Efficacity R&D institute for urban energy transition May 2017
7 Engineering companies 15 Public research organisations Introduction One of the 9 Institutes for Energetic Transition created in 2014 by the French General Investment Commission (CGI) A Public/Private partnership (49% public - 51% private) 13 private partners and 15 public universities and research institutes 6 Industrial companies 7 Engineering companies 15 Public research organisations Our members
An innovative approach From Housing scale to Distric and City level A systemic approach Energetic vectors (heat, cool, electricity, gas), local energetic sources (renewable, reuse), and technologies (production, storage, control) End-use housing energy, embodied energy, mobility linked energy Behavior awareness Real energetic consumption assessment Means of locomotion assessment Develop scientifically robust decision helping tools, accessible to in the field’s actors
A multidisciplinary team 130 researchers from engineering field to human, social and economic sciences Covering the whole complexity of an urban system Behaviors, uses and society Energy Simulation & optimization Data Science Urban design & planning Economy, contracts & governance Mobility Environment & Life Cycle Analysis
Prospective R&D TurnKey Innovation Efficacity as a service An operational research center Prospective R&D Influence & secure new markets (creation of « demonstrators », TurnKey Innovation Efficacity as a service Accelerate Innovation Develop new assets and bring them to the market (software tools, methodologies, knowledge base…) Provide access to Efficacity R&D ecosystem and R&D assets (Advising, Expertise, Training Services for City actors)
Positive energy district Urban assessment Internet of Things Our fields of expertise Positive energy district New solutions for local multi-energy systems New solutions for neighborhoods design and requalification Urban assessment Enhanced multicriteria analysis of urban projects Internet of Things Urban sensors, Urban data for sustainability
Knowledge communities Our method for « research-action » Prototypes Field experiment New Concepts Asset to market R&D Platforms Methods Tools Data Knowledge communities Behaviors, uses and society Energy Simulation & optimization Data Science Urban design & planning Economy, contracts & governance Mobility Environment & Life Cycle Analysis
How we do it : open IT architecture Urban Numeric Model Energy systems models Diagnostic tools Impact assessment tool Cloud Urban data model Territorial data and energy offer/demand profiles Efficacity simulation tools (POWERDIS, etc.) External tools (Trafic simulation tools, etc.) Life cycle Impact models
Powerdis : Dynamic multi-energy simulation software How we do it : example of Powerdis Field experiment : Real scale test on an urban development project in Est Ensemble agglomeration Prototype : Powerdis : Dynamic multi-energy simulation software Concept : Promote local multi-energy smartnetworks through enhanced dynamic simulation
+ How we do it : example of Powerdis Asset to market Build a new offer out of Efficacity assets Urban Energy + Expose new services in IBM lines of products to IBM customers *Fees to Efficacity Develop or enhance existing IBM assets Using IOeT usecases and shared knkow-how to develop new IBM assets. Use pilote project as major showcases of IBM services for energy and urban utilities Urban IOT * No extra fees Direct utilisation of Efficacity Assets Using Powerdis to provide expertise * No extra fees
A new R&D program for Efficacity in 2017 Focus : Internet of Energy Things A new R&D program for Efficacity in 2017
Focus : Internet of Energy Things Urban Energy IOT Lab & International Showcase Enhanced systems performance analysis : Sensors + Global City Information Model (BIM) + Efficacity simulations tools Stakeholders - Public Planning autority Operators citizens Investors Researchers Industrials Cloud Urban Data Platform Usecases - Urban planning & design Enrgy systems design, operation & maintenance Influence on regulations New contracting models New business models New Collaboration tools and services to the citizen IoT Living lab
Focus : Internet of Energy Things > 40 existing valuable assets identified and secured to be integrated in IOeT project Internet Of Energy Things Energy planning Society & Citizens Urban IoT Dynamic Supervisor IOT chain architecture Public space Microgrid