iBECOME
INTELLIGENT BUILDING ASSET CONTROL FOR COMFORT, ENERGY AND FLEXIBILITY OPTIMISATION
What is iBECOME?
iBECOME is a project that offers a paradigm shift in building energy efficiency by utilising IoT big data and advanced analytics. The novel cloud-based solution will utilise a physics-based dynamic simulation to deliver a suite of energy and non-energy services such as comfort and flexibility optimisation, automated fault detection and diagnostics, demand response and 3rd party applications. iBECOME will also look to unlock the next stage of energy efficiency by enabling deep building renovation and measurement & verification (M&V) in novel business models.
Monitoring
On-site IoT sensors and smart meters will be feeding real time information of the building along with data from energy markets and weather conditions
Analytics, Insights & Advisory Control
Data cloud storage and analysis, visualisation of performance metrics, display of insights and suggestions for manual interventions
Forecasting Toolbox
Calibrated physics-based energy model combined with machine learning algorithm predictions, using real data from the building to forecast the future building and facility conditions
Fault Detection, Diagnosis and Maintenance
Using the predictions of the forecasting toolbox for Fault Detection and Diagnosis and Predictive Maintenance
Optimisation
Using the predictions of the forecasting toolbox to enable energy savings through energy and comfort optimisation of building’s energy systems.
Retrofit Design & Implementation
Using the predictions of the forecasting toolbox to desing retrofit interventions and implement them through Measurement and Verification
On-site ICT automated control
The iBECOME vBMS will be automatically controlling on-site BMS or other ICT equipment.
Welfare & Commuting Management
3rd party providers will use the iBECOME vBMS data to enable additional services such as healthcare management and commuting optimisation
Our Motivation
- We spend 90% of our time inside a building
- More that 40% of energy is used in buildings
- Roughly 75% of our existing building stock is energy inefficient
- Underperforming Building Energy Management Systems
- Lack of intelligence and interconnectivity in existing buildings
- Internet of Things (IOT) and Big Data evolution
The main motivation behind iBECOME is the need to address the inefficiencies of existing buildings and facilities either because of underperforming existing BMS or because they are small enough so as to not be equipped with BMS. In such buildings the deployment of the iBECOME solution will allow essential energy savings and comfort improvements at very low cost but also provide the ability to tap into the emerging markets of additional services (e.g. demand response).
Our Impact
- Energy, Carbon and Bill savings
- Investments in sustainable energy
- Improved viability of innovative energy services
- Growing offer and uptake of combined energy services
- A growing uptake of innovative data gathering and processing for M&V
- Methods and concepts to ensure reliability of services and trustworthiness of service providers
- Reduction of the greenhouse gases emissions and/or air pollutants
iBECOME will encompass a simple, high level framework for measuring and/or calculating specific metrics that affect wellness and productivity and according to
the most up-to-date research will project those metrics into accountable, monetizable value of productivity and asset value increase. The big data output, both in granularity and number of variables that iBECOME can generate, allows a very precise characterisation of the indoor built environment and subsequently an accurate representation of its wellness features.
Our Demonstration Sites
Country Crest, Dublin, Ireland
Country Crest is a manufacturing facility where iBECOME solution will be demonstrated in operational conditions
Helix Building, Glasgow, Scotland
Office building where the iBECOME solution will be demonstrated without any renovations
ASP della Carnia, Udine, Italy
Residential care facility for the elderly and disabled, where iBECOME solution will be demonstrated together with extensive renovations
World Trade Center, Grenoble, France
A business and congress center where iBECOME will be demonstrated together with extensive renovations
ASP PIO Istituto Elemosiniere - Alberton Del Colle (Venzone, Udine, ITALY)
A residential care facility for the elderly where iBECOME will be demonstrated together with extensive renovations
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Our Latest News
iBECOME’s Final General Assembly: celebrating achievements and planning for post-project sustainability
Recap and Recording of the iBECOME Final Hybrid Event
Recap and Recording of the iBECOME Final Hybrid Event Read More »
Showcasing iBECOME at CINEA’s Cross-Programme Buildings Clustering Meeting
Showcasing iBECOME at CINEA’s Cross-Programme Buildings Clustering Meeting Read More »
Exploring iBECOME innovations: highlights from recent LAT workshops
Exploring iBECOME innovations: highlights from recent LAT workshops Read More »
Work Packages Update – Month 36 – 42
iBECOME’s Engagement at Smart Readiness Indicator Joint Event
iBECOME’s Engagement at Smart Readiness Indicator Joint Event Read More »
