Summary of the meeting in Barcelona

The meeting began with a presentation by Juan Luis Vidal, who will be in charge of the work package of FUNIBER, it was followed by a brief presentation on the agenda of the meeting by the project coordinator, Belén Gómez-Uribarri. During the meeting, the leaders of the different work packages explained the main items to discuss in the consortium.

Christian Beder, Cork Institute for Technology, pointed out some issues related to the connectivity with the platform of communication, by reviewing the progress in the different platforms/technologies used in the project. This closed the work package 1.

Catherine Conaghan, Stephen Earle, Daniel Coakley (IES) reviewed the progress and objectives of work package 2. The main effort in this work package has to be focused,in the future, on the definition of the active models of buildings, adapting them to overcome any need from the point of view of system control. Another point of interest was the development of the metering systems in the pilot sites, in particular Faro and Sanomatalo.

The presentation by Juan Gómez from the University of Granada (work package 3) focused on the number of simulations to be carried out in order to achieve valid models of the pilot sites.

After the presentation of the package 4 and a pause for lunch, the meeting continued with a technical session in which it was discussed different aspects focused on the implementation of tools in the pilot sites; it covered almost all the details of the work package 7.

After the presentation of the work package 5 by Benoit Vinot, CSTB, Vicente Madero, Acciona, explained the main topics carried out in the work package 6, now especially focused on the integration of the different systems that form the project.

Regarding work package 8, Giulia Barbagelata, STAM, presented the main items to consider in order to take the next steps to develop an exploitation plan for Energy In Time, as well as the tasks assigned in the clustering workshop regarding the results of exploitation.

Juan Luis Vidal, Funiber, was appointed the new head for dissemination. The next steps to take in this matter were presented, giving special attention to the importance of dissemination activities during this second part of the project that has just begun.

All the consortium partners will receive a detailed plan of work to carry out these tasks.

Belén Gómez closed the meeting presenting aspects of the package 9, which refers to the management and coordination of the project; it was also announced that the next meeting will be held towards May in the Levi Panorama Hotel in Finland.  

The 2nd Congress for Intelligent Buildings (II Congreso Edificios Inteligentes) brings together more than 200 professionals to expose and discuss the Intelligent Buildings in Spain

More than 200 practitioners participated in the 2nd Congress for Intelligent Buildings (II Congreso Edificos Inteligentes) – www.congress-edificiosinteligentes.es – which took place in Madrid from 27th to 28th October. The congress is the main event that is organised on a national level to discuss the different aspects that defines from a multidisciplinary point of view the Intelligent Buildings in Spain.

The Congress was held in the Hall of the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales de Madrid, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, and, in the entrance of the hall, assistants were able to visit the meeting points of the sponsors.

In the congress, it has been able to observe a growing interest in solutions for intelligent buildings, which coincides with the improvement of the real estate sector, by understanding that any building of the future has to be intelligent in order to meet the growing demands of aspects such as energy efficiency, safety, and accessibility. This context represents for the companies and the sector professionals a great technological and strategic challenge, and, at the same time, it presents increasing opportunities for business solutions for automation and control, security, data networks, access control, etc.

Programme

The event was inaugurated by Francisco Javier Martin Ramiro, Architecture and Building Deputy Director, Architecture, Housing and Land Director, Ministry of Development of Spain; Oscar García Suárez, Deputy Director of Research, Doctorates and relationships with companies, Escuela Técnica Superior Ingenieros Industriales/UPM and Stefan Junestrand, Director of the Congress for Intelligent Buildings and General Director of the Grupo TECMA Red, the company which organizes the Congress.

Then it took place a Keynote Speech on smart office buildings, office and flexible working model with the case study of the new Microsoft offices in Madrid, by Fernando Rams, Director of buildings and facilities of Microsoft Spain and Portugal.

Later, it began the presentations of the Communications Block 1, with Marga Rodriguez as moderator, Manager, ENERAGEN. This block included the participation of Daniel Encinas Martín, Agencia Extremeña Energía, Guillermo Quintana of Ericsson Iberia, Javier García López, Universidad de Sevilla, and Sergio Rojas Vargas, Founding Partner of SmartBusiness.

After a break for coffee, there was a round-table discussion moderated by David Martinez, IFMA Spain, and in which there was a discussion about “The intelligence of the building as real estate values”, in which the following participants contributed with their expertise: Luis Vega Catalán, Ministry of Development; Fernando Moliner, ASPRIMA; Benjamin Eceiza, CAF MADRID; Lola Ripollés, Retail Design Institute and Coralía Pino López, ITH.

Then, the presentations of Communications Block 2, moderated by Juan Layda, CGCOII, included the participation of Abigail Rocasolano, Johnson Controls; Luis María Sánchez García, Grupo Simec Energy; César Serna, Sedical; Marc Aznar Soler, COIT and David Sanchez Redondo, Schneider Electric.

After lunch, it took place Communications Block 3, with the participants: Jaime Martín Pascual, Ferrovial Services; Susana Rodríguez Castillo, Hager Sistemas; Raúl Vacas, Merit Lilin Spain; Marta Martínez-Orozco, SIEMON; Júlio Giménez, Zennio, and Norena Martín-Dorta, University de La Laguna, and moderated by Paloma Velasco Merino, Executive Director, AES.

The session on the first day ended with a Round Table on “Usability and Accessibility in Intelligent Buildings” moderated by Manuel Leira, Madrid Think Tank, in which had the participation of Miguel Ángel Valero Duboy, CEAPAT-IMSERSO, Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality; Juan Luís Quincoces Salas, CENTAC; José Luís Posada, Ministry of Development; Carlos Sanz, Asociación DATO and Carmen Fernández Hernández, Fundación ONCE.

October 28th, the second day of Congress, began with a Keynote Adress by José González, Vice President, BuildingSMART Spanish Chapter, who spoke about the BIM technology from the perspective of the Intelligent Building.

Then, it started the Communications Block 4, which was moderated by Jose Javier Medina Muñoz, President of the Spanish National Committee of FEANI and Dean, President of the COGITT-AEGITT; this block had the participation of: Belén Gómez, Uribarri, Acciona Infraestructuras; Félix Larrinaga, Mondragon Unibertsitatea; Juan Ignacio García García, Sistrol; José Carlos Pérez Martín, Industrial Engineer PhD. and José Manuel Olaizola Martija, TECNALIA.

After a pause, the Congress continued with a Round Table about “Internet of Things – Opportunities and Trends in Smart Buildings”, which was moderated by Stefan Junestrand, Director of the 2nd Congress for Intelligent Buildings, Grupo Tecma Red. With the participation of: Miguel Roser, President of Área de Actuación Hogar Digital, AMETIC; Adolfo Sanz, President, ASHRAE Spain Chapter; Álvaro Mallol, President of KNX Spain; Alfredo Lozano, AEDICI and Sergio Rojas, CEDIA Spain.

The morning proceed with Block 5 of Presentations, moderated by Gloria Gómez, Architecture PhD. , CSCAE, with the participation of: Ramón Ruíz-Cuevas Peña, Estudio Arquitectura Luz y Espacio; Sergio Colado García, Nechi Group; Albert López, Somfy Spain; Jofre Ayala Mayorga, Johnson Controls and José Luís Hernández, Cartif Foundation.

The Congress was closed by Fernando Herrero Acebes, Deputy Director General of Economic Promotion and Intelligent City, Madrid Town Hall, who outlined the value of the congress to empower Madrid as a city committed to technological advances, and Stefan Junestrand, Director 2nd Congress for Intelligent Buildings, Grupo Tecma Red, which greatly appreciate the quality of the contents of the congress and its good reception.

Twitter

The organization and the congressmen were also very active on Twitter throughout the celebration of the Congress with more than 500 tweets related to the topic via the account @CongresoEI and the hashtag #CongresoEI2. The activity on Twitter could be followed in real time in the congress main screen.

Collaborators and Sponsors

Gold Sponsor: Schneider Electric

Silver sponsors: Hager, Johnson Controls, Lilin, Siemon and Zennio

Bronze Sponsors: ABB, Carlo Gavazzi, Ingenium, KNX Spain, MP Ascensores and Somfy

Institutional Support: Ministry of Development (through its Architecture, Housing and Land Director); Madrid Town Hall; Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (through its Innovation and Competitiveness Director); Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality (via IMSERSO CEAPAT); Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism (through the SETSI – Secretary of State for Telecommunications and Information Society).

Collaborators: a3e, ADHAC, AEDICI, AEDIP, AES, AETIR, AFBEL, AFEC, AFME, ALI, AMETIC, AMI, ANERR, ANILED, AOTEC, APTE, ASHRAE Spain Chapter, ASIT, ASPRIMA, AVS, BREEAM.ES, Building Smart Spanish Chapter, CAF Madrid, CARTIF, CCII, CEDINT-UPM, CEDOM, CENTAC, CNI, COGITT-AEGITT, COIT, CONAIF, CGCOII, CSCAE, DOMOTYS, EMVS, ENACE, ENERAGEN, ENERGYLAB, ETSII-UPM, F2E, F2I2, FECOTEL, FENIE, FENITEL, IFMA, IMDEA, ITH, KNX España, Lonmark España, Madrid Network, MDHD-UPM, PLANETIC, Fundación Sta. María la Real, SECARTYS, SmartLivingPlat, TECNALIA, Instituto CC. Eduardo Torroja, ETSE-Universitat de València and WIRE.

 

Interesting call for papers in International Conferences covering energy efficiency related topics

1. The Third International Conference on Green Computing, Technology and Innovation (ICGCTI2015)

University Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia December 8-10, 2015

Paper submission due to: 22 November 2015

Topics include:

• Energy harvesting, storage, and recycling
• Energy-aware high performance computing and applications
• Energy-aware software
• Energy-efficient network services and operations
• Green IT metrics, maturity models, standards, and regulations
• Green computing models, methodologies and paradigms
• Green networking and communication
• Stability of smart energy systems

 

2. The Second International Conference on Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Clean Energy and Green Computing

December 16-18, 2015 – Dubai, UAE 

Paper submission due to: 30 November 2015

Topics include:

• Energy Efficiency
• Energy Minimization in Cluster-Based Wireless Sensor Networks
• Energy Usage of High Performance System
• Energy and Environmental Sustainability in Information Systems and Network
• Power Efficient Hardware
• Power and Energy Profiling and Metrics
• Power-Aware Algorithms and Protocols
• Power-Aware Software and Hardware
• Reducing Energy Consumption in Wireless Sensor Network