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Project
Acronym: ISEMIC 
Name: Intelligent information system for monitoring and verification of energy management in cities 
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Project status: From: 2010-10-01 To: 2012-12-11 (Completed)
Contract number: ERA 163/01 
Action line: SEE-ERA.NET Plus 
Type (Programme): FP7 
Funding scheme: FP7 
Project cost: 178.369,00 EUR
Project funding: 123.019,00 EUR
Project coordinator
Organisation Name: University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing 
Organisation adress: Unska 3, 10000 Zagreb 
Organisation country: Hrvatska 
Contact person name: prof.dr.sc. Željko Tomšić 
Contact person email: Email 
Croatian partner
Organisation name: Fakultet elektrotehnike i računarstva 
Organisation address: Unska 3, 10000 Zagreb 
Contact person name: prof.dr.sc. Željko Tomšić
Contact person tel:
6129983  Contact person fax: 6129890 
Contact person e-mail: Email 
Partners
Organisation nameCountry
University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Science Srbija 
University of Sarajevo, Mechanical Engineering Faculty Bosna i Hercegovina 
Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana Slovenija 
Energy Efficiency Project in Croatia, United Nations Development Program Croatia - Energy Efficiency Project Hrvatska 
Short description of project
Improving the efficiency of energy consumption (EC) is a central theme of any energy policy. Improved energy efficiency (EE) meets three energy policy goals: security of supply, competitiveness and protection of the environment. Systematic energy management is a body of knowledge and skills based on an organizational structure that links people with assigned responsibilities, efficiency monitoring procedures and continuous measurement and improvement of EE. This body of knowledge must be supported by appropriate ICT for gathering, processing and disseminating data on EC, EE targets and information. Intelligent Information System for Monitoring and Verification of Energy Management in Cities (ISEMIC) will be a software tool that connects processes of gathering data on buildings and their EC, monitoring consumption indicators, setting EE targets and reporting EC savings. This project has a goal of developing a software system for utilizing EC measurements, both from smart meters and traditional measurement devices and subsequent data processing and analysis to facilitate, upgrade and eventually replace the currently used energy management system for public buildings in Croatia. ISEMIC will enable use of smart meters within an energy management for the first time in the region, along with an analytical part which will enable intelligent estimation of EC based on multiple criteria. ISEMIC will enable: (1) Continuous updating and maintenance of a database of information on buildings (2) Continuous entry and monitoring of consumption data for all types of energy and water in buildings; (3) Calculation of consumption indicators by user-selected independent variables entered in the database data and via preset parameters; (4) Monitoring and target setting for energy expenses and energy savings for building and groups of buildings; (5) Report creation according to user preferences or templates. The tool can be applied in all countries where project partners come from.In order to actively improve energy efficiency in buildings, raise building users’ awareness of energy consumption and utilize measurements from smart meters, creation of an integrated information system for energy monitoring and verification system is the critical first step. An energy management information system (EMIS) for energy consumption dana without any significant analytical engine for data analysis, as accent is put on creating a network of people regularly monitoring and manually entering consumption data in EMIS via the web. Also, there is no smart meter input capability in the system. These two missing features are the focal point of ISEMIC development. ISEMIC aims to upgrade, improve, add functionality and reengineer features of the existing EMIS application used in cities in Croatia used within the project „Removing barriers to energy efficiency in Croatia“, and to enable its transfer to other countries, who are starting to follow the same methodology as in Croatia. The project Consortium has conciliated requirements for the new functionality with the EM project and HIO project which will are the end-users of ISEMIC.   The project will be designed to facilitate use of expert knowledge developed during data gathering and intelligent processing routines. ISEMIC will enable local and national authorities to lead by example and have a tool to help in proving positive effects of increasing energy efficiency and installation of smart meters. The main focus through the R&D efforts in development of ISEMIC will be ensuring constant proper education and learning processes that will ensure that the use of software is flexible and can adapt to emerging changes in energy consumption data, indicators and targets. Only this way the full potential on energy efficiency savings on a national level can be achieved. Overall structure of the project  The basic approach of the project revolves around organizing work in a way where UNDP EEPIC (via EM project and HIO project) provides access to building and consumption data, FER-ZVNE as the leading institution in the Consortium develops ISEMIC together with the UNDP EEPIC, and project partners provide conceptual input, experience with local energy efficiency measures and test the developed alpha, beta and final versions of the software in their countries. Further, all partners will select at least one building to implement a pilot smart metering project where a smart metering system will be installed and ISEMIC used for data gathering and processing. The pilot projects at each participant locations will be consisted of one or more smart meters (i.e. electricity, water, gas) installed in a selected building from which data will be gathered and processed using ISEMIC. 
Short description of the task performed by Croatian partner
Work packages are: 1.     Workshops (kickoff + 4 workshops on selected dates of the project) •       Kickoff workshop: ISEMIC concept development and project operational planning ·         Workshop 1: Energy monitoring in buildings, defining IT support requirements ·         Workshop 2: Validating features of ISEMIC alpha version ·         Workshop 3: Delivery methods for ISEMIC deployment ·         Workshop 4: Wrap-up and forward planning 2.     Drafting a functional specification (FS) of the software 3.     Technical system specification (TSS). FER-ZVNE will define smart metering equipment types and assist all participants in procuring devices to begin with implementation in buildings and preliminary testing. 4.     Software code development . 5.     Alpha version deployment 6.     Interfacing with existing data on buildings and energy consumption 7.     Pilot run The result of the work package is the finished software code, installed on a central server located at FER-ZVNE. 8.     User documentation development 9.     Deployment infrastructure development 10. Training material development. 11. Post Implementation Review   The full list of deliverables is: • Functional specification of ISEMIC • Technical specification of ISEMIC • Software development documentation (feedback reports, issues reports, version tracking) • User documentation • Training material • Lessons learned report 


   

 


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