Sounds for Energy-efficient Buildings Call identifier: FP7-2011-NMP-ENV-ENERGY-ICT-EeB EeB-ICT-2011.6.4 ICT for Energy-efficient Buildings and Spaces of Public Use a) Targeted outcome Small or medium-scale focused research project (STREP) proposal Name of the coordinating person: Ferran Cabrer i Vilagut E-mail: Ferran.Cabrer@MUFICATA.net S4EeB is an experimental research project which will develop and deliver a prototype to optimise the existent building management systems by means of acquiring, identifying, monitoring, and adding the parameter of “occupancy level” in buildings and surroundings to perfect operations and eliminate unnecessary consumptions of energy for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, lighting, and other existent production and consumption systems; while maintaining the users' comfort. This will be achieved through the integration of a low-cost novel network of audio sensors with other building sensing and controls and the improvement of the strategies and algorithms of automation and conditioning deployed, calibrated and validated in two shopping malls and one international airport. This will be done in a real operational situation in order to demonstrate that energy savings and benefits justify the investment, providing new market solutions and supporting reduction of climate change. S4EeB will deliver and apply a Building Management System (BMS) prototype in three buildings to optimise existing systems, by adding the parameter of "occupancy" mainly developed and monitored through an Audio-Sensors Network (ASN).

1. Sounds for Energy-efficient Buildings Call identifier: FP7-2011-NMP-ENV-ENERGY-ICT-EeB Objective outcome a): EeB-ICT-2011.6.4 ICT for Energy-efficient Buildings and Spaces of Public Use Small or medium-scale focused research project (STREP) proposal Coordinator: MUFICATA s.l. Name of the coordinating person : Ferran Cabrer i Vilagut E-mail : Ferran.Cabrer@MUFICATA.net Fax: +34 6222-54458 Duration : 36 Months Cost : €4,707,204 EC Contribution: €2,999,000 Person months : 384 Kickoff! : 1st September 2011 (tbc) KEYWORDS Public Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Energy optimisation, Monitoring, Smart metering, Smart buildings, Energy saving, Occupancy monitoring, Conditioning algorithms, .. Deliverables : 31 Milestones : 4 prototypes S/T papers published: 32 Working meetings: 8 Interactives workshops: 3 Experts participations : 13 invitations Open demonstrations: 3 International Conferences : 1 Barcelona, February-2011

2. Around 50.000.000 Public buildings In Europe, divided into categories: * erected for administration, government and justice * serving mercantile functions * for education, health and social care * culture, entertainment and sports. The concentration of CO 2 in the atmosphere has reached a new record of 387 ppm in 2009 and experts of the Global Carbon Project (GCP) [globalcarbonproject.org] foreseen an increase of 3% in 2010. This means that in twenty years the planet will have two degrees more of temperature. There is no one single technology or approach to mitigate carbon that will universally solve the climate problem. Instead, nations and regions need to find the right mix of options. One of this, recommended by GCP is to increase efficiency that involve a number of changes in technology, policy and human behaviour can reduce energy demands, either with benefits for economic productivity or, at most, small costs. Although modern buildings and spaces of public use include context-aware sensing using video, voice, temperature measurements, gas detection, etc. sounds and noises are underused in building ICT. Given the importance that humans attribute to sounds in their indoor/outdoor living/working environments, sound based ICT can prove particularly useful in providing valuable information cheaply, such as the occupancy of buildings, to the D igital C ontrol C entre ( DCC ) for the creation of more E nergy e fficient B uildings ( EeB ) in conditioning systems without losing comfortability or privacy of users. Buildings account for 40% of energy end-use in the EU and the 70% of this consumption is aimed at HVACH and L ( HVACL ) conditioning systems and making them more efficient is therefore the key to achieve the goals of reducing CO 2 emissions by 20%, improving the energy efficiency by 20% by 2020

3. S4EeB three main stages Barcelona, February-2011

5. Acoustic Processing Unit.

6. Web Integrated-Monitor . Barcelona, February-2011

8. Occupancy Sensor (all in one).

9. Acoustic air/water flow metering.

10. BEM Optimiser (BEMO) .

11. Synchroniser module of occupancy from APU; conditioning for the BEM and/or sensing network; generation/consumption subsystems; automation systems.

12. Optimiser module.

13. Messaging module. Informing - Reporting – Alerting - Alarming

14. Learning (semi-driven) module

15. Manual for use, installation, integration and set-up

17. MAREMAGNUM shopping mall in Barcelona;

19. Web-repositories of resources and applications for demonstration, installation and upgrading.

20. Information-space. Forum of Discussions, Good and Best Practices space, think-tank and showcases.

21. Seminars. Three training courses and complete professional demonstrations held last year in Madrid, Barcelona and Milan.

22. ICT for EeB market. Barcelona, February-2011

23. Audio-system architecture and the three main functionalities of the Acoustic Process Unit (APU) : 1.- A functional, adaptable and duplicable prototype that detects at least six degrees of occupancy in the five types of spaces of control of inside/outside areas and transfers this parameters to be integrated into the BEM system for optimisation. 2,- A learning semi-automatic process from previous experience by managing abnormal sounds, digesting and sending them to the Internet, so they can be processed manually by an expert in order to retrain the system. 3, A catalogue of modules and devices easily adaptable and scalable to several diverse buildings and spaces and, moreover, connected and compatible to the more-or-less “open or closed” commercial BEM systems currently installed or available in the market. Barcelona, February-2011

24. WP2 review, analysis and definitions WP3 implements the audio system for EeB WP4 integrates the parameter of occupancy WP5 develops the optimisation WP6 deploys and validates S4EeB WP7 continuously valorises the results WP1 manages and coordinates Barcelona, February-2011 Barcelona, February-2011 Barcelona, February-2011

25. Main tasks scheme Barcelona, February-2011

26. Pilot-1: Buildings, parkings and surroundings of the aiport of Linate in Milan Pilot-2: Principe Pio shopping mall and entertainment center in Madrid Pilot-3: Maremagnum shopping mall, restauration and entertainment center in Barcelona Barcelona, February-2011

27. Calendar of events Work-plan Barcelona, February-2011