Blok61 Apartments
Energy Management – Bouwinvest
The Challenge
What is the most effective way to convert large residential or office buildings into green buildings using only sustainable energy, preferably by becoming grid independant. Customer has chosen a dual approach in which individual tenants have full control over optimizing heating and power consumption, while at building level the solar production, battery storage capacity, and predicted occupancy patterns are used to optimize energy storage and consumption.
Workflow Solution
Individual tenants have an individual application, allowing them to control climate, alarm, and smart power. A week schedule, predictive scheduling and the scene configurator will allow for energy optimization beyond the regular approaches by a BMS. The predictive and actual scheduling on the other hand allows for optimizing the energy production, storage and usage, limiting peak demands and maximizing the use of green energy.
Graphical User Interface
The OpenRemote manager enabled the development of a Blok61 app for tenants, and the coupling with their individual homes via the user login. It gives full insight and control over their individual home. The building owner uses the default OpenRemote Manager to monitor all individual systems, for maintenance purposes.
System Intelligence
Via OpenRemote’s rules engine, the infrared sensors in combination with CO2 sensors are used to monitor presence as well as calculate a predictive presence schedule. In addition with the predicted solar energy production, the battery storage and smart start of electrical consumers is optimised and regulated to limit energy costs and green house emissions.
Connected Data
Individual solutions for Climate, sensors, and control of power and ventilation are locally connected via a gateway. Via a cloud service the data and control are connected to the OpenRemote manager. OpenRemote adds rules to turn data into more advanced user information and decide on control actions, eg for Thermostat scheduling, Auto Ventilation or Smart Start functions of dishwashers.
Energy Management
Energy management requires monitoring of energy generation, energy consumption, and short-term storage systems, and controlling them to strive for maximum financial benefits or carbon savings.
The OpenRemote IoT Platform enables connecting energy systems and run forecast and optimisation routines, taking into account the set targets, the network mode and capabilities of the connected assets.
A dashboard for an energy manager and mobile apps for staff on the ground. All tailored to your specific optimisation and reporting needs, hosted in your own secure environment.
