BlueBird - Buildings as Energy Flexibility Assets

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Research and Innovation programme under grant agreement N. 101192452 BlueBird Project bluebird-project.eu zenodo.org/communities/bluebird BUILDINGS AS ENERGY FLEXIBLITY ASSETS Forecasting Historical Forecast Forecast services Digital Twin simulation Flexibility Manager optimisation Trading Manager DSO communication Bidding optimisation Building Data Exchange Connectors Electric assets Electric market Users Component orchestration GUI Forecasts of external conditions DT models of buildings and flexible assets Identification of building flex capacity and asset control optimization Calculation of flex bidding prices towards energy markets Forwarding of control signals to flexible assets Assess and strengthen user engagement Deployment of Dockerised components 7 DEMONSTRATORS IN 5 EU COUNTRIES Rural Residential 20 apartments with geothermal heat grid [KARNO | Profondeville, BELGIUM] Urban Energy Community Mixed-use Buildings Energy Hub (Tour & Taxis) + Sustainable Business Incubator (Greenbizz) [WeSmart | Brussels, BELGIUM] Public Buildings Leverage flexibility from building systems optimisation: PV, heat-pumps, EV chargers, thermal storage, … [AMB | Barcelona metropolitan area] Offices Dynamic control of building heat demand provided via a district heating system [ENEA & PSNC | Poznań, POLAND] Power grid facility Smart HVAC control [ENEA & PSNC | Kuczyna, POLAND] Water utility Smart control of water distributions systems and water tanks [ENK | Oberwart, AUSTRIA] Ski resort hotels Leverage flexibility from cold storage and EV charging stations [EWH | Bad Hindelang, GERMANY] User Interaction Tools Gamification / Quizzes User communication