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D1.1 Pilot technical

characterization and operation

scenarios

The RESPOND Consortium 2017

Integrated Demand REsponse

SOlution Towards Energy

POsitive NeighbourhooDs

WP 1: Pilot site characterization

T 1.1: Operation scenarios and technical

characterization of pilot sites

Ref. Ares(2018)1737673 - 29/03/2018


D1.1 Pilot technical characterization and operation scenarios

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PROJECT ACRONYM RESPOND

DOCUMENT D1.1 Pilot technical characterization and operation

scenarios

TYPE (DISTRIBUTION LEVEL) ☐ Public

☐ Confidential

☐ Restricted

DELIVERY DUE DATE 31/03/2018

DATE OF DELIVERY 27/03/2018

STATUS AND VERSION v1.0 - Final

DELIVERABLE RESPONSIBLE FEN

AUTHOR (S) Antonio Colino, Rodrigo Lopez, Agustina Yara (FEN)

Toke Haunstrup Christensen (AAU)

Lisbet Stryhn Rasmussen (AURA)

Niels Munthe (ALBOA)

Dara Ó Maoildhia, Avril Sharkey (ARAN)

OFFICIAL REVIEWER(S) Francisco Javier Diez (TEK)



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DOCUMENT HISTORY

ISSUE DATE CONTENT AND CHANGES

v0.1 11/12/2017 First version

v0.2 09/02/2018 FEN first contributions

v0.3 16/02/2018 Madrid Pilot Site first contributions

v0.4 16/03/2018 Aarhus and Aran Islands Pilot Sites first contributions

v0.5 22/03/2018 Contributions updated

v0.6 23/03/2018 AURA review

v0.7 26/03/2018 TEK review

v1.0 27/03/2018 Final version



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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Respond Projects aims to fill the gap between the ongoing Demand Response initiatives currently focused in

the biggest customers with high energy demand and the households with very small one. The objective of this

project is to design, implement and test Demand Response solution for small dwellings which, acting like a

large group, can also provide valuable services to the grid avoiding peak hour stress while benefiting from

cheaper and cleaner energy.

To demonstrate these solutions, Respond is using tree pilot sites selected in different countries and distinctive

characteristics in order to achieve a wider range of possibilities for demo purposes. Inhabitant living in this pilot

will be engaged to take part in trials to prove the suitability of the idea proposed.

As a first step for the proper course of the project, a detailed description of the selected pilots is key. Through

this deliverable this task is addressed with regards to a general description of the pilots, devices and technology

details (including legacy devices in households and shared areas and the new ones to be installed covering

generation, demand, storage, home automation, sensors and GUIs), energy aspects, consumer profiles and

operation scenarios.

The methodology followed to ease this characterization has consisted on the design and use of specific, user-

friendly templates for data collection. In addition to the described above scope, the opportunity has been also

used to gather sociological information that would be very useful during the iterative process of engagement to

be carried out in a later step during the project.

Further to the technical characterization of the existing pilots, several KPIs have been defined based on the

previous analysis of the selected sites. These aforementioned indicators will be used during project life time for

two main goals. On one hand, they will serve as a simple, fair and reasonable comparison between the different

pilots to measure not only the starting point but also the performance of the Demand Response solutions

implemented compared within the variety of available boundary conditions. On the other hand, these KPIs will

be used to monitor time evolution of the main variables of the pilots throughout the project tasks.



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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction 10

2. Scope and Methodology 11

2.1 Templates for data collection 11

3. Characterization of Pilot Sites 16

3.1 Ireland 16

3.1.1 General Description 17

3.1.2 Devices and technology 19

3.1.3 Energy aspects 23

3.1.4 Consumers profiles 24

3.1.5 Operation scenarios 25

3.2 Denmark 26






3.3 Spain 35






4. KPIs Definition 47

5. Conclusions 51



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LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Aran Islands location 17

Figure 2: Inishmore south view 17

Figure 3: Aran Island house 19

Figure 4: Energy monitoring meter 20

Figure 5: PV panels in Aran Islands pilot site 20

Figure 6: Mitsubishi heat pump 21

Figure 7: Aurora inverter 21

Figure 8: Mitsubishi heat pumps 21

Figure 9: Inverter 21

Figure 10: Renault Fluence electric vehicle 22

Figure 11: Heat pump control GUI 22

Figure 12:Aran Islands coal imports 24

Figure 13: Aran Islands, kerosene imports 24

Figure 14: overview of the energy system and power meters in ALBOA public housing estate 31

Figure 15: Monthly production from ALBOA EMS 32

Figure 16: District Aarhus pilot consumption from AffaldVarme Aarhus 32

Figure 17: Madrid pilot site aerial view 35

Figure 18: Madrid pilot site general overview 37

Figure 19: Madrid's several installed meters 38

Figure 20: Madrid central boiler BMS 39

Figure 21: Madrid central boiler gas meter 40

Figure 22: Energomonitor's products range 41

Figure 23: Thermosolar system diagram 42

Figure 24: Madrid central boiler view 44

Figure 25: Madrid pilot electricity consumptions ranked 45

Figure 26: Madrid pilot gas consumptions ranked 45



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LIST OF TABLES

Table 1:Various template's fields 15

Table 2: Devices template's fields 16

Table 3: List of Aran Island pilot houses 17

Table 4: Irish pilot general overview 19

Table 5: Aarhus pilot site general overview 28

Table 6: list of devices to be installed in Aarhus pilot site 29

Table 7: KPI-Consumption per square meter 48

Table 8: KPI-Consumption per cubic meter 48

Table 9: KPI-Consumption per inhabitant 48

Table 10: KPI-Consumption per square meter and inhabitant 49

Table 11: KPI-RES energy generated 49

Table 12: KPI-Energy generation/consumption balance 49

Table 13: KPI-Electricity energy consumption 49

Table 14: KPI-Thermal energy consumption 50

Table 15: KPI-Energy cost per year 50

Table 16: KPI-Energy cost per year and inhabitant 50

Table 17: KPI-Energy cost per year and square meter 50



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ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

AAU Aalborg Universitet

ALBOA Almen Boligorganisation Aarhus

API Application Program Interface

ARAN Comharchumann Fuinnimh Oileain Arann Teoranta

AURA Aura Radgivning AS

BEC Better Energy Communities

BMS Building Management System

DKK Danish Krone

DHW Domestic Hot Water

DR Demand Response

DSM Demand Side Management

DSO Distribution System Operator

DVD Digital Video Disc

EMI External Meter Interface

EMS Energy Management System

ESCO Energy Service Company

EV Electric Vehicle

FEN Fenie Energía

GDPR General Data Protection Regulation

GUI Graphical User Interface

HVAC Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning

IoT Internet of Things

IT Information Technologies

KPI Key Performance Indicator

LED Light Emitting Diode

NUIG National University of Ireland, Galway

PC Personal Computer

PV Photo Voltaic



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SCADA Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition

SEAI Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland

SMS Short Message Service

TEK Fundación Tekniker

ToU Time of Use

TRL Technology Readiness Level

TV Television

VAT Value Added Tax

VCR Video Cassette Recorder

VOC Volatile Organic Compounds



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1. INTRODUCTION

RESPOND Project aims to develop a demand response solution focus on households with the final aim of be

used as prove of the feasibility of this kind of initiatives among small dwellings. Demand response initiatives

have become quite popular recently as a new tool for, both, supply guarantee and energy efficiency and cost

saving measures. But until now these initiatives have been always focussed to large consumers. The idea behind

this project is to study the suitability of demand response programs in residential sector empowering this way

small energy end users. Moreover, the Project is intended to achieve high TRL level, namely level 8 what implies

a completely developed system, tested in real world and almost ready to market.

To demonstrate the full potential of RESPOND solution and approach, three project pilot sites have been

selected to deploy and validate RESPOND solution as part of the project activities. Aran Islands, Aarhus and

Madrid will serve as a prove for the DR solutions proposed within this project.

In order to validate the solution developed it is necessary to use several volunteers in different Pilot sites to carry

out trials to confirm, or not, the utility and performance of the Project. It success lays, among of course other

important factors, in the adequate becoming of the tests conducted during RESPOND Project life in the designed

Pilot Sites, because of that there is a specific task dedicated to characterizing these designed locations from an

energy point of view as well as the energetic user habits of their inhabitants.

This Task, T1.1, also aims to identify the current operation scenarios with two objectives. On one hand it is

necessary to know the baseline to be able to assess correctly the impacts of the demand response solution

developed and, in the other hand, to serve as an input for task T1.4 that deals with identification of possible

demand side opportunities. In addition, relevant KPIs will be identified for validation of the deployed solution.

From the point of view of end users, the pilot site volunteers, their requirements will be collected to guide the

design of the Demand Response platform addressed within this Project.

This deliverable goes firstly through the scope and methodology implemented to define in the best way the

designed Pilot sites explaining what is going to be characterized and how. Coming up next the Pilot Sites main

characteristics are shown with regards to general overview and description, existing devices and technology,

energy aspects, consumers profiles and current operation scenarios. The next text section is reserved to carry

out an end users’ requirements analysis to be used as input for other tasks during the project. Later, the document

goes through the definition of the identified KPIs among the pilots that will be very useful to compare the

selected locations along with their evolution during the Project. Finally, the conclusions section encompasses

all the valuable learnings obtained during this task. There is also an annex that shows with full detail all the

collected information from every single participant in the trials of the Project.



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2. SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY

The scope of this deliverable is to focus on the end user and also in the technology point of view. The end user

is located in the centre of the project as one of the most important stakeholders as they are key for the success

of this initiative. With these regards, the aim of this Project is to deliver a user-friendly solution oriented to

satisfy the end-user requirements and to assign accordingly reliable demand response scenarios. Besides, it is

very important also to take into account the technological perspective as this innovation action implies

sophisticated IT developments with the added difficulty of the seamless integration with existing legacy devices

that are necessary to identify and study well.

In order to create this added value solution, the RESPOND Project will collect end user information regarding

building characteristics, habits and routines, contort, energy provisions, ongoing demand response programs

and some sociological relevant aspects. The existing devices will be also described looking at technical details,

working profiles, energy consumptions, communication protocols, interfaces, etc. and given its nature, namely

generation, demand, storage, home automation/BMS/IoT, metering/sensors or display/GUI. This part is related

with T1.3.

The users’ requirements will be collected during WP3 to guide the solution design encouraging the active

involvement of the consumers as one of the key enablers of a demand response initiative. The approach to be

followed during the project lifetime will take care of that required functionalities are properly included whilst

avoiding useless ones and increasing system quality.

The Pilot site characterization pretends to go enough deeper to know all energy aspects relevant for the Project

including not only devices but also habits and user requirements but always, of course, with the explicit consent

of the end user that will be accompanied through the complete process.

RESPOND will take special care regarding data protection issues as the personal information to be used is very

sensitive. For that purpose, the Project will follow a compliance approach with the new, more restrictive, GDPR

European regulation concerning privacy and legal aspects. Moreover, the RESPOND Ethics approach will avoid

negative impacts among the customers related with privacy intrusions while the IT security design will secure

all communications and information storage to prevent data leaks.

This labour will be provided by the pilot sites coordinators that are in constant contact with the selected

residential areas while having a large knowledge of the specific characteristic of each location regarding

energetic point of view along with sociological and habits one. These point is a success factor towards being

able to engage the final users in the demand response solution designed. ALBOA as a social housing association

with the help of AURA, a local energy provider, will lead the Danish Pilot site. In Aran Islands (Ireland) ARAN

will be in charge of the coordination tasks as the residential houses representative together with the university

NUIG. FEN will take care of the Spanish pilot site as the gas and electricity provider.

2.1 TEMPLATES FOR DATA COLLECTION

With regards to the methodology used, several templates have been developed looking for and easy, quick and

less intrusive method to collect all the necessary data for the Pilots characterization. The idea is to design

specific, user-friendly, oriented templates for each stakeholder (inhabitants, janitors, maintenance managers,



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etc.). Furthermore, it is intended to guide all participants through the templates fulfilment process to help them

and solve any doubt than could arise bearing in mind that it is preferable to collect as much information as

possible from the trials participants in the less intrusive way and trying to take just the necessary time from

them.

For the templates design process, an iterative process among all the partners involved has been carried out as

the different information to collect is related and the objective have been to avoid duplicated fields while keeping

aligned regarding the necessary inputs for the different project tasks. In addition, for an easier standardization

in the information, the use of existing ontologies regarding energy aspects have been widely implemented in the

templates.

Unfortunately, not all the data collection process can be done through templates. Specially related with

engagement process, it is scheduled an interactive process of interviews and direct communication with the

participants.

Bellow there is shown a list of all fields to be collected using templates along with their explanation and an

example:

(Mandatory fields in green)

VARIOUS TEMPLATE

Groups: Households, Building (shared areas)

Field name Category Description Example

Pilot site Pilot site Denmark, Ireland, Spain Spain

Surface Building

characteristics

Total surface in m2 200

Ceiling height Building

characteristics

m 2,7

Floor Building

characteristics

e.g. 2º floor 6

Year of construction Building

characteristics

The year of edification 1979

Isolation materials Building

characteristics

e.g. stone, bricks, etc. Bricks

Orientation Building

characteristics

e.g. N, S, W, E SE

Situation respect other

households/buildings

Building

characteristics

e.g. alone, between other

buildings, standalone

house, flat, etc

flat

Address Building

characteristics

complete address for

location/identification

purposes

Costa Rica 19, Madrid, Spain

Owner/Tenant Habits/routines Owner or tenant Owner

No of inhabitants Habits/routines e.g. family of 4 people 5

No of occasional

people

Habits/routines e.g. 1 person visit once a

week

1

Age of inhabitants Habits/routines e.g. 45/43/12/7 39/36/6/4/2

Hours week days Habits/routines Average hours with

people inside in the

morning/afternoon/night

90%/100%/100%



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Hours weekends Habits/routines Average hours with

people inside in the

morning/afternoon/night

90%/100%/100%

Wake up time week

days

Habits/routines e.g. 07:00 7:00

Wake up time

weekends

Habits/routines e.g. 10:00 7:00

Bedtime week days Habits/routines e.g. 24:00 21:00

Bedtime weekends Habits/routines e.g. 01:00 22:00

Meals at home Habits/routines Indicate if

breakfast/lunch/dinner

takes place at household

5/2/5

Heating temperature

range

Comfort Temperature range

accepted for heating.

e.g. 20ºC-22ºC

18º

Cooling temperature

range



e.g. 24ºC-25ºC

26º

SHW temperature

range



e.g. 45ºC-60ºC

50º

Light level Comfort Preferences regarding

light e.g.

High/medium/low

Medium

House ventilation

habits

Comfort Number of times with

windows opened per

day/week and duration

7

Heating system Comfort o Central heating

system?

o Floor heating or

radiators?

o 1 or two strings central

heating system?

o Type of control:

Central control unit (for

each dwelling or entire

building in case of

blocks of apartments) or

thermostat control on

each radiator?

Central heating system

Cooling system Comfort Central cooling system

or cooling in individual

dwellings (rooms)?

Central cooling system

Ventilation Comfort o Mechanical

ventilation?

-Balanced?

-Possibility to air out?

o Exhaust hoods

installed (e.g. in kitchen)

Manual ventilation



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Building energy

efficiency

Comfort Temperature curves of

the building (i.e. how

fast the indoor

temperature drops in

case of heating turned

off)

Poor isolation. Quick

temperature drop down.

Indoor climate status Comfort e.g. problems with

feeling cold or draught

during winter,

overheating during

summer etc.

No problems

Electricity provider Energy provider Provider company (see

bills)

Fenie Energia

Electricity grid

operator

Energy provider Proprietary of the

grid/responsible for

metering

GNF

Electricity tariff type Energy provider Fix/variable Fix

Electricity price Energy provider Price details 0,123567 €/MWh

Electricity ID grid

number

Energy provider Unique ID to identify

the supply point in the

grid

ES0022000234324234234JT

Gas provider Energy provider Provider company (see

bills)

Central boiler. GNF

Gas grid operator Energy provider Proprietary of the


metering

Central boiler. GNF

Gas tariff type Energy provider Fix/variable Central boiler. Fix price

Gas price Energy provider Price details Central boiler. 0.42 €/MWh

Gas ID grid number Energy provider Unique ID to identify


grid

Central boiler.

ES0135826368225634FT

Water provider Energy provider Provider company (see

bills)

Canal Isabel II

Water grid operator Energy provider Proprietary of the


metering

Canal Isabel II

Water tariff type Energy provider Fix/variable Fix

Water price Energy provider Price details 0,006

Water ID grid number Energy provider Unique ID to identify


grid

1926372698712

Heat provider Energy provider Provider company (see

bills)

AffaldVarme

Heat grid operator Energy provider Proprietary of the


metering

AffaldVarme

Heat tariff type Energy provider Fix/variable Fix price

Heat price Energy provider Price details 0.25 €/MWh



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Heat ID grid number Energy provider Unique ID to identify


grid

H1273019273

Possibility of time-of-

use price scheme

Energy provider Yes/no, in what energy? Yes

Current demand

response programs

Demand response Yes/No (Name) Thermostatic Valve

DR program

description

Demand response Demand response

programs details

Central boiler savings

Comfort requirements User requirements thermal, lightning, etc

requirements

4 out of 5 (0 less important, 5

max priority)

App/dashboard

requirements

User requirements Options, graphics, data,

configuration

possibilities, etc that the

user would like to have

available


max priority)

Interaction

requirements

User requirements ¿automatic actions,

number of alerts,

common interface, etc?


max priority)

Security requirements User requirements Security concerns 2 out of 5 (0 less important, 5

max priority)

Privacy requirements User requirements Privacy concerns 2 out of 5 (0 less important, 5

max priority)

Costs requirements User requirements Service cost reasonable

range expectations.


max priority)

Benefits requirements User requirements Service benefits

expectations


max priority) Table 1:Various template's fields

DEVICES TEMPLATE

Groups: Generation, demand, storage, Home automation/BMS/IoT, Metering/sensors, Display/GUI

Field name Category Description Example

Household / Building

No.

Household Related No. In the list of

households

1231

Energy use Technical

information

e.g. lighting, IT, climate,

etc.

Climate

Manufacturer Technical

information

Name of the

manufacturer

Mitsubishi

Model Technical

information

Model of the device ZEN

Technology Technical

information

e.g. LED, Bulb, etc Inverter

Fabrication year Technical

information

Year of fabrication 2015

Purchase year Technical

information

Year since the device is

working

2015

Power/capacity Energy information kW or kWh 5,5

Efficiency label Energy information e.g. A++, A+, A, B, etc A++



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monophasic / three

phasic

Energy information Type of electrical

connection

Monophasic

Average yearly

consumption

Energy information e.g. 3500 kWh/year 2000

Average yearly

working hours

Use information e.g.1500 h 450

Working profile /

seasonality

Use information e.g. 3 h/day in week

days, 5h/day weekends

5h/day

Sequencing Use information Info about the working

sequence

continuous sequence

(afternoon)

Flexibility Use information Is it possible to modify

the working profile?

Yes

Modulation Use information Is it possible to modify

the

consumption/generation,

etc?

Yes

Additional details Additional details Any other relevant

information not suitable

in previous fields

4 runing modes, including

eco.

Account settlement

schemes

Additional details e.g. annual or hourly net

metering?

Hourly

Feedback to residents Additional details Existing feedback to

residents?

Yes

Table 2: Devices template's fields

3. CHARACTERIZATION OF PILOT SITES

As exposed above to demonstrate the full potential of RESPOND solution and approach, three project pilot sites

have been selected to deploy and validate RESPOND solution as part of the project activities. These Pilot sites

have been intentionally chosen at different geographical locations, in different climatic zones, having different

underlying energy systems, forms of ownership (both rental as well as home-owners), population densities, thus

providing a diversity of opportunities for project demonstration.

Further pilot information is explained in detail through the following sections. For a better comprehension of

the characterization of the pilots, this document will present firstly a qualitative description focusing on the

average, more frequent cases in each pilot while the individual quantitative detail of all the dwellings included

in the trials will be allocated in the annex I of this document.

3.1 IRELAND

The location of the first pilot site is on Inishmore, the largest of the three Aran Islands in the mouth of Galway

Bay. With a population of approximately 800 people, the island itself is very exposed to the elements,

particularly during the winter months as it has very little shelter. The islands, which are very popular with



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tourists - especially in the summer season - are very isolated and have little in the line of services that one might

see in some of the other pilot areas.

This report will focus on the selected houses engaged so far in the early engagement process. At the moment of

submitting this document 5 houses will taking part in RESPOND pilot while efforts to try to join more

participants keep going.

Pilot Name Inishmore (Ireland)

Location Inishmore, Aran Islands, Co. Galway, Ireland

Building type Residential – standalone houses

Number of buildings 5

Potential outreach 24 separate buildings spread over the island Table 3: List of Aran Island pilot houses

Below are some images of the pilot site:

Figure 1: Aran Islands location

Figure 2: Inishmore south view

3.1.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The below table encompasses a general overview of the Irish pilot site at the beginning of the project:

PILOT 3 GENERAL INFORMATION

Project pilot name ARAN ISLANDS (IRELAND)

Location Aran Islands, Cottage Rd, Galway, Ireland

Building Type Residential (dwellings and community buildings)

Number of buildings/customers involved in the project demonstration

24 preselected dwellings

Potential outreach (in number of buildings/customers): Up to 448 dwellings of Aran Islands (and theoretically up to 2.3 Mill customers through support of ESB Networks)

PILOT 3 DESCRIPTION

Pilot overview Photos of Pilot

The Aran Islands are located approximately 10 nautical miles from County Galway on the West Coast of Ireland (Ros a Mhíl to Inis Mór). There are 3 islands in total Inis Mór, Inis Meáin, Inis Oírr comprising a total population of approximately 1,225 inhabitants (this doubles during the Summer months from tourist activity). There are in total 448 individual dwellings with an average occupancy of 2.4 per dwelling, of which 24 dwellings are preselected for demonstration activities of RESPOND system. The climate is temperate with average temperature ranges of 14°C in Summer to 6°C in Winter. The prevailing winds are West/South West.



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In 2008 (baseline year), the total annual electrical energy consumption for all 3 Islands was approximately 3,942kWhr, which is provided via a 3MW cable connection to the mainland. In the same year, fuel for space heating and transportation amounted to 294,844 litres of Kerosene, 255,297 litres of Diesel, 648,000kg of coal and 211,400 litres of transport diesel equating to an import dependency of 89% for heating purposes compared with and 82% import dependency on the mainland.

Energy/IT Ecosystem

The energy demands for the Islands in 2008 are found to be 64% Heating (space and water), 23% electricity and 13% transport.

Installed wind based renewable energy stood at 675 kW (3 x 225 kW Vestas V25 wind turbines) capacity in 2008 (Inis Meáin)

equating to approximately 38% provision of electricity on the Islands in 2008 although they are outside of the pilot scope.

Between 2008 and 2015, Aran Islands embarked on ambitious program to reduce the 3 island’s dependency on fossil fuels by

converting their heating and transportation infrastructure from a fossil fuel based one to an electrical one, thereby reducing the

dependency in energy imports by 84% from the 2008 levels.

The technologies chosen to reduce the dependency on fossil fuels included increased levels of insulation (23%), electrification

of the heating and transportation requirements (48%) and an increase of wind energy capacity to 1.8MW (13%).

The electrification of the heating and transportation takes the form of heat pumps, storage heaters, electrical vehicles and a

deployment of both photo-voltaic (PV) and solar-thermal arrays on a number of the residences on the islands.

Smart metering exists in terms of temperature sensors and power meters, while a number of consumption devices (e.g. for heating) can be controlled wirelessly. Nevertheless, additional home automation and smart metering devices will be considered for full blown deployment of RESPOND system.

PILOT 3 TECHNICAL FEATURES

Technical system / Scope

Availability

Description existing

instalment/ available support

instalment/ support could be

provided

BMS/EMS system (for data acquisition)

√ Data monitoring system exists within some of the community. Temperature sensors and smart meters (electrical) are installed in a large number of the residences

BMS/EMS system (possible automated control)

√ Automated control of the PV arrays and storage batteries available. Control of electrical vehicle battery storage also possible.

Smart Meters

√

Smart metering is currently only available for electricity consumption. There is a possibility for installation of heat consumption metering.

Smart Appliances

√

Quantum electrical storage heaters are installed in a number

of the houses. Installed Heat pumps can also be internet

addressed. PV arrays are capable of being grid connected.

IoT Devices/Platform √

At this moment there is no Smart Appliances deployed in the Pilot Site. It would be part of this project to choose/develop appropriate solution.

On-site renewables

√

150 kW of PV and solar-thermal arrays are deployed in 100 residences. There are 10 homes with geothermal heating. Currently planning for 2.7 MW of wind energy and 1 MW of solar PV.

Energy Storage / Electric Vehicles √

Currently, there are 9 Renault electric vehicles utilized at the Islands communities. Storage batteries are also available with the possibility for control.

Demand Response Program √

Different demand response programs could be investigated with respect to the electricity consumption via 3MW island-mainland interconnector by exploiting energy assets at site.



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Variable/ToU tariffs √

Variable tariffs are already applied and available from ESB Networks which are serving as energy providers of Islands via island-mainline power line.

Energy Provider / ESCO / Network Operator

√ ESB Networks (will provide support) are serving as both energy provider and distribution system operator for the Aran Islands.

Table 4: Irish pilot general overview

All five houses have their own individual connection to the electricity supply and there is a meter within each

dwelling where the electricity usage can be easily tracked. There is no gas connection available on the island,

and so the households that have gas appliances (cookers only in this case) use bottled gas which is imported

onto the island and sold by various vendors.

Since the introduction of the Better Energy Communities (BEC) [1] scheme in Ireland in 2012 (by the

Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland SEAI), which is still running, fossil fuel imports into the island have

steadily declined. This is great news for our environment and a testament to the success of the scheme. Up to

50% of the houses across the three islands have been retrofitted to some degree, with many having solar water

heaters or PV panels installed. There has been a huge amount of insulation work carried out also, as a lot of

dwellings on the islands are older buildings, built of stone and poorly insulated. There are currently 9 electric

vehicles on Inishmore, and we hope to see this steadily increase over time. There have been several incentive

schemes rolled out over the past few years to increase interest in and purchases of EVs.

Figure 3: Aran Island house

The five houses early engaged are representative of the situation in the island. They range in size from about

110m² and 165m² with ceiling heights ranging between 2.4 and 2.7 metres. There is a vast difference in the age

of the buildings as one is an old stone house, part of it up to 300 years old, another is timber-frame and others

are block-built. There are also extensions attached to some houses that were added at different times. Two of

the houses are north facing and the other three are south/south westerly facing houses.

3.1.2 DEVICES AND TECHNOLOGY

For it to be possible to gain an understanding of the situation in each household or to study the energy practices

in the homes, the energy using/producing devices within the dwellings must be discussed.

Energy Generation

Thanks to the BEC scheme, a scheme funded by the SEAI in Ireland, where homeowners receive partial funding

for retrofitting their home, making them more comfortable and energy efficient, there are PV panels on each of

the houses in our pilot study. Along with 2kw PV panels, each of the dwellings has been fitted with an air to



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water heat pump, which work well together. Apart from standard metering systems on the electricity usage

within the household, the electricity generated by the PV panels is monitored on the inverter panel, and the

energy being used and generated by the heat pump is monitored in its control panel. The installation of smart

monitoring equipment in the dwellings would allow for easy adjustment of the conditions within the household

(remotely when desired) as well as a reduction in energy use, or at least a more efficient use of energy within

the homes.

There are two energy monitoring meters present inhouse no.1 of the dwellings which track the usage of

electricity within the household and the power generated by the PV panels which lie outside on the ground.

Below is a photo of the meters discussed (left) and the right a photo of the PV panels at ground level;

Figure 4: Energy monitoring meter

Figure 5: PV panels in Aran Islands pilot site

Energy Storage.

All of the houses store energy in some shape or form. For the most part it is stored in the form of hot water in

cylinders within the house for use when needed. Only one of the dwellings has a battery storage system, which

is being used to store excess energy produced from the PV panels. Three of the dwellings have electric water

storage heaters installed in the property also.

There is no DR equipment installed in any of the dwellings. As part of this project a programme suitable to the

dwellings could be applied.

Demand appliances

The appliance in each house which causes the most demand for electricity is the heat pump and the storage

heaters, particularly in winter months when the weather on the island is much colder. 2 of the 5 houses are fitted

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were installed less than a year ago and so the households are still establishing a routine that suits their needs.

These houses have swapped from fossil fuel to electric and are still getting used to the new system.

The fourth dwelling has a 11 kW Mitsubishi heat pump since late 2016. The fifth dwelling has a 5.5 kW Daiken

heat pump and Aurora inverter, installed in 2014.

Figure 6: Mitsubishi heat pump

Figure 7: Aurora inverter

Figure 8: Mitsubishi heat pumps

Figure 9: Inverter

Each house also operates a washing machine and a tumble dryer, along with other normal household appliances

such as refrigerator and freezer(s), dishwashers etc. All houses have gas hob cookers. Some have electric

showers, oil-filled radiators, fan heaters, power tools, hot blankets, dehumidifiers, etc. Some also have an

electric oven/grill. One of the dwellings also operates an electric vehicle (Renault Fluence).



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Figure 10: Renault Fluence electric vehicle

GUI interfaces

There are GUIs installed in all of the dwellings. These relate to the heat pump and the PV panels in each house.

They are user friendly and simple to use. Please find below a photograph of the GUI installed in 3 of the

dwellings to control the heat pump.

Figure 11: Heat pump control GUI

New devices intended to be installed in individual households:

▪ Generation devices: No generation devices to be installed.

▪ Demand appliances: No demand appliances to be installed.

▪ Storage equipment: No storage equipment to be installed.

▪ Home automation/BMS/IoT devices: During the project it is intended to install the following

products:

Thermostat controls on every radiator, that can be controlled by the RESPOND App.

Develco products:

Smart relay: The Smart Plug Mini monitors the power consumption and enables the user to control

electrical equipment by switching it on or off remotely. The ZigBee-based smart plug can easily be

integrated with other ZigBee product.

Humidity Sensor: The ZigBee-based Humidity Sensor measures humidity levels in any room and

provides immediate alerts if the climate fluctuates to unsafe levels. The sensor can activate an existing

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ventilation system to help reduce condensation levels and trigger a thermostat, an air-conditioner, or a

portable heater.

External Meter Interface: The EMI collects readings and information from existing meters and send data

via the ZigBee communication to appliances in the building. The External Meter Interface works with

different kinds of meters, including power, water, gas or heating.

Temperature sensor: The ZigBee-based temperature sensor measures the temperature every 2 minutes.

The sensor operates under the ZigBee standard. The average battery life of the Temperature Sensor is 6

years.

Smart Thermostat: The Thermostatic Radiator Valve is designed to be incorporated into the home

heating system. The Smart Thermostat helps to maintain a comfortable room temperature by controlling

the flow of hot water to home radiators. By regulating the flow of hot water, users can maintain their

desired room temperature to suit various needs.

Meters/sensors: Calorimeter (Kampstrup MC 602) is to be installed during the project to provide real

time insight about heat consumptions. The Calorimeter will measure heat consumption for both space

heating and hot water production.

3.1.3 ENERGY ASPECTS

There are two different energy providers, operating different tariffs, to consider in this project. The energy

providers concerned are Airtricity and Electric Ireland. Only one house of the five is using the night-rate meter

as well as the standard one. They take advantage of this cheaper rate by charging their car at night and set the

dishwasher to come on at night also. They also use the night rate for their storage heaters. This would likely be

reversed on certain days with DR technology as they could make use of the excess power being produced by

their PV.

While gas is an option to heat many Irish homes, it is not available to anyone on the Aran Islands. Gas is only

used in barrels, purchased upfront for cookers etc.

Irish Water, the state-run water utility company, recently installed meters on the boundary of each dwelling on

the island. However, at the moment there are no charges on the water being used by domestic buildings.

Four of the five buildings in this pilot area have 2kw of solar photovoltaic panels installed. One is at ground

level and the rest are new installations on the rooftops. The fifth building has 4 kW of solar PV installed at

ground level. Each house can monitor the electricity they generate along with the amount used by their heat-

pumps.

One of the houses in this study has a battery storage system (house 2) with a capacity of 10kWh. This feeds

directly to the heat pump.

Although there is a variable tariff available in Ireland (day rate and night rate), only one of the five pilot sites

are using this system. The others are all on a standard fixed rate which itself varies between providers. There

are two different electricity providers involved in this pilot area, they are: Electric Ireland and Airtricity.

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Air conditioning is non-existent within the pilot dwellings, with the exception of extractor hoods used during

cooking, which are very common. The summers on the island are very mild. Temperature control within the

dwellings focus solely on heating rather than cooling, mostly between the months of September through to May,

inclusive.

Below; Graphs showing Coal and Kerosene imports to the island from 2012-2016.

Figure 12:Aran Islands coal imports

Figure 13: Aran Islands, kerosene imports

3.1.4 CONSUMERS PROFILES

As there are only five participants in the pilot mapping here at the moment and bearing in mind how different

they all here is a brief profile on each consumer taking part in the study. All are residential buildings. Four are

privately owned and one is owned by a charitable foundation.

• House no.1

This dwelling (110m²) houses a married couple, both between 55-69 and their 14-year-old daughter.

Their three other adult children are studying away from home but return for holidays, summer and

occasional weekends. Both adult’s parents are self-employed.

• House no.2

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This dwelling (165m²) houses a single woman, (40-54) and occasionally her adult daughter. She runs

yoga classes from this dwelling winter and summer. Groups of people (up to 20 pax) come to stay in the

residence, especially in the summer months, for up to one week at a time to do yoga, meditation or other

spiritual and cultural activities.

• House no.3

The couple (both in their sixties) in this house (110m²) have one 16-year son who is still living at home

and attending secondary school. One person in this household is retired and the other works full time.

• House no.4

The married couple aged 45 & 47 living at this residence (110m²) do not have children. However, they

do provide accommodation and meals for 10-12 young students between the ages of 12 and 18. There

are three groups of students who come every year for three weeks at a time in June, July and August.

• House no.5

House number 5 (110m²) is home to one man in his 70s. He is a retiree with family living nearby. His

daughter helps with meals etc and takes charge of some of the household duties too.

3.1.5 OPERATION SCENARIOS

There are five common power consuming products across all five dwellings. Without any monitoring equipment

installed, apart from standard metering systems on the electricity usage, on these items already it is impossible

to ascertain for certain when the power usage of all five peak. However, after discussing their habits and routines

with all parties, some estimation can be made.

Washing Machines

Every one of the dwellings use a washing machine. Most would try to use the washing machine early in the

morning whenever possible, and almost all use it daily. Some of the participants said that the times would vary

slightly during busier times. In most of the households, it was the adult female who operated the machine most

frequently. Average machine 500w.

Dishwashers

All but one of the homes own a dishwasher and most would need to use it on a daily basis, particularly during

summer months, when almost all dwellings are at their busiest. The most common time for the machine to be

in operation was in the evening, though one of the dwellings have it set on a timer to run after midnight. This

home takes advantage of the night-rate tariff by operating it in this way. Average machine 1200w – 1500w.

Refrigerators/Freezers

The consumption of these appliances varies greatly between all dwellings, mainly because some have extra

freezer space. (in one case, three large freezers) and some have no need for such. This makes its very difficult

for make any comparison based on routine etc. Some of these appliances have a high energy rating which would

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Tumble Dryers

All dwellings own one of these appliances, although one had only recently purchased one where they did not

have one previously. Most of the dwellings tried to run this appliance early in the day, when it was used, but

two rarely use the machine at all. Weather played a key role in the reason for people using this machine

frequently as even during the summer months if rains quite often on the islands. Average machine 1000w –

4000w.

Electric oven

While all of the houses operated a gas hob cooker, only one was without an electric oven. It is likely that the

oven is used most frequently before dinner time, which most people said was between 7pm-730pm. Most

households agreed that they tried to eat together whenever possible, and that the other meals during the day were

often eaten separately due to differing schedules. Average over 2150w.

3.2 DENMARK

The pilot site is located in Aarhus. It is the second-largest city in Denmark with 315.00 citizens. At present, the

population is growing with approx. 5000 new citizens every year. It’s a city with large building activity. Aarhus

is an innovative city, characterised with lot of students and the largest container port in Denmark. Aarhus

University is placed in the city and have more than 40.000 students. In 2017, Aarhus was the European Capital

of Culture.


The below table encompasses a general overview of the Danish pilot site at the beginning of the project:


Project pilot name AARHUS(DENMARK)

Location Aarhus, Nyringen 1-85and Næringen 2-90, Denmark

Building Type Residential (apartments)


4buildings (with 20preselected apartments) of total 30 buildings with 592 apartments in project pilot

Potential outreach (in number of buildings/customers) Up to 7.000 buildings under service of Alboa (ALBOA)



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PILOT 2 DESCRIPTION


Project pilot consists of public housing district comprising of overall around 30 residential buildings/townhouses. All the apartments of the buildings in project pilot are part of a public housing estate. 4 buildings with 20 preselected apartments will be used for demonstration of RESPOND solution. These apartments are all given under lease and there are in total 592 apartments in project pilot. All apartments have individual monitoring of electricity consumption. On the other hand, individual consumption of heat and water is not measured, but there is a possibility for installation of calorimeters and water flow meters. All buildings/townhouses of the project pilot have individual generation units for hot water production. Average consumption for the entire public housing estate is about 1.800 MWh of electricity and 6.700 MWh for heating. Common energy uses are related primarily to outdoor lighting and common laundry rooms. All buildings are equipped with central heating system, while apartments have different home appliances, electric stoves, washings machines and chest freezers, most of them also have dishwashers.

Energy/IT Ecosystem

To account for renewable energy sources, that will provide RESPOND means to cope with demand response requirements, the public housing estate is equipped with solar panels. In total, these solar panels contribute with yearly production of approximately 590 MWh. Produced electricity is completely supplied to the apartments, i.e. for the local end use of electricity. Until today, metering equipment is installed at the site, measuring the electrical consumption of individual electricity demand (via smart metering deployed by public housing estate). As mentioned, heating and water consumption are measured but only in aggregated way, providing the consumption data per buildings/townhouses. To provide a higher resolution of monitoring points for RESPOND, public housing estate envisioned instalment of necessary smart energy metering equipment at apartment level as well. At the same time, to give full control to RESPOND system, project pilot will be equipped with appropriate home automation solutions. In this way, an optimized control strategy could be undertaken under the demand response activities. There is an existing energy management system providing an aggregated energy consumption data. But currently, all the metering points are not integrated (such as smart meters provided by estate). It is envisioned that RESPOND platform provide integration and adequate analysis of monitoring data in order to perform adequate control actions on building systems.



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provided


√ There is an existing energy management system providing the monitoring of aggregated consumption data, but the smart meters of the estate are not integrated at this time.


√

There is an existing SCADA system which controls district heating allowing temperature set-point adjustments. CTS system (Siemens/Trend) for control of hot water production is in place.

Smart Meters

√

Smart metering is currently only available for electricity consumption. There is a possibility for instalment of heat consumption metering.

Smart Appliances

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On-site renewables √

The project pilot is equipped with solar panels. These solar panels are contributing with electricity production of 590MWh/year which is locally used.


Currently, there are no energy storage/electric vehicles systems in the district. Estate will consider installing storage units for electricity in the nearest future.


At this moment there is no Demand Response program deployed at the Pilot Site. It would be part of RESPOND to deploy adequate program reflecting the DR possibilities.


There is a fixed price tariffing applied at Project Site. As part of the project, a variable tariffing system could be applied, to test the potential effect on end user behavior.


√ District heating: AffaldVarme Aarhus (will provide support); Electricity distribution company: NRGi;Electricity supplier: Aura (as consortium member)

Table 5: Aarhus pilot site general overview

Regarding the building characteristics of the 20 households:

Surface: 130 m² + 65 m² basement

Celling height: 2,43 m

Year of construction: 1975

Isolation materials: mineral wool

The building and shared areas of the project have the following characteristics:

Orientation: Varies

Situation respect other households/buildings: Between other buildings

Full address: Vejlby Vest, Nyringen 1- 85 and Næringen 2-90, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark

Property: Tenant


In this section there is a description of devices and technology for the Danish pilot site for individual

households and shared areas. There is also a description of devices intended to be installed. Further details

are shown in deliverable D1.3. Interoperability issues at pilot level.

Legacy devices in individual households:

▪ Generation devices: There is no generation devices.

▪ Demand appliances: Every apartment comes equipped with:

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o Fridge

o Freezer

o Stove

All other appliances are property of the tenant, and is therefore unknown, until the 20

participants are selected.

▪ Storage equipment: There is no storage equipment.

▪ Home automation/BMS/IoT devices: There is no BMS or smart devices.

▪ Meters/sensors: There is a meter for electricity. There is no calorimeter or water meter.

Legacy devices in shared areas:

▪ Generation devices: PV panels (although they supply the entire estate)

▪ Demand appliances: None concerning the apartments used in this pilot


▪ Home automation/BMS/IoT devices: There is BMS system, although it does not control the type of

apartment used in this pilot

▪ Meters/sensors: Calorimeters, electricity meters, water meters (for her entire estate)

▪ Display GUI interfaces: None


Table 6: list of devices to be installed in Aarhus pilot site


▪ Demand appliances: No demand appliances to be installed.





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products:

Thermostat controls on every radiator, that can be controlled by the RESPOND App.

Develco products:

Smart relay: The Smart Plug Mini monitors the power consumption and enables the user to control

electrical equipment by switching it on or off remotely. The ZigBee-based smart plug can easily be

integrated with other ZigBee product.

Humidity Sensor: The ZigBee-based Humidity Sensor measures humidity levels in any room and

provides immediate alerts if the climate fluctuates to unsafe levels. The sensor can activate an

existing ventilation system to help reduce condensation levels and trigger a thermostat, an air-

conditioner, or a portable heater.

External Meter Interface: The EMI collects readings and information from existing meters and send

data via the ZigBee communication to appliances in the building. The External Meter

Interface works with different kinds of meters, including power, water, gas or heating.

Temperature sensor: The ZigBee-based temperature sensor measures the temperature every 2

minutes. The sensor operates under the ZigBee standard. The average battery life of the

Temperature Sensor is 6 years.

Smart Thermostat: The Thermostatic Radiator Valve is designed to be incorporated into the home

heating system. The Smart Thermostat helps to maintain a comfortable room temperature by

controlling the flow of hot water to home radiators. By regulating the flow of hot water, users can

maintain their desired room temperature to suit various needs.

Air Quality Sensor: The ZigBee-based Air Quality Sensor measures volatile organic compounds

(VOC). in any room and provides immediate alerts if the air quality is bad. VOCs are known to

cause eye irritations, headache, drowsiness or, even dizziness, all summarized under the term SBS

(sick building syndrome). The sensor can activate an existing ventilation system to help reduce the

VOC level.

Meters/sensors: Calorimeter (Kampstrup MC 602) is to be installed during the project to provide

real time insight about heat consumptions. The Calorimeter will measure heat consumption for both

space heating and hot water production.

In the danish pilot the families are going to use the REPOND app on their own smartphone or tablet

for home management and push message.

New devices intended to be installed in shared areas:

▪ Generation devices: No new devices

▪ Demand appliances: No new devices.

▪ Storage equipment: No new devices

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▪ Home automation/BMS/IoT devices: No new devices

▪ Meters/sensors: No new devices

▪ Display GUI interfaces: No new devices

3.2.3 ENERGY ASPECTS

An overview of the energy system and power meters in ALBOA public housing estate, Vejlby Vest is

shown in this figure below.

Figure 14: overview of the energy system and power meters in ALBOA public housing estate

Every apartment/house has their own electricity meter and pay for their own consumption. Electricity

consumption in shared areas is included in the rent. In Denmark there is a liberalized marked, electricity

consumers can choose where to buy their electricity. but the public house estates make agreement for all

their residents. ALBOA has made an agreement with AURA for all residents in ALBOA public houses.

When the PV panels in Vejlby Vest produce more energy than the residents can use, the surplus production

is sold to the grid. Vejlby Vest sells approx. 25 % of the yearly PV production. The price is set by the

Danish Government for the first 10 years at 0.60 DDK pr. kWh. When Vejlby Vest buys electricity from

the grid they pay approx. 2.00 DDK pr. kWh. including VAT and taxes.

Because of the price difference Vejlby Vest would reduce their electricity expenditure by approx. 200.000

DDK. If the entire PV production is used by the residents.

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Figure 15: Monthly production from ALBOA EMS

The heating system in Vejlby Vest is district heating.

District heating is based on hot water from a power plant being distributed to each home. Out of the total

heat consumption for residential buildings, typically 30% are used for heating hot water and 70% for room

heating according to guidelines from the Danish Energy Authority.

Once the water is cooled it is returned to the power plant. The district heating water is approx. 75 degrees

when it comes into the house. Inside the house, district heating water is typically divided into 2 systems,

one for space heating and one for hot water production. The heating system in the houses is 2string central

heating with a thermostat control on each radiator.

The district heating system in Aarhus comes from AffaldVarme Aarhus and have a demand peak in the

morning from around 7.00 am to 9.00 am as showed in the figure from AffaldVarme Aarhus.

Figure 16: District Aarhus pilot consumption from AffaldVarme Aarhus



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The electricity system in Denmark also have a demand peak, although it is located at 5 pm to 7 pm. Within

this project, we will try to reduce the peak load for both heating and electricity.

The Danish (national) distribution of residential electricity consumption by final use has been monitored

via the so-called ELMODEL-Bolig [2] model for several decades. The model is based on regular surveys

that collect information about Danish households’ ownership of electrical devices and how they use these.

According to ELMODEL-Bolig, the Danish residential electricity consumption is distributed on the

following types of final uses in the following way [3]:

Lighting: 12%

Cooking: 11%

Fridge/freezer: 14%

Washing machine, dryer and dishwasher: 19%

IT & Electronics: 42%

Other: 2%

We do not have disaggregated consumption data for ALBOA. However, we find it reasonable to assume

that the local distribution will be fairly similar to the national figures.

3.2.4 CONSUMERS PROFILES

All the residents have been members of ALBOA for a long time to get one of the terraced houses. The

housing area is characterised by a relatively high diversity with regard to ethnic background (which is

common for social housing in Denmark). There are typical two main groups of residents:

• Families with children

• Medium/old people that had children and now they are grown up and have left home.

Most part of this inhabitant are retired.

Metering data from ALBOA show that electricity consumption levels varies with up to several factors (2-

4) between individual apartments. This is typically for Danish apartments (and dwellings generally), as has

also been shown in previous studies such as Gram-Hanssen (2010) [4].

3.2.5 OPERATION SCENARIOS

In the Danish pilot the operation scenarios are divided into two types of energy, district heating and

electricity. Both types have challenges with peak load.

The operation scenarios for heating:

• Temperature This experiment is about external control and/or settings of the temperature via an app. Automated

control of thermostats settings +/-2 degrees as well as an override feature, where the resident easily

can regain control. How big a change is possible and how much lower can the peak load in the

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E.g. adjust the temperature 2 degrees above the families’ desired comfort temperature at 6.00 PM

– 7.00 PM and similar adjust the temperature 1-2 degrees down below the desired temperature

between 7.00 PM – 9.00 PM.

Self-adjustable setting of the temperature via the RESPOND app, should also motivate the family

to use the app.

• Ventilation

Indications regarding of VOC and humidity levels and perhaps also CO2. This Indication is

regarding to get the residents into a good routine looking at the app.

We also want to motivate the families to open windows (health for the residents and the building

(avoiding mold)).

The operation scenarios for electricity:

• Distribute the peak load with routine

Optimize the use of renewable energy with flexible prices. Make electricity more expensive when

there is not so much renewable energy in the grid and corresponding cheaper when there is

renewable energy in the grid. Prices vary in fixed patterns across all days (both weekend and

weekday). A pattern that fits with the overall pattern in the renewable energy profits in the grid

(local and national). A "static time-of-use" schema with prices based on forecast.

E.g. Low tariff/price at night (typical excess of wind) and in the hours right around lunch (typical

profits from Sun). High tariff/price in boiling tip approximately at 17.00 PM -20.00 PM. Regular

price in all other time intervals.

This experiment is Self-adjustable for the families.

E.g. Visual display of when it is good to use power and/or SMS "use power at xx– xx "

• Optimizing the use of own solar power with “here-and-now”

This part can focus on optimizing the use of their own solar power at the pilot place. Extra low

price on the solar power, when there are lot of it. The community of Vejlby Vest are in focus.

The overproduction of solar power is sold cheap to the grid. There will be a real saving, which

benefits the neighborhood in Vejlby Vest.

E.g. SMS, when power is cheap. A "now and here" orientation on sunny days in the summer season.

The trick by combining these two solutions for electricity is that with we get the benefits of a regular

schedule, as people over time can adapt to and make into a fixed routine, as they do not have to think about

on a daily basis and we also get the advantage of in special situations to be able to motivate people to move

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3.3 SPAIN

The third pilot site is located in an urban area near to Madrid city centre. This city of 3,2 million inhabitants

in the centre area and more than 6 million including the metropolitan area enjoys a mainland Mediterranean

weather with soft winters and few rainfalls. As country’s capital, it is modern and dynamic city with strong

presence of services and industries. Below sections characterize this pilot in detail.

Figure 17: Madrid pilot site aerial view


The below table encompasses a general overview of the Madrid pilot site at the beginning of the project:


Project pilot name MADRID(SPAIN)

Location Calle de Costa Rica, 17-19-21, Madrid, Spain

Building Type Residential (dwellings + shared areas)


3 buildings (24preselected dwellings among the total 69 individual households) + all shared areas

Potential outreach (in number of buildings/customers) Up to 200.000 households under service of Fenie Energía

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Three buildings accommodate a sum of 69 individual households, each of them with its individual consumptions of electricity and gas along with the energy demand related with the shared areas of the place. Regarding the electricity consumption, there are 77 consumption monitoring points, 8being for common uses (parking, shared areas lighting, elevators, etc.) with an average consumption of 165 MWh/year, and 69 for dwellings with a total amount of 215 MWh/year of demand. On the other hand, there is a single gas consumption monitoring point for common use (heating system central boiler) with an average of 1198 MWh/year and 13 neighbors consuming gas for household use (cooking) with an average global consumption of 12 MWh/year. Taking into account the common services of the building, there exist a parking with lightning and fire prevention system, doorman office, swimming pool with pump and electric heating system, elevators and shared areas lightning. In addition, each individual dwelling has electric air conditioning, central gas heating system, and lightning, home appliances and electric kitchen. Furthermore, a few dwellings are consuming gas for household use, instead of the electric appliances.

Energy/IT Ecosystem

At this moment, there is no generation system in the building, but based on the first analysis of the operational, the residents’ association will consider installing a new solar thermal system to reduce the expenses in DHW. This way, by the last months of the first year of project, an additional energy source could be provided for RESPOND analysis. Currently, there is no system for fine-grained monitoring of the energy demand by household devices, besides the electricity and gas meters deployed by the energy supply company. During the course of the project there is an ambition to install both, smart energy consumption meters and home automation devices provided by consortium members or other. Appropriate smart metering equipment will be envisioned to disaggregate the consumption of the different energy uses, while instalment of new home automation devices will enable the adjustments of the consumption when desired. Using these IoT devices, heavy renovation of the dwellings will be avoided that will facilitate and cheapen the installation and centralized control. For the energy management, RESPOND platform will be deployed to receive consumption as inputs, perform optimization taking into account several factors like climate, forecast, energy prices, etc. while keeping user comfort, and finally undertake proper control actions on the actuating devices.



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√ At this moment there is no BMS/EMS System for data acquisition deployed in the Pilot Site. It would be part of this project to choose/develop a system.


√ At this moment there is no BMS/EMS System for automated control deployed in the Pilot Site. It would be part of this project to choose/develop a system.

Smart Meters

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Each individual household along with the shared areas have smart meters for electrical consumption. Hourly data are sent on daily basis in form of aggregated demand.

Smart Appliances

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At this moment there is no IoT devices deployed in the Pilot Site. It would be part of this project to choose/develop appropriate solution.

On-site renewables √

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At this moment there are no energy storage/electric vehicles systems in the building. The residents’ association will consider installing EV charging spots.


At this moment there is no Demand Response program deployed in the Pilot Site. It would be part of this project to apply a corresponding program.


There are tariffs with different prices depending on the time of use and also indexes to the wholesale markets, both for electricity and gas fostering efficiency awareness.


√ FEN (as consortium member) is electricity and gas provider

of the demonstration site. FEN has also access to all the data collected by the network operator (Gas Natural Fenosa).

Figure 18: Madrid pilot site general overview

Regarding the building characteristics of the 69 dwellings:

▪ Surface: 42 of 100 m2, 9 of 150 m2 and 18 of 200 m2

▪ Celling high: 2,7 m

▪ Year of construction: 1979

▪ Isolation materials: Bricks

The buildings and common areas of the project have the following characteristics:

▪ Orientation: South

▪ Situation respect other buildings: Standalone flats

▪ Full address: Costa Rica 17,19,21, Madrid, Spain

▪ Property: 62 owners and 7 tenants


In other to characterize the pilot properly it is key to study the energy related devices, both the legacy ones

and also the new smart devices to be installed during the project. An appropriate identification of the

existing assets along with a correct identification of the underlaying technologies will ensure the success

of the next project tasks. It is possible to cluster them among generation devices, demand appliances,

storage equipment, home automation/BMS/IoT devices, meters/sensors and Display/GUI interfaces.

Moreover, they should be differentiated between the ones available in the shared areas and the rest

belonging to individuals’ dwellings. Further details with regards to interoperability are shown in deliverable

D1.3 Interoperability issues at pilot level.

Legacy devices in individual households:


▪ Demand appliances: It is outside of the scope of this task to identify all the existing appliances in

the pilot (although there is furthers details per individual dwelling in the annex I of this document)

so this document will focus on the devices with biggest energy consumption along with the ones

that offer more possibilities for DR actions.



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These are the appliances that can be found in most households taking part in the project:

- Kitchen equipment: Fridge, oven, washing machine, induction cooker, dishwasher,

microwave oven, bread toaster, coffee maker, etc

- Cleaning/housekeeping equipment: Vacuum cleaner, iron, etc.

- Toilet equipment: Electric toothbrush, hair dryer, razor etc.

- Entertainment: PC, laptop, videogames console, TV, VCR, DVD, stereo, Phone, mobile

phone, tablet, etc

- HVAC: Air conditioning, electric heater, fan, etc.

- Lightning: ceiling lights, lamps, etc.


▪ Home automation/BMS/IoT devices: There is no BMS or smart devices.

▪ Meters/sensors: Nowadays there are on-place these meters related with energy consumptions:

Power meter Sagecom model cx1000-6es, water meters (both hot and cold water) Istameter radio

net 3/Ista powered by batteries and a calorimeter brand Apator model etf TCM 311 powered by

batteries as well. All of them have remote access possibilities through proprietary protocols. Besides

that, there are temperature sensors regarding air conditioning and heating regulation in the

dwellings. These sensors are used to fix the temperature references for air cooling (through air

conditioner systems) and heating (through central boiler heating system) according to user

preferences in each household. Sensors are only connected with their respective system and

unfortunately, they don’t have any remote communication capabilities.

Figure 19: Madrid's several installed meters



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▪ Display GUI interfaces: Available displays in Madrid dwellings are related with the above

descripted sensors. There are small displays in the climate systems to fix the temperature reference

and to adjust the operation mode. As discussed before there is no possible connectivity.

Legacy devices in shared areas:


▪ Demand appliances: In the shared areas there are appliances regarding lighting (indoor and outdoor),

lifts, and outdoor (un climatized) swimming pool.


▪ Home automation/BMS/IoT devices: Currently there is a BMS on place for the central heating boiler

control. A Trend IQ251 BMS system takes care of the adequate performance of the boiler.

Figure 20: Madrid central boiler BMS

▪ Meters/sensors: The central boiler systems have several temperature, pressure and flow sensors

connected to the boiler BMS. The 3 buildings of the pilot have electricity consumption meters

cx2000-9/Sagecom property of the electricity DSO and Istameter radio net 3/Ista water meters for

common areas loads. There is also a gas consumption meter for the central boiler model IM-RM

G100 DIN Dresser brand. Shared transit areas within the pilot have installed human presence

detector to control lightning.



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Figure 21: Madrid central boiler gas meter

▪ Display GUI interfaces: The central boiler BMS systems has a TREND NDP Control Display Panel

for local tuning and data/parameters visualization.



▪ Demand appliances: No new demand appliances will be installed.



Energomonitor products: Smart plug (Plugsense) to allow on/off remote actions on the designed

appliance, Thermostat (Thermosense) for local and remote adjustment of comfort temperature level

and the gateway (Homebase) to centralize communications between all Energomonitor devices and

sensors. This last one will allow remote web access and control through an API of all the new

devices to be installed.

▪ Meters/sensors: Energomonitor will provide energy consumptions related sensors such as: Power

meter (Powersense) to remotely obtain electricity consumption measures in the desired electric

circuit, Power meter (Optosense) to remotely read from the electricity supplier company meter, Gas

meter (Relaysense gas) to remotely read from the gas supplier company meter and Water meter

(Relaysense water) to remotely read from the water supplier company meter. Furthermore, it is

planned to install also a thermometer sensor (Thermosense) to monitor inhouse temperature. The

above paragraph described Smart plug, in addition to its action capabilities, will monitor electricity

consumption in the specific appliance. All Energomonitor sensors will provide measures each

minute to be remotely transmitted through an API. Except the Plugsense all the devices are battery-

powered for an easier installation.



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Figure 22: Energomonitor's products range

▪ Display GUI interfaces: Energomonitor’s Portasight battery-powered display will be installed in the

trials participant households to provide real time insight about energy consumptions and

temperature to their inhabitants.

New devices intended to be installed in shared areas:

▪ Generation devices: During RESPOND project a thermosolar system will be installed in Madrid

pilot site to test platform solution against new modern generation assets and study the energy related

behaviour changes in trials participants. According to the technical studies done the suitable

thermosolar system for the pilot has the main characteristics described below:

- 30 high performance solar thermal collectors. HELIOPLAN DB 70 m2

- WILO pumping kit

- 4 DHW 1500l storage tanks

- 80 kW heat exchanger

- Solar regulation control unit + sensor + web server Siemens



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Figure 23: Thermosolar system diagram

▪ Demand appliances: No new demand appliances will be installed.

▪ Storage equipment: Hot water generated by the thermosolar system will be stored in tanks to suppl

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