eDIANA (Embedded Systems for Energy Efficient Buildings) addresses the need of achieving energy efficiency in buildings through innovative solutions based on embedded systems.
The main goal of eDIANA, in line with SP7, is to enable sustainable urban life through rationalisation in the use of resources while increasing comfort in urban environments by means of embedded intelligence and integration technologies. The eDIANA approach is to achieve greater efficiency in use of resources, prioritising energy as scarce resource, more flexibility in the provision of resources and better situation awareness for the citizen and for service and infrastructure owners. This will be achieved through the deployment and interoperation of embedded systems throughout the eDIANA environment of buildings and intrabuilding units. eDIANA’s main outcome of application is in fact the improved energy efficiency in residential and nonresidential buildings, first priority for SP7.
eDIANA is a strong application-oriented initiative which is focus on the conceptualisation, design, development, demonstration and validation of the eDIANA Platform, which will integrate intelligent embedded devices, installed in residential and non residential buildings to improve energy efficiency and optimize overall energy consumption, production and storage. This project is part of an ambitious industrial research and development approach where Cells (living/working units), being part of macro-Cells (residential and non-residential buildings), will be connected to others in a more complex network at a district or urban area, not only as energy consumer but also producer. Both Cells and macro-Cells will rely on embedded technologies (devices, sensors, control software, integration middleware, protocols, design methods and tools, reference architectures, system modeling etc) to deliver the energy management functions required to fulfil the objectives of the eDIANA project.
eDIANA, as part of the ARTEMIS JTI on Embedded Computing Systems, will address the design, development and deployment of ubiquitous, interoperable and cost-effective, dependable, safe and secure electronics and software systems for the domain of energy efficiency in buildings.
eDIANA reference design and architectures will be evaluated through intensive demonstration activities first at a pre-industrial phase, validating the technical integration of the various modules developed as different parts of the project and secondly, at a real-scale demonstration in four different pilots across Europe, including residential and nonresidential scenarios.
Coordinator Acciona Infraestructuras (Spain)
Other participants:
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Energia Elettrica e dell'Informazione "Guglielmo Marconi" - DEI
- Resp. scientifico: Prof. Roberto Verdone
Atos Origin (Spain)
Elsag Datamat (Italy)
European Software Institute (Spain)
Fidelix (Finland)
Gaia (Spain)
Information & Image Management Systems (Spain)
Infineon Technologies (Germany)
Tecnalia-Labein (Spain)
Fagor Electrodomesticos (Spain)
Philips Electronics Netherlands Apptech (The Netherlands)
Philips Consumer Lifestyle (The Netherlands)
Philips Research (Germany)
St Microelectronics (Italy)
Task24 (The Netherlands)
Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza” (Italy)
Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus Vtt (Finland)
Ziv Medida (Spain)
Ikerlan (Spain)
Mondragon Goi Eskola Politeknikoa (Spain)
Start date 01/02/2009
End date 31/01/2012
Duration 36 months
Project Reference 100012
Project cost 17.330.469 EURO (Quota UNIBO: 883.700 EURO)
Project Funding 7.500.279 EURO (Quota UNIBO: 417.600 EURO)
Area FP7- JTI-ARTEMIS
Subprogramme Area ARTEMIS-SubProgramme 7 Embedded Technology for Sustainable Urban Life
Contract type ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking