Data-Driven Energy Experts as drivers of Energy-Efficiency in the Building Sector

The project will develop a new energy technology to lower the barrier for experts to use Internet of Things sensor data to take actions to improve energy-efficiency in the building sector. The vision is to enable experts to do their job with a higher impact by enabling them to continuously and holistically: 1) rank across a building portfolio what buildings to target by energy-efficiency actions; 2) identify for each building whether to change workflows and occupant behavior or retrofit building envelopes or existing systems. To achieve these prospects, the project will develop new data-driven work processes for experts based on software ranking and identifying actions based on real building use. The associated software consists of a data service that can host and process data in private or collaborative clouds and make data available as building specific analyses. It is projected that these energy technologies will enable the Danish building sector to make energy reductions of at least 8%. The project will combine competencies from technology partner and project leader Vitani Energy Systems A/S, university partner University of Southern Denmark and energy management partner Aura Rlidgivning A/S with building sector representation from Salling Group A/S and Skanderborg Municipality in a combined innovation effort.