SEAM4US: An intelligent energy management system for underground stations

Abstract

Aquesta és una còpia de la versió author's final draft d'un article publicat a la revista Applied energy. URL d'aquest document a UPCommons E-prints: http://hdl.handle.net/2117/87703 Article publicat / Published paper:Casals, M., Gangolells, M., Forcada, N., Macarulla, M., Giretti, A., Vaccarini, M. (2016) SEAM4US: an intelligent energy management system for underground stations. . Aquesta versió està disponible sota la llicència CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ 1 Casals M., Gangolells M., Forcada N., Macarulla M., Giretti A., Vaccarini M. SEAM4US: an intelligent energy management system for underground stations. Applied Energy, 2016, 166: 150-164. ABSTRACT Several previous research initiatives have highlighted the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) as key enablers for decreasing energy usage in buildings. However, few advances have been achieved in underground public spaces. This paper introduces a novel intelligent energy management system for underground stations. The system implements artificial intelligence solutions for autonomous building system control, based on advanced control algorithms that can learn from previous operations and situations. The robustness needed to operate in public spaces is achieved through a seamlessly integrated monitoring grid with self-diagnosis mechanisms. A middleware platform integrates existing devices, subsystems and newly deployed sensor-actuator networks. Results obtained during the implementation of the system in a prototype underground station showed potential yearly energy savings ranging between 74,336 and 87,339 kWh. The highest energy savings potential was found in the ventilation subsystem (30.6 % ± 2.0%), followed by the lighting system (24.1% ± 1.9%) and escalators (8.5% ± 1.9%).

Energy Internet: The business perspective

“…Information and communication technologies (ICTs), especially the emerging information technologies such as cloud computing, Internet of Things, big data analytics and mobile intelligence, are reshaping the landscape of many traditional industries and the daily life style of the general public [6][7][8][9][10]. For the energy sector, emerging ICTs continue to penetrate into the whole process of energy production, transmission, distribution and consumption, thus forming the ICT-enabled intelligent energy system [11][12][13][14][15]. At the same time, the increasingly diverse distributed energy resources (DERs) [16][17][18] and the increasingly abundant energy big data [19][20][21] are combined to promote the formation of more flexible, personalized and efficient energy production and consumption systems.…”

ISO 50001: 2018 and Its Application in a Comprehensive Management System with an Energy-Performance Focus

“…For specific technical aspects of the operational planning of energy management, prediction of energy consumption, planning, and optimization of the Energy Management Systems in particular contexts, and reducing the vulnerability to risks of the energy efficiency (E2) component, the reader is referred to [79][80][81][82][83][84][85][86][87][88].…”

“…These difficulties are generally resolved under guiding examples and consistent planning, which require discipline, participation, innovation, commitment, and sustained leadership. In addition to delivering technical benefits, such dedication will optimize the financial performance of the organization and generate a culture willing to measure and assume responsibility for its results and achievements, implement energy savings and risk prevention, and research alternatives for sustainable success and mutual benefit [12,20,22,[83][84][85][86][87][88][89][90][91][92].…”

A Hierarchical Transactive Energy Management System for Energy Sharing in Residential Microgrids

“…There are different energy management strategies for hybrid renewable energy systems [5,6]. The EMS of a small house with solar PV system is proposed in [7] along with the parametric optimization of the building.…”