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WP4 - Monitoring & Control


Objective

The overall objective of this WP is the development of low-cost passive and active monitoring and control systems for diagnosis, management and assessment of the building-plant system optimising the energy demand and user comfort - with special attention to the demands of historic buildings in terms of 
(i) building conservation and
(ii) microclimate for cultural heritage collection. 

Looking at the realisation levels, the objectives in this WP are threefold:

Integrated Monitoring & Automation Concept

There is first of all the need of an Integrated Monitoring & Automation Concept, where information on climatic conditions, comfort and energy use are brought together and translated into commands for heating & ventilation system, humidifier, dehumidifier, cooling system etc. The concept will especially assess the 
  • (i) users’ comfort, 
  • (ii) energy demand and 
  • (iii) protection of both the historic building fabric and the cultural heritage collections 
It will integrate dynamic building model and process simulation results and balance out the requirements related to users comfort, energy consumption and cultural heritage protection - with “veto right” on the latter

Wireless Sensor Networks

In parallel a flexible WSN for the real-time monitoring targeted for historic buildings has to be designed and its performance has to be optimised, with particular attention to the autonomy and reliability of the whole network.

Specific objectives can be formulated as follows:
  • Physical node size of the WSN not exceeding a few cubic centimeters
  • Sensors lifetime from several years to tens of years.
  • Optimized Trade-off between lifetime and quality of service (QoS) of the network
  • Standard protocols for WSN and thus ability to communicate with components already on-site.
Building Management System

The third objective is to define and develop a suitable Building Management Sysatem (BMS) for several types of Historic Buildings, related with the case of study, in terms of architecture, software and hardware environment, control services, data bases and user interfaces.

 Deliverables

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