1. ‘ICT Tools on PV - Systems Engineering: Teaching & Learning’ 3 – 17 July, 2006 Technological Educational Institute of Patra Authors: Paul Borza & Doru Talaba 1 10.07.2006 Some ICT tools for efficient house energy management

2. 09.07.20052 Paul Borza & Doru Talaba About Siemens PSE Romania Where is placed? Osijek Zagreb Split Bratislava Olomouc Brno Praha Budapest Szeged Pieštany Košice Wien Salzburg Graz Linz Zilina Hamburg Braşov

3. 09.07.20053 Paul Borza & Doru Talaba About Siemens PSE Romania 450 employees R&D in Brasov 100 employees R&D in Cluj Napoca (end 2006) EIP Dept (only in Brasov): 42 engineers & programmers Field of activities:  Hardware Design in PTD & PG  Software Design  Data acquisition systems  System integration for complex applications  ASIC Design

4. 09.07.20054 Paul Borza & Doru Talaba Content: About house energy systems Energy consumers in house Energy management concepts ICT tools Applications Conclusions

5. 09.07.20055 Paul Borza & Doru Talaba About energy systems in house Guidelines (DSAE - German Association of medium and big cities ) for energy saving Regulations related to: - Architecture - Constructive heat protection - Heating systems - Ventilation and air conditioning - Sanitary systems - Lighting and other electrical systems - Monitoring and control systems

6. 09.07.20056 Paul Borza & Doru Talaba Structure of energy consumption in house (source energystar assoc)

7. 09.07.20057 Paul Borza & Doru Talaba Energy Management system (EMS) components: (i) Cost simulation  crucial input parameters

8. 09.07.20058 Paul Borza & Doru Talaba (ii) EMS main principle: The triangle of sustainability Efficient production and consumption of energy Safeguarding of power resources Care for the environment

9. 09.07.20059 Paul Borza & Doru Talaba (iii) A structural model for the House Energy Systems Production of energy Storage of energy Consumption of energy

10. 09.07.200510 Paul Borza & Doru Talaba ICT system for EMS (i) Core Hardware: DomoControl128 System Core building block Process Control Interface Bridging Building Nets Local Control Centre Features: Scalability Symmetry Uniform data treatment

11. 09.07.200511 Paul Borza & Doru Talaba (ii) Software Architecture Assures a high flexibility of software implementation Include two processing nodes:  one dedicated for transport interfaces  Another for interface with the process

12. 09.07.200512 Paul Borza & Doru Talaba (iii) Software technology  process imaging  Complete image of the process  Rigorous data manipulation with respect to time  Reliability of data processing and transfer  Open design for specific implementation  Physical to technological addresses conversion  Mapping in “process image” of all system variables  Time stamp information

13. 09.07.200513 Paul Borza & Doru Talaba Applications: (i) House EMS with DomoControl128

14. 09.07.200514 Paul Borza & Doru Talaba (ii) Automatic Meter Reading Systems (AMR)

15. 09.07.200515 Paul Borza & Doru Talaba AMR Software structure for the central point OS: LINUX Server: PIV 3GHz

16. 09.07.200516 Paul Borza & Doru Talaba (iii) Control of ventilation of a potatoes depot in a farm

17. 09.07.200517 Paul Borza & Doru Talaba Conclusions A. EMS (i)complex, (ii) low cost and (iii) reliable B. Intelligent tools for the entire house management system (domotics) (i)generic, (ii) re-configurable (iii) user friendly (iv) simple installation and exploitation C. Wide application field