ENCOURAGE
Embedded iNtelligent COntrols for bUildings with Renewable generAtion and storaGE
| JU grant nr. 269354 ARTEMIS/0002/2010 42 months (Jun 2011 to Nov 2014) | |
| Summary: | The ENCOURAGE project aims to develop embedded intelligence and integration technologies that will directly optimize energy use in buildings and enable active participation in the future smart grid environment. The desired energy savings will be achieved in three complementary ways. Firstly, by developing supervisory control strategies that will be able to coordinate larger subsystems (HVAC, lighting, renewable energy generation, thermal storage, etc) and orchestrate operation of the numerous devices in such systems. The energy use will be optimized as a trade-off between occupants comfort, energy costs and environmental impact while considering people‟s habits, weather conditions, characteristics of appliances, local generation and storage capacities and market conditions. Secondly, through an intelligent gateway with embedded logic supporting inter-building energy exchange. This brokerage agent will communicate directly with other buildings and local producers to negotiate possible use of the electricity produced locally in their premises. And thirdly, by developing novel virtual sub-metering technologies and event-based middleware applications that will support advanced monitoring and diagnostics concepts. Systematic performance monitoring will ensure the achieved savings are sustained over long period of time without being degraded by deteriorated performance of both mechanical equipment and the monitoring and control system itself. The primary application domains are non-residential buildings and campuses, but the project has relevancy also to residential buildings and neighbourhoods. This will be expressed through several demonstrators comprising public and private office buildings, campus buildings, and private homes. ENCOURAGE aims to achieve 20% of energy savings through the improved interoperability between various types of energy generation, consumption and storage devices; inter-building energy exchange; and systematic performance monitoring. |
| Funding: | Global: 6.37MEUR, CISTER: 266KEUR |
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| Contact Person at CISTER: | Luis Miguel Pinho |
5, Jun, 2015
CISTER participates in ARTEMIS CO-SUMMIT
CISTER Researchers Luis Lino Ferreira, Geoffrey Nelissen, Eduardo Tovar and Luis Miguel Pinho participated in the 2015 Artemis/ITEA Co-summit held in Berlin. They were representing CISTER as members of several ongoing and finalized European projects, namely: EMC2, CONCERTO, Arrowhead, ENCOURAGE, CarCode and P-SOCRATES.
The Co-summit 2015 organized by ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking on embedded systems and ITEA, the EUREKA Cluster on software-intensive systems and services – counted about 700 participants from industry, academia, public authorities and press from all over Europe. This year's theme was: Smart Industry: Impact of Software Innovation.
During this event, Eduardo Tovar participated in the Artemis General Assembly and the election for the Artemis Steering Board as a candidate. Luis Miguel Pinho was invited to present a talk in the Speakers Corner on Mixed Criticality related to the actual status of the CISTER-lead European project P-SOCRATES. Geoffrey Nelissen represented CISTER in the CONCERTO booth and Luis Lino Ferreira was also representing CISTER in the CarCode and Arrowhead booths.
Finally, Luis Miguel Pinho and Luis Lino Ferreira, together with the ENCOURAGE project leader Arne Skou, received the achievement award for the successful finalization of the ENCOURAGE project.
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Journal Papers
Lessons learned in building a middleware for smart grids CISTER-TR-160508
Marcel Macarulla, Michele Albano, Luis Lino Ferreira, César TeixeiraJournal of Green Engineering (JGE), River Publishers. Aug 2016, Volume 6, Issue 1, pp 1-26.http://www.riverpublishers.com/journal.php?j=JGE/6/1/jart
Marcel Macarulla, Michele Albano, Luis Lino Ferreira, César TeixeiraJournal of Green Engineering (JGE), River Publishers. Aug 2016, Volume 6, Issue 1, pp 1-26.http://www.riverpublishers.com/journal.php?j=JGE/6/1/jart
PDFConvergence of Smart Grid ICT architectures for the last mile CISTER-TR-141204
Michele Albano, Luis Lino Ferreira, Luis Miguel PinhoTransactions on Industrial Informatics (TII), IEEE. Feb 2015, Volume 11, Issue 1, pp 187-197.
Michele Albano, Luis Lino Ferreira, Luis Miguel PinhoTransactions on Industrial Informatics (TII), IEEE. Feb 2015, Volume 11, Issue 1, pp 187-197.
Message-oriented middleware for smart grids CISTER-TR-140803
Michele Albano, Luis Lino Ferreira, Luis Miguel Pinho, Abdel Rahman AlkhawajaComputer Standards and Interfaces, Elsevier. Feb 2015, Volume 38, pp 133-143.
Michele Albano, Luis Lino Ferreira, Luis Miguel Pinho, Abdel Rahman AlkhawajaComputer Standards and Interfaces, Elsevier. Feb 2015, Volume 38, pp 133-143.
Passive Fault-Tolerance Management in Component-based Embedded Systems CISTER-TR-150505
Luis Miguel Nogueira, Jorge CoelhoComputing and Informatics (JCAI), Slovak Academy of Sciences. 2015, Volume 35, Issue 1, pp 23-44.
Luis Miguel Nogueira, Jorge CoelhoComputing and Informatics (JCAI), Slovak Academy of Sciences. 2015, Volume 35, Issue 1, pp 23-44.
Smarter grid through collective intelligence: user awareness for enhanced performance CISTER-TR-150201
Marcel Macarulla, Michele AlbanoSocial Technologies (Social Technologies), Mykolas Romeris University. Dec 2014, Volume 4, Issue 2, pp 385-400.
Marcel Macarulla, Michele AlbanoSocial Technologies (Social Technologies), Mykolas Romeris University. Dec 2014, Volume 4, Issue 2, pp 385-400.
Convergence to the European Energy Policy in European countries: case studies and comparison CISTER-TR-140617
César Teixeira, Michele Albano, Arne Skou, Lara Pérez Dueñas, Francesco Antonacci, Rodrigo Ferreira, Keld Lotzfeldt Pedersen, Sandra ScalariSocial Technologies (Social Technologies), Mykolas Romeris University. 2014, Volume 4, Issue 1, pp 7-18.
César Teixeira, Michele Albano, Arne Skou, Lara Pérez Dueñas, Francesco Antonacci, Rodrigo Ferreira, Keld Lotzfeldt Pedersen, Sandra ScalariSocial Technologies (Social Technologies), Mykolas Romeris University. 2014, Volume 4, Issue 1, pp 7-18.
Conference or Workshop Papers/Talks
ENCOURAGEing Results on ICT for Energy Efficient Buildings CISTER-TR-160601
Thibaut Le Guilly, Arne Skou, Petur Olsen, Per Printz Madsen, Michele Albano, Luis Lino Ferreira, Luis Miguel Pinho, Miquel Casals, Marcel Macarulla, Marta Gangolells21st IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA 2016). 6 to 9, Sep, 2016. Berlin, Germany.
Thibaut Le Guilly, Arne Skou, Petur Olsen, Per Printz Madsen, Michele Albano, Luis Lino Ferreira, Luis Miguel Pinho, Miquel Casals, Marcel Macarulla, Marta Gangolells21st IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA 2016). 6 to 9, Sep, 2016. Berlin, Germany.
Smarter grid through collective intelligence: user awareness for enhanced performance CISTER-TR-141007
Michele Albano, Marcel MacarullaInternational Academic Conference on Social Technologies ’14 (SocTech14). 23 to 24, Oct, 2014, Plenary Session. Vilnius, Lithuania.
Michele Albano, Marcel MacarullaInternational Academic Conference on Social Technologies ’14 (SocTech14). 23 to 24, Oct, 2014, Plenary Session. Vilnius, Lithuania.
Towards Holistic Analysis for Fork-Join Parallel/Distributed Real-Time Tasks CISTER-TR-140707
Ricardo Garibay-Martínez, Luis Lino Ferreira, Geoffrey Nelissen, Luis Miguel PinhoWork in Progress Session, 26th Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS 2014). 8 to 11, Jul, 2014, pp 21-24. Madrid, Spain.
Ricardo Garibay-Martínez, Luis Lino Ferreira, Geoffrey Nelissen, Luis Miguel PinhoWork in Progress Session, 26th Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS 2014). 8 to 11, Jul, 2014, pp 21-24. Madrid, Spain.
On the Scheduling of Fork-Join Parallel/Distributed Real-Time Tasks CISTER-TR-140601
Ricardo Garibay-Martínez, Geoffrey Nelissen, Luis Lino Ferreira, Luis Miguel Pinho9th IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Embedded Systems (SIES 2014). 15 to 17, Jun, 2014, Real-time scheduling. Pisa, Italy.
Ricardo Garibay-Martínez, Geoffrey Nelissen, Luis Lino Ferreira, Luis Miguel Pinho9th IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Embedded Systems (SIES 2014). 15 to 17, Jun, 2014, Real-time scheduling. Pisa, Italy.
QoS enabled Middleware for Real-time Industrial Control Systems CISTER-TR-131003
Luis Lino Ferreira, Michele Albano, Luis Miguel Pinho18th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2013), IEEE. 10 to 13, Sep, 2013. Cagliari, Italy.
Luis Lino Ferreira, Michele Albano, Luis Miguel Pinho18th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2013), IEEE. 10 to 13, Sep, 2013. Cagliari, Italy.
The ENCOURAGE ICT architecture for heterogeneous smart grids CISTER-TR-130403
Michele Albano, Luis Lino Ferreira, Thibaut Le Guilly, Manuel Ramiro, Eduardo Faria, Lara Pérez Dueñas, Rodrigo Ferreira, Earl Gaylard, David Jorquera Cubas, Eammon Roarke, Daniel Lux, Sandra Scalari, Susanne Majlund Sørensen, Marta Gangolells, Luis Miguel Pinho, Arne Skou11, Apr, 2013.IEEE EuroCon 2013, Zagreb, Croatia, 1-4 July 2013.
Michele Albano, Luis Lino Ferreira, Thibaut Le Guilly, Manuel Ramiro, Eduardo Faria, Lara Pérez Dueñas, Rodrigo Ferreira, Earl Gaylard, David Jorquera Cubas, Eammon Roarke, Daniel Lux, Sandra Scalari, Susanne Majlund Sørensen, Marta Gangolells, Luis Miguel Pinho, Arne Skou11, Apr, 2013.IEEE EuroCon 2013, Zagreb, Croatia, 1-4 July 2013.
Message Oriented Middleware with QoS Support for Smart Grids HURRAY-TR-120709
Abdel Rahman Alkhawaja, Luis Lino Ferreira, Michele AlbanoINForum 2012 - Conference on Embedded Systems and Real Time. (INForum 2012). 6 to 7, Oct, 2012. Caparica, Portugal.InForum 2012
Abdel Rahman Alkhawaja, Luis Lino Ferreira, Michele AlbanoINForum 2012 - Conference on Embedded Systems and Real Time. (INForum 2012). 6 to 7, Oct, 2012. Caparica, Portugal.InForum 2012
ENCOURAGE architecture: support for heterogeneous smart grids CISTER-TR-121101
Luis Lino Ferreira, Michele Albano, Thibaut Le Guilly, Manuel Ramiro, Eduardo Faria, Lara Pérez Dueñas, Rodrigo Ferreira, Earl Gaylard, Francesc Pelegrin, Eammon Roarke, Daniel Lux, Sandra Scalari, Susanne Majlund Sørensen, Marta Gangolells, Luis Miguel Pinho, Arne SkouIEEE International Energy Conference and Exhibition (ENERGYCON 2012). 9 to 12, Sep, 2012. Florence, Italy.
Luis Lino Ferreira, Michele Albano, Thibaut Le Guilly, Manuel Ramiro, Eduardo Faria, Lara Pérez Dueñas, Rodrigo Ferreira, Earl Gaylard, Francesc Pelegrin, Eammon Roarke, Daniel Lux, Sandra Scalari, Susanne Majlund Sørensen, Marta Gangolells, Luis Miguel Pinho, Arne SkouIEEE International Energy Conference and Exhibition (ENERGYCON 2012). 9 to 12, Sep, 2012. Florence, Italy.
QoS-enabled Middleware for Smart Grids HURRAY-TR-120711
Abdel Rahman Alkhawaja, Luis Lino Ferreira, Michele Albano, Ricardo Garibay-Martínez38th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA 2012). 5 to 8, Sep, 2012, Work-In-Progress Session. Cesme, Türkiye.
Abdel Rahman Alkhawaja, Luis Lino Ferreira, Michele Albano, Ricardo Garibay-Martínez38th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA 2012). 5 to 8, Sep, 2012, Work-In-Progress Session. Cesme, Türkiye.
Conference or Workshop Posters/Demos
On Program Restructuring for Cluster-based Highly Parallel Embedded Architectures CISTER-TR-140908
Luis Miguel Pinho, Ismael Marín Carrión, Luis Lino FerreiraPoster presented in INFORUM - Simpósio de Informática (INFORUM 2014). 4 to 5, Sep, 2014. Porto, Portugal.
Luis Miguel Pinho, Ismael Marín Carrión, Luis Lino FerreiraPoster presented in INFORUM - Simpósio de Informática (INFORUM 2014). 4 to 5, Sep, 2014. Porto, Portugal.
Middlewares for Embedded Systems CISTER-TR-140609
César Teixeira, Joel Gonçalves, Luis Lino Ferreira, Ricardo Garibay-Martínez, Michele Albano, Luis Miguel PinhoPoster presented in 8th IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Embedded Systems (SIES'13). 19 to 21, Jun, 2013. Porto, Portugal.
César Teixeira, Joel Gonçalves, Luis Lino Ferreira, Ricardo Garibay-Martínez, Michele Albano, Luis Miguel PinhoPoster presented in 8th IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Embedded Systems (SIES'13). 19 to 21, Jun, 2013. Porto, Portugal.
Parallel Real-time Support for Distributed Adaptive Embedded Applications HURRAY-TR-120101
Ricardo Garibay-Martínez, Luis Lino Ferreira, Luis Miguel PinhoPoster presented in Design Tools and Architectures for Multi-Core Embedded Computing Platforms (PARMA-DITAM). 24, Jan, 2012. Paris, France.Workshop in conjunction with the 7th International Conference on High-Performance and Embedded Architectures and Compilers (HiPEAC 2012).
Ricardo Garibay-Martínez, Luis Lino Ferreira, Luis Miguel PinhoPoster presented in Design Tools and Architectures for Multi-Core Embedded Computing Platforms (PARMA-DITAM). 24, Jan, 2012. Paris, France.Workshop in conjunction with the 7th International Conference on High-Performance and Embedded Architectures and Compilers (HiPEAC 2012).