Page 39 - European Energy Innovation - autumn 2019 publication

Autumn 2019 European Energy Innovation
From data to information to
knowledge for better buildings
ExcEED is a research project funded
by the European Commission Horizon
2020 programme, started in 2016 and
standing for European Energy Efficient
building district Database: from data
to information to knowledge. The
ExcEED consortium is composed of
research institutes, non-profits and
consultancies with ample expertise in
data monitoring and analysis, energy
systems, policy and more.
The project
ExcEED answers the need for
transparency and comparability of
energy performance calculations,
through its buildings data platform
and associated tools. Data coming
from buildings is converted into
information and then into knowledge
to impact the four key figures in the
building sector (real estate, building
managers, designers and policy
makers). The loop is closed with the
impact that the generated knowledge
has on the existing buildings and
on the next generation of buildings,
through improved control and design
and new policies.
The ExcEED platform
In June 2019, ExcEED launched its free
collaborative platform that gathers,
categorises, visualises and benchmarks
multiple building data coming from its
users. The buildings’ monitoring data
uploaded by the users are transformed
into knowledge with energy
performance indicators, benchmarks
and air quality surveys. This, in turn, Project ID: 723858
benefits building users all well as
other stakeholders from the building
sector and civil society by improving
the efficiency of their buildings.
The ExcEED platform thus offers
many and diverse functionalities,
including:
• visualisation of the energy and
comfort data of the building;
www.europeanenergyinnovation.eu
39
COMMUNICATION
Benchmarking function in the ExcEED platform
• highlights of energy performance
trends with several levels of
resolutions;
• evaluation of building performance
through the use of 27 Key
Performance Indicators (KPIs);
• benchmarking by comparison of
buildings and building clusters
with similar functionalities
uploaded in the platform;
• a Post-Occupancy Evaluation
survey, to get regular feedback
from building occupants regarding
their perception of the indoor
environment;
• a geo-clustering tool, clustering
buildings according to the selected use anonymised and aggregated data.
KPIs using machine learning
algorithm and visualising the
resulting clusters in a map.
The platform was first tested with
Casa Hoval, ExcEED demonstration
case and headquarters of the
project partner Hoval. The nearly-
Zero Emissions office features
a monitoring system which
continuously feeds the ExcEED
platform with measured data, to keep
track of the performance and provide
real-time analysis.
Contact:
Website: www.exceedproject.eu
Project coordinator Roberto Lollini – Eurac Research
Email: exceed_customersupport@eurac.edu
Why contribute to the ExcEED
platform?
By adding building measured data
and metadata, any user can access
the clustering and benchmarking
tools, compare building performance
with reference values using dedicated
indicators able to normalise different
context conditions, get a better
understanding of their building’s
performance and easily evaluate
potential energy and cost savings.
The ExcEED platform key is a novel
collaborative approach, that enables
to keep data anonymous, safe and
trustable, while sharing information
for an overall enhancement
of knowledge. As such, the
benchmarking and clustering tools
Also, the visualisation of buildings
on the map prevent other users to
identify the precise location of other
buildings.
The ExcEED platform responds to
the need of handling actual buildings
performance, extracting knowledge
to improve building stock
management, and consequently
design more energy efficient
buildings, in the framework of
the transition to a decarbonised
construction industry. l