deal with erasing  consumption peaks Optimisation of energy balance (demand vs supply)  Management of coordination of the energetic system  Ensuring appropriate integration with smart energy grids -  including securing the provision at any time of the energy ... in a systemic approach & according to various contexts (energy production mode, user profiling, safety,…).  Quantification of deposit of decentralised (decarbonated) energy production Decentralised/distributed energy production &  management – leading to local resources & energy generation (preferably only renewable, or mixing renewable & fossil-based) Taking into account multi-constraints sets  (regulations, urban planning…) Identifying relevant management modes  Alain ZARLI – CSTB – September 2011

From current experimentations... Schematic illustration of the operationnal side of the Nice Grid project ( on the French Riviera ) Alain ZARLI – CSTB – September 2011 REF: http://www.capenergies.fr/index.php?2011/07/07/618-capenergies-en-pole-position-sur-les-smart-grids

...towards a potential holistic vision  Infrastructure / interoperability – including data security Modeling & simulating complex systems   Interfaces (to users) / Dashboards Models of USAGE   Decision making-support ICT Models of TRANSITION   Live large-scale experimentations – with Data / information standardisation  front runners cities / urban areas as potential (“in - vivo”) living labs - Organisation (urban patterns) - Management & Costs - Renovation / Evolution TRANSPORT BUILDING Water Heat networks Waste management Renewable Smart Grids Hydrogen Electricity Production of electricity Alain ZARLI – CSTB – September 2011

A 3-fold view... Or a 3-pillars model of reference? eeD&C / Energy Evaluate the energy-related interest in developping EPMS: which system for which EPMS : district - measure / simulate / capitalise info. Energy Production Define optimised management of EPMS  algorithms Mutualised System Technical support to service deployment: identify the services, considering building constraint Evaluate the environmental impact of EPMS: kWh indicator, computing, observation. Conveying & storing Evaluate the economic impact of EPMS: kWh- digital “smart data / events” observer indicator over networks . eeD&C / ICT eeD&C / Services Analysis of expectations re. ICT tools for network managers & users Definition of architectures (hardware & Modelling systems & users (behaviours, software) for the development of usage) / Business-View models atop the energetic services Making objects Urban digital mock-up allowing New algorithms for systemic “smart” over the interoperability of tools dedicated to the design or exploitation of networks – management of EE districts & cities network/grid (ICT (predictive mode, agent, optimal control) Contribution to standardisation works empowerment) Digital modelling to assess energetic Digital modelling of the Building-network interface (exchanged information) – link value of new EE services developed in Micro-grids with intelligent metering Definition of energetic dashboards to ICT tools for design & optimal achieve benchmarking studies – management of networked systems based “Smartly” integrating indicators suitable to usage / on global optimisation techniques (GAs, users neuronal networksetc.) and or global processing data sensitivity algorithms Definition of a method to according to compute/visualise the energetic charge of Definition & prototyping of interfaces / indentified patterns a district – based on dashboards for visualising, designing or building/usage/system data managing information (for users, / global objectives designers, managers…) Alain ZARLI – CSTB – September 2011

The right questions... ?  Methodological questions  “from -global-to- detail” OR “from -detail-to- global” approach?  Starting from “conceptual” scenarios OR building -up from live experimentations?  Defining trends from exemplary projects?  …  Technical questions  What are the observation methods?  What are the adaptation strategies?  What is the impact of energy storage on intelligent networks?  …  Organisational questions  How to create a critical mass of research & innovation at EU level in the areas of ICT-based technologies / services for energy efficiency in neighbourhoods & cities?  How to ensure the usage value of technical solutions, for instance through large-scale pilots, user panels, education of citizens?  How to achieve systemic evaluation (KPI-based) of complex systems?  … Alain ZARLI – CSTB – September 2011

Thank you for your attention alain.zarli@cstb.fr