Related projects
S4EEB - Sounds for Energy-Efficient Buildings
S4EeB will develop and deliver a prototype to optimize the existent Building Management Systems (BMS) by means of acquiring, identifying, monitoring, and adding the parameter of occupancy level in buildings and surroundings to enhance operations and eliminate unnecessary consumptions of energy for Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, Lighting (HVACL), and other existent production and consumption systems, maintaining users comfort.
More information: http://www.s4ecob.eu/
URB‐Grade - Decision Support Tool for Retrofitting a District, Towards the District as a Service
The URB‐Grade project designs, develops and validates a Platform for Decision Support that will allow the city authorities and utilities to promote and choose the correct actions to upgrade a district to become more energy efficient, cost effective and to increase comfort for its citizens in a District as a Service Platform approach.
More information: urb-grade.eu
Federations/platforms
Energy Efficiency Semantics collaboration platform
Contribution to eeBuilding Data Model forum through the involvement in the building data model standardization efforts of the Energy Efficiency Semantics collaboration platform (managed by the EU Commission – DG Connect group) where the CASCADE airport ontology and its main features are presented in a transparent way with accompanying description (including the ontology owl source file).
link (ECAS login necessary): https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/wikis/display/eeSemantics/CASCADE+Modelling+Ontology
Energy Efficient buildings E2B
www.e2b-ei.eu
see also CASCADE's presentation in EeB PPP Energy-efficient Buildings Project Review 2012 in the publications section
BUILD UP
The European portal for energy efficiency in buildings
www.buildup.eu
Smart Cities Initiative
The "Smart Cities and Communities European Innovation Partnership" was launched by the European Commission in July 2012: It supports cities and urban areas in reducing greenhous gas emissions through sustainable use and production of energy.
http://ec.europa.eu/eip/smartcities/
CASCADE will contribute to Area III, Smart Heating / Cooling systems: enhanced energy management of big urban buildings through ISO50001 and FDD at HVAC.
Sustainable Energy Europe
Link to the EUSEW, the EU Sustainable Energy Week. "Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign" in the previous phase.
REHVA
Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Associations
www.rehva.eu
Others
HVAC Spin II , SEAI
Results of special initiatives by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland to help companies plan focused activity on significant energy end-users including HVAC.
www.seai.ie/Your_Business/Large_Energy_Users/Special_Initiatives/Special_Working_Groups/
EVO IPMVP
The IPMVP developed by EVO provides an overview of current best practice techniques available for verifying results of energy efficiency, water efficiency, and renewable energy projects in commercial and industrial facilities.
www.evo-world.org
Gender mainstreaming
European Platform of Women Scientists
www.epws.org
