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Buildings have long been equipped with sensors and actuators to automate their control. Smart buildings are those whose facilities and systems (air condition ing, heating, lighting, access control systems, etc.) allow integrated and automated building management and control to increase energy efficiency, security, and usabil ity. With the democratization of the Internet of Things (IoT), the number of sensors and actuators is constantly increasing, giving ways to new applications. The reduc tion of sensors and actuators cost is driving a digital shift in the building sector. ; EUROPEAN COMMISSION H2020, 780351, ENACT

This paper discusses Smart Energy Manager (SEM) mobile application for energy management in smart buildings which is developed as a result of the ongoing H2020 projects InBetween and Sofia. SEM app belongs to the visualization layer of the InBetween platform serving as an interface from the system towards the end users with the aim to help them to identify their energy wastes, teach them how to conserve energy and steer their behavior to be more energy efficient. The application is based on Android OS, and it relies on a backend built with CakePHP framework which is used to integrate the application with the rest of the InBetween platform, its main data storage and advanced energy analytic services. Finally, we present the main functionalities of the app along with the data scheme which is used to store users and deployed equipment related data. This work was partly financed by the European Union (H2020 InBetween project, Pr. No: 768776), H2020 LAMBDA project, Pr. No: 809965) and by the Ministry of Science and Technological Development of Republic of Serbia (Pr. No: TR-32010).

This report (D3.2) is an oficial deliverable of the Roadmaps for Energy (R4E) project (Horizon 2020) and contains the results of the roadmap interviews held with more than 20 European experts (representing industry, knowledge institutes and governmental organisations) in the field of sustainable energy for buildings. All reports are available under www.roadmapsforenergy.eu ; This report (D3.2) contains the results of the roadmap interviews held with more than 20 European experts (representing industry, knowledge institutes and governmental organisations) in the field of sustainable energy for buildings. The aspects covered are technology, behaviour and organisation. This report presents the resulting General Roadmap Smart Buildings, together with accompanying information from the desk study and the interviews. The creation of the general roadmap is part of the WP3 Roadmap Smart Buildings for the R4E project. ; Preprint

This report (D3.2) is an oficial deliverable of the Roadmaps for Energy (R4E) project (Horizon 2020) and contains the results of the roadmap interviews held with more than 20 European experts (representing industry, knowledge institutes and governmental organisations) in the field of sustainable energy for buildings. All reports are available under www.roadmapsforenergy.eu ; This report (D3.2) contains the results of the roadmap interviews held with more than 20 European experts (representing industry, knowledge institutes and governmental organisations) in the field of sustainable energy for buildings. The aspects covered are technology, behaviour and organisation. This report presents the resulting General Roadmap Smart Buildings, together with accompanying information from the desk study and the interviews. The creation of the general roadmap is part of the WP3 Roadmap Smart Buildings for the R4E project. ; Preprint

Blockchain technology is evolving across the globe and is being looked upon as a definite part of the future. Blockchain is often associated with bitcoin and finance's domain. But over the last decade, this backend technology to bitcoin has spread its association in almost all domains that we can think of. Further to this, smart contracts are making the blockchain ecosystem better. Other evolving technologies like Internet-of-things, Industrial Internet-of things, Cyber physical systems are also making their onset on the global platform. Smart buildings link Internet of-things connectivity, sensors and the cloud to remotely supervise and assure efficient heating- air conditioning, lighting and security systems etc to improve efficiency and overall sustainability. The global buildings sector over the next 40 years is expected to add 230 billion square meters of fresh construction, i.e., adding the equivalent of Paris every week. Thus integrating these technologies right at the onset, before they grow in isolation, is a coveted need today. This paper proposes a prototype to simulate architecture and discusses how blockchain-enabled smart buildings can further expedite automation, security and transparency. For an apprehension purpose, the paper focuses on smart contracts enabled repairs and service in smart buildings.

Europe's building stock is entering a transition phase, becoming an active player in the energy system, controlling, producing, storing, and consuming energy. The explosion of smart technologies enabling a more efficient use of energy in buildings will inevitably redesign the built environment and the linked energy flows. This study attempts to offer a presentation of the legislative framework and targets of EU on energy efficiency and how this policy and long-term strategy affects the national plan of Greece for energy efficiency in building sector. Cases of energy upgrading of residential and office buildings in Greece will be presented and the amount of investment will be assessed in relation to the percentage of energy upgrade. The article concludes framing the five pillars of a smart built environment for EU.

Da sempre l'uomo è costruttore dell'habitat nel quale vive, lavora e spende il tempo del suo esistere: pochi altri elementi definiscono l'afferenza alla propria epoca con la stessa forza e la medesima energia dell'architettura e della città. Progettare per costruire significa, tra le altre cose, de-finire un processo evolutivo che trae l'essenza della trassformazione dell'ambiente come momento di sintesi tra stato dell'arte e contributo dell'innovazione di prodotto e di processo nei fenomeni di configurazione dello spazio che ci ospita. Essere in linea con tale principio significa accettare i segnali che la società, da una parte, e il progresso tecnologico, dall'altra, forniscono all'evoluzione del significato di abitare, mutandone i codici, i luoghi, le ragioni del progetto. Per progettare e costruire la realtà che si farà teatro delle nostre azioni future, è fondamentale definire alcuni principi che stanno alla base di metodologie, strumenti e obiettivi propri delle trasformazioni caratterizzanti il ruolo che l'innovazione tecnologica possiede all'interno delle politiche e strategie di pianificazione e costruzione della città del domani.

This book brings together the insights from professional associations who involved in developing relevant national standards in China, domestic and international scholars who are dedicated to research in related fields, and industry practitioners who have the most hands-on experience. Synthesizing their perspectives, this book discusses the advanced technologies that can meet the requirements for energy efficiency, building performance monitoring and management, and user-centric building services, which are considered the essential components for achieving sustainable and smart cities. Moreover, it provides reflections on the implementation of smart technologies and strategies in practice

The automation of domestic services began to be implemented in buildings since the late nineteenth century, and today we are used to terms like 'intelligent buildings', 'digital home' or 'domotic buildings'. These concepts tell us about constructions which integrate new technologies in order to improve comfort, optimize energy consumption or enhance the security of users. In conjunction, building regulations have been updated to suit the needs of society and to regulate these new facilities in such structures. However, we are not always sure about how far, from the quantitative or qualitative point of view, legislation should regulate certain aspects of the building activity. Consequently, content analysis is adopted in this research to determine the influence of building regulations in the implementation of new technologies in the construction process. This study includes the analysis of different European regulations, the collection and documentation of such guidelines that have been established and a study of the impact that all of these have had in the way we start thinking an architectural project. The achievements of the research could be explained in terms of the regulatory requirements that must be taken into account in order to achieve a successful implementation of a home automation system, and the key finding has been the confirmation of how the design of smart buildings may be promoted through specific regulatory requirements while other factors, such as the global economic situation, do not seem to affect directly the rate of penetration of home automation in construction.

Irrational energy consumption and waste of energy are two of the main problems that we face today. A lot of the energy is wasted by people in their homes or offices because they are not paying much attention to their energy consumption. In order to increase energy efficiency of the general population and to raise general awareness, a system based on Internet of Things (IoT) is developed to influence users to be more energy efficient. Because of the great number of different entities in the buildings and their complex relationships, a semantic ontology is used to store contextual knowledge about spatial arrangements of the rooms, devices and sensors in the buildings. The research presented in this paper is partly financed by the European Union (H2020 LAMBDA project, Pr. No: 809965, H2020 InBetween project, Pr. No: 768776), and partly by the Ministry of Science and Technological Development of Republic of Serbia.