1. Cross‐border pilots in practice –
Examples from the Save Energy project, what we have learnt?
Asko Kippo, Project Manager
The Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
Smart People and Energy Efficiency, Networking Conference
March 16th, 2011, Luleå, Sweden

2. SAVE ENERGY
EU / FP7 / CIP / ICT / PSP – 2008 - 238882
Details
Project time 1.3.2009 – 31.8.2011, M1 – M30
Project status now M24
Total budget 4,46 Milj. eur.
Application area Saving Energy in Public Buildings
Project Coordinator Alfamicro, Dr. Alvaro Oliveira
N:o of partners 15 partners from 5 countries

3. Save Energy: Main Objectives
1. Saving Energy by Pilots at the Public Buildings
1. 20 % by User Behaviour Transformation
2. 5 % by intelligent ICT Management System
3. Lighting, heating, HVAC and other applications (office
equipment, processes, kitchen 10/10/10  30 %
savings)
2. Development of ICT based Energy Management Real Time
System
3. Save Energy by Serious Game
4. User Behaviour Transformation
5. Policy Recommendations and Save Energy Advisory Board
6. Proactive Dissemination & Exploitation

4. Energy Audit Reports states the base line !

5. Energy consumption distributions in
Ala‐Malmi

6. Energy consumption distributions in
Pihkapuisto

7. Examples of proposed saving actions
• Changing the operational time of ventilation units
• Lowering the temperature of inlet air
• Refurbishment of heat recovery unit
• Shutting down computers during the nights
• Replacing incandescent lighting with fluorescent lighting
• Changing the adjustments in the control system of lighting
• Installation of limiting nozzles in water taps and showers

8. Save Energy Helsinki Pilot Design
Teachers & Pupils & Technical Specialists
Service & From the
Administration City of Helsinki
Basic
Description Succeeded
How to develop the new Pilot application at
In Pilot
Pihkapuisto School together with the users ?
Save Energy Defination
Project Plan
Save Energy
Project Requirements
Helsinki
ISA definations
Project Group

9. User Groups at Schools
USER GROUPS
Responsible on
energy consumption
Ala-Malmi School Pihkapuisto School
School Master, Janitor,
School Master, Janitor,
- the whole school, gym,
- The whole school
entrance hall
Kitchen Staff, Kitchen Staff,
- Kitchen operations - kitchen operations
Pupils in classrooms, Pupils in classrooms,
Teachers, Teachers,
- Electricity of lighting, water - Electricity of lighting, water

10. Save Energy –Living Lab based
User participation and commitment
Ideas, Design System
Energy Follow up,
& Development Development
Audit Supervision
with users & Testing
Present status Ideas, hopes, wishes Sensor network Continuous following and
of operation Proposals for Data transmission reporting
Conditions of improvements Database Simple Indicators
operation Discussions, User Interface Feedback from users
Reference argumentations Testing, tuning, Recommendations
values Kitchen evaluation validation Best Practices
Baselines Priority User training Gradual Exploitation
Present level of Problem solving User commitment
consumption Taking care of users’ Continuous
Proposal for needs and wishes improvements
actions of User based design & Understanding weak
improvements development & test signals
1. User involvement and Commitment;
2. Living Lab Methodology used in every phase
3. Change in users’ attitude and new way of
thinking

11. From food preparing to energy consumption
Laws, decrees, Customers, Dining room, Equipment,
Instructions, Pupils, Spaces Machines,
Orders Teachers Study plan Users
Schedules
Menu Purchases Food preparation Energy consumption
Education Service Service Service
Dept. Producer Producer Producer

12. High power machines in kitchen
The most important equipment at
Ala-Malmi's kitchen max power (kW)
Combined owen 34,40
Elecricity-steam convection owen 17,50
Pressurised cooker 36,00
Electric stove 10,00
Washing line 32,30
Pot 17,00
Frigerator 0,65
Frigerator 0,65
Washing line connected into heated water

13. Total Electricity Consumption Save Energy Applications
of School
At Schools:
Environmental Total Heat Energy
conditions Consumption of School
Efficiency:
User Saving Energy
Behaviour Total Water Learning, motivation
Consumption of School
Technical Change of Behavior
Innovations New thinking, understanding
Electricity Consumption of New way of working
Study Plan Lighting In Classrooms
New Education, Training
Menu of the Is a Cost Factor
day Electricity Consumption of Service Flexibility
HVAC machines in Gym
Specification Continuous maintenance
and Capacity More measurements
of Equipment Electricity Consumption Wireless & remote contol
In Kitchen
Tuning of the Best Practices
Building More Interest
Automation Electricity Consumption of More Automation
System Lighting In Entrance Hall
More Exploitation
More Competition
User interest, learning, motivation and
behaviour (common profit = my profit)

14. Strategies on saving energy:
New replacement investement:
Renewing totally the old equipment or
system to new, modern, energy efficient
equipment or system
New Eco/Green devices:
Replacing the old energy consuming
lamps and lighting equipment to new
sensor based eco-lightings
Saving Energy
Tuning and controlling the BM&AS:
Setting, tuning, reducing and controlling
all possible setpoints at the BM&AS
towards more energy efficient level
Increase to show the real time
information:
Increasing to show the real time
information, making it understandable,
interesting, teaching, testing and
committing the users

15. Helsinki Pilot ICT System Architecture 13.9.2010

16. Cross-border pilots in practice
 5 individual pilots; Helsinki, Leiden, Lisbon, Luleå, Manchester
 Responsibilities:
 Leiden/CETIM; System Architecture
 Portugal/ISA; Integration of pilots to iCenter, data communication, with pilots
and Serious Game
 Helsinki/Aalto Uni; Serious Game
 Luleå/CDU; Testing of pilots, energy saving, user behavior transformation
 Pilot work group; Living Lab methodology, UI, system integration, other
interfaces
 Skype discussions about every 2 weeks
 Open discussions, exchange of information and experiences, helping each
others

17. Target UBT in Helsinki Results
Reference and Baselines for electricity,
Evaluation of the present energy 1. heat and water consumption (total
consumption of the total building Energy Audit building, kitchen, HVAC-machines)
New technology and solutions in the Consumption and saving results, new
2.
classrooms, kitchen, entrance hall, technology, new role of the users
Pilot Applications
gym
Provide different user groups with
Data acquisition from the wireless 3. sophisticated real time information in
measurements and from BM&AS ICT System clearly understandable form
The users are able to change their The users have been interested in
4. following the information at info TV and
behaviour, when seeing the real Info TVs
consumption information of their work willing to change their energy
consumption
To get people to play the game and to 5. The users (children) have been
learn more about energy saving Serious Game interested in playing the game, in
Helsinki about 100 players
6. Instructions and best practices
Evaluation of the kitchen operations
Kitchen User motivation and interest
and energy consumption
Evaluation
To teach, motivate and explain the ICT
results on info TV, to listen and to get 7. The real time measurements show the
the feedback from the users, to check User discussions, savings achieved in the kitchen. All the
the change of behaviour and motivation, tests, savings have been based on the UBT.
consumption, to test the knowledge of interviews,
the users questionnaires

18. User Behavior Transformation in Helsinki
Present Energy
User involvement
behaviour Audit
Evaluation of the problems, Detailed evaluation of the Accurate and neutral
their solutions, new present operation, evaluation of the energy
innovations consumption and potential consumption
Listening and respecting the saving goals Motivation to save energy
users Commitment of the users Understanding the technical
Understanding the big picture Individual targets, common solutions used
rules
Based on the Living Lab methodology, user based innovations, participation and
benefits, better understanding the ecosystem and the meaning of the real results, the
user behaviour could be changed on a new, more productive and saving level
The accurate real time Continuous discussions, Requires lot of motivation,
information given to the users motivation, supervision and personal notification, thanks
The users will understand this control will advise the users and special mentioning, when
extra information to save energy and to reach someone has achieved good
The users will benefit this the agreed goal results
information to change their Listen carefully the users, Small rewards needed
energy consumption habits this is very sensitive
Extended virtual Continuous New way of
reality supervision working

19. User Behavior Transformation in Helsinki
Discussions
Understanding
Interviews Motivation
Commitment
Teaching
Initial discussion Understanding units, By advising, recommending,
Problem evaluation Measurements, By building on ongoing
Normal operation Displays, the purpose change processes
Dependencies Of the system By explaining,
Work habits Understanding own operation Care taking,
Create awareness of habits Use emotional appeal thanking
Use of equipment Use rational appeal Assess susceptibility
Basic teaching Commitment to new To change User
Logistics Way of thinking, Give Feedback Behavior
Use of measurement Operating, working, goals Competition Transformation
Of
Energy
Seeing the installations of
Consumption
Wireless sensors and
Interfaces to energy Local basic measurement Smile faces on the
meter Values can easily be Screens Are simple
Seen on the screen. And Immediate
Seeing the measurement Based on this extra reward To the user.
Values On the screens Information the user Direct feedback to
Seeing the total concept Can see his own The user is highly
And pilots around the operation Recommended.
school
RT Information of Use and apply actively Rewards, thanks
energy consumption This RT information Benefits

20. User Behavior Transformation
More Team working
Motivation
Information (info TV)
More
Awareness
Money talks
More
Understanding Rewards
More
Commitment

21. Saving Energy

22. Pihkapuisto; Action Plan for M19 – M26
1.
Responsibility; Teachers Riikka Vitikka, Hanna Seppälä
Principal; Mirja Pere,
Vice-principal; Sampsa Vuorio
Goal: Learning by doing and clarifying
(problem – Idea – Innovation – Commission – Normal Use)
 Issues to be discussed and taught by the teacher at the classroom:
 Comparison and annual usage of different electrical devices
 How to save energy by changing behavior or by innovations
 What is a low energy house
 How to use renewable energy sources more effectively
 How to affect on energy saving at home
 What energy saving tips the pupils can find

23. Pihkapuisto; Action Plan for M19 – M26
2.
 Establishment of an energy club/work group in the classroom
 To research what is the standby consumption of devices
 How to reduce the standby consumption
 The day without electricity at the school
 Lighting team (rules of operations, what is unnecessary use of lighting)
 Design the own energy house by pupils
 Implementation by a pilot model scale
 Supervision of the energy consumption at the school pilots by the ICT system,
displays and reports will be explained to the pupils
 Energy audit of the classroom made by pupils
 Useful links and energy blog on the web pages of the school
 International co-operation with other schools around Europe
 More media publicity required (suggested by parents)

24. Preliminary exploitation plan of city of Helsinki
Item Objective Schedule
1 Better benefits of the regular energy audit of buildings, more Immediately
of them, implementing the proposals suggested !
2 The use of EC-motors for HVAC systems Gradually
3 The use of new sensor based lighting systems Gradually
4 Better use of Living Lab methodology, from speeches to Immediately
doings, listening carefully, teaching, learning new way of
thinking, goal oriented commitment to work; Savings by User
behavior transformation
5 Saving by regrouping, rescheduling and time programming Gradually
the large groups of lights (at entrance halls)
6 Tuning better and properly the building management & Immediately
automation systems (BM&AS)
7 Better benefits by using the local BM&AS to monitor also the Gradually
consumption of electricity
8 Further building electricity and automation training to janitors Immediately

25. Preliminary exploitation plan of Metropolia UAS
Item Objective Schedule
1 Better energy efficiency at Metropolia’s own buildings and Immediately
campus areas
2 Update of every study plan (new courses, measuring Immediately
devices, laboratory exercises, new learning, understanding,
commitment); Certification of energy efficiency should be a
citizen’s skills
3 The students should be committed with CDIO –project works Immediately
to make energy evaluations and audits everywhere in
Helsinki (industry, private and public buildings, hotels,
restaurants, sport/concert halls, supermarkets, shopping
centers, hospitals, schools, kindergartens, housing for
ageing people, …). Networking with several municipal depts.
and companies started !
4 Continuously increasing interest found from our neighboring Immediately
cities and communities; Espoo and Vantaa; Co-operative
discussions already started with many of them!
5 Interaction and co-operation within several study fields at Immediately
Metropolia (electricity – automation – ICT – Building
Technology – Food technology - Welfare and social field)

34. About Scalability ?
The city of Helsinki owns
public buildings
 The city of Helsinki owns about 1.200 public
buildings including 200 school buildings, 350
kindergartens and 7 hospitals, office buildings,
libraries, etc.

36. Thank You !
Asko Kippo +358 40 848 1761
asko.kippo@metropolia.fi
www.ict4saveenergy.eu
http://saveenergy.metropolia.fi
http://greenmyplace.net/