Energy Efficiency Management in Smart Buildings, Example of Torre Sevilla in Spain

Torre Sevilla, a real estate property owned by Caixabank in Seville, South of Spain, is a good example of smart building management which impacts positively on the energy efficiency making it possible to reduce 30% of energy waste and optimize preventive maintenance.

The central management system measures and controls all the parameters and actions, such as air conditioning, ventilation, lightning, stair pressurization, energy meters reading and fire detection, among other things. Besides having information in real time on the electric consumption per user and floor, the system adjusts the demand to the needs of each consumer. Through more than 60.000 sensors installed in Torre Sevilla it is possible to collect the relevant information on the functioning of the skyscraper in real time as well as control the building.

The tower also uses the renewable energy, to be more exact, solar energy which is totally beneficial in the South of Spain. Power generation through solar panels installed on the top of the building (100 kWh/day) covers the needs of daily consumption of light contributing this way to reach energy efficiency in the operation of the building.

Currently there are several offices with approximately 2.000 people registered as users of the building. In the near future it is foreseen to increase the number of sensors up to 100.000 covering all the points of data collecting in regard with power consumption. Torre Sevilla is scheduled to operate at full capacity by 2017 with incorporation of a shopping center and a luxurious hotel on the upper floors.

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