Join the SEMANCO Network11-12 April 2013SEMANCO hosted our interactive workshop, “Analysing and Visualising Energy Related Data in our Buildings, Towns and Cities” in Barcelona in April. Thirty-eight participants and 16 projects took part in the two day event. For details of the workshop programme, presentations and outcomes visit the workshop blog8-9 May 2013 Sustainable Cities at Greenbuild ExpoNEA will be presenting the SEMANCO project’s approah to tackling urban carbon emissions in the Sustainable Cities subject group of the UK’s Greenbuild Expo on the 8th May.You can find out about the latest developments in the poroject at our display stand, throughout the Greenbuild event.To find out more about Greenbuild Expo, vist the website.
While many cities have issued climate change policies andset targets for reducing CO2 emissions, the implementationof these policies in urban planning is a major challenge. CO2 emissions reduction is a systemic problem that must beaddressed at multiple geographical, social and economicscales. This approach to carbon reduction in urbanenvironments can be fostered by exploiting ICTs and theapplication of semantic energy data modelling. SEMANCO's purpose is to provide semantic tools to differentstakeholders involved in urban planning (architects,engineers, building managers, local administrators, citizensand policy makers) to help them make informed decisionsabout how to reduce CO2 emissions in cities.
The objectives of SEMANCO are to:•Develop quantifiable strategies to significantly reduce CO2 emissions throughICTs•Structure energy related data according to the Open Data initiative and the ISOstandards•Develop a semantic-based energy information framework to support decisionmaking •Apply automatic data analysis processes to support energy analysis andvisualization tools•Provide verifiable and transparent methods of measuring energy performance•Integrate energy analysis, visualization and optimisation tools and techniques •Demonstrate the value of decision support tools in terms of their costeffectiveness •Develop generalised guidelines for urban planning and redevelopment projects.
To define the scope and purpose of the methods and tools to bedeveloped in the project, SEMANCO will carry out a requirementsanalysis in three case studies, in Spain, Denmark and UnitedKingdom. The EU policies and directives dealing with CO2emissions and urban planning are translated in different energy-related policies across member states. Each of which hasdifferent administrative boundaries and authorities for theimplementation of these policies which operate at differentgeographical scales. However carbon reduction measures cannotbe constrained to particular geographic or administrativeboundary; rather successful policies and plans must be integratedacross geographical and administrative boundaries. The semanticframework to be developed in SEMANCO seeks to foster such anintegrated analytical approach.
The technological solutions to be developed in SEMANCO will encompass:•Providing access to distributed sources of energy related data•Semantic modelling of energy data, according to EU standards •Integrated tools, that access and update the semantically modelleddata which support: oAutomatic classification of building types within a given area oEnergy data analysis via data-mining, data and knowledgerepresentation oEnergy simulation, visualization and optimisation oInteractive urban design •These tools will be integrated with the GIS software 3dMapsprovided by Agency9.
The findings of the SEMANCO project are expected to contribute to:•Increases in energy efficiency standards and the use of renewable energytechnologies •The formulation of verifiable and transparent methods of measuring the energyperformance of buildings •The involvement of multiple stakeholders in processes for identifying alternativeurban planning strategies •Increasing the accuracy with which the CO2 emissions of an urban area arequantified •Improved EU policy development by enabling consistent comparisons across EUcountries •Identifying how different regulatory regimes impact on the potential forimplementing CO2 friendly measures.
SEMANTIC TOOLS FOR CARBON REDUCTION IN URBAN PLANNING
Co-funded by the European Commission within the 7th Framework Programme
Focusing on the city of Manresa where major
urban redevelopments are on-going. Manresa is
the capital of the region of Bages, located in the
geographic centre of Catalonia, with a population
of 76,558.
Case Study: Manresa
Spain
Focusing on the North Harbour development
project is the largest Northern European
development plan in recent years. When fully
developed, the area will accommodate 40,000
residents and 40,000 work places.
Case Study: Copenhagen
Denmark
Focusing on the Riverside Dean in the West End of
Newcastle, which is one of the most deprived
areas in the North East of England. Riverside Dene
has been identified as a key area for investment
in Newcastle City Council regeneration strategy.
Case Study: Newcastle
United Kingdom
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The SEMANCO research project is co-funded by the FP7
"ICT systems for Energy Efficiency" program of the
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