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Summer 2016 European Energy Innovation
District of Future: a New
Transformation of City District
Rubén Cánovas Mas, Head of Smart Cities, Manager at everis
District of the Future (DoF) is a project
funded by the European Commission
that aims to demonstrate how an
increase in the energy efficiency of city
districts can be achieved using innovative
Information and Communication
Technology. This has the potential to
decrease a city’s energy consumption
and its greenhouse gas emissions.
The project’s goal is to demonstrate
that energy consumption and CO2
emissions can be lowered by 30-40%
relative to the current and average
building stock present in the city.
The project and affiliated research
could be instrumental in providing
insight and new techniques in the
development of an urban district of
the future. Every building in any city
will be able to collaborate, share, and
interact to improve their citizens’ quality achievements pertinent to the industrial,
of life and to decrease public and
private expenditure on energy.
The goals described will only
be realised when the following
infrastructure is in place:
• The use and implementation of
energy efficient solutions and
renewable energy sources needs to
be incentivised;
• A communication infrastructure to
control and optimize the operations
of such devices needs to be deployed
and standardized across Europe.
The DoF project started by analysing
three use case cities across Europe.
It was important to study and apply
the DoF solution to different cultural,
meteorological, and economic
situations to understand the
replicability of the DoF solution.
In the French city of Orleans, the
performance of energy efficient
technologies in public buildings is
being monitored and optimised.
Website: www.dof-project.eu
Facebook: www.facebook.com/DistrictOfFuture E-mail: info@dof-project.eu
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COMMUNICATION
DoF Consortium in the ZEB Houses of Corby
The Spanish city of Sabadell is located
in the Barcelona metropolitan area. In
Sabadell residential, public, and industrial with citizens’ quality of life, the DoF
buildings were tested and integrated
into the DoF platform. Therefore the
DoF project will include the results and
public and private sector.
Corby, in the United Kingdom,
is a rapidly developing city in
Northamptonshire. It was possible
to analyse, for example, how a Zero
Energy Bill house can significantly
minimise the emissions at a district
level if standardised across the district
by sharing, replicating and applying
their energy patterns.
DoF demonstrates how, by using
a communication platform and
optimisation algorithms, along with
energy efficient and renewable energy
devices, it is possible to reduce the
emissions of three pilot cities across
Europe by 30-40%. Having a cross
European study will allow for the
implementation of the DoF solution
using the same methodology and
procedure to other sites and locations,
helping councils to achieve their
decarbonisation and sustainability
goals whilst bringing major costs
reduction.
Twitter contact: @DoF_Project
Due to the heterogeneous nature of
the data and its influential relationship
project outcomes are applicable
towards a diverse range of areas
external to energy efficiency. The
project can also be a starting point for
future collaborations with different
partners from, for instance, in the real
estate, utilities or construction sector.
To achieve a truly sustainable society,
the European Union will need to
encourage the deployment of smart and
efficient energy equipment, and invest to
foster a sustainable future for Europe. ●
This text reflects only the author’s
view and the Commission is not
responsible for any use that may be
made of the information it contains.
This project has received funding
from the European Union’s FP7
program under grant agreement No
608649. This text reflects only the
author’s view and the Commission
is not responsible for any use that
may be made of the information it
contains.