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24 Winter 2018 European Energy Innovation
COMMUNICATION
Demand Response in Blocks
of Buildings (DR-BOB)
The EU H2020 project DR-BOB has
developed a Demand Response (DR)
IT solution that integrates ICT tools,
developed at Teesside University, with The DR-BOB solution is highly
Siemens commercial products and a
user interface provided by GridPocket. in energy demand, tariffs and weather
This IT solution is a scalable cloud-
based energy management system
applicable to single and multiple
blocks of buildings. It provides the
ability to maximise revenue from
demand response while minimising
energy consumption and carbon
emissions.
intelligent and adapts to fluctuations
conditions. The DR-BOB team aims
for the system to become central to
organisations’ energy management
and environmental strategies.
To test the DR-BOB solution Nobatek
developed a market emulator, which
replicates real market signals. The
solution is piloted at four sites,
including Teesside University in the
UK, the Fondazione Poliambulanza
hospital in Italy, the Technical
University of Cluj-Napoca in Romania
and the Montaury commercial district
of Anglet in south west France. The
Pilots directly involve 153,650 m2 of
building space and 16,625 occupants.
Energy use over one year from these
four sites alone will reduce by 1.53
GWh – saving enough energy to
power 400 homes for one year of
average energy demand.
To monitor the impact of the solution
at the pilot sites the project has
developed a method of providing
a dynamic and versatile baseline
for demand response, with a low
run time. The baseline method is
also adaptable to different levels of
granularity and asset integration and
provides a DR-baseline that meets
European standards.
The project also developed ‘Demand
Response Technology Readiness
levels’ DR-TRLs, which participating
institutions can use to assess their
technology readiness to participate
in energy management solutions for
blocks of buildings. If the framework
shows they are not ready, it gives
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