SEMANTIC TOOLS FOR CARBON REDUCTION IN URBAN PLANNINGCo-funded by the European Commission within the 7th Framework ProgrammeReportsReport on Project Methodology This document describes the methodology developed during the first year of the SEMANCO project. Its purpose is to explain how the work of the Tasks in different Work Packages (WPs) can be integrated. As such it introduces the tools and mechanisms used to ensure the integrated development of the different components of the project Lead partner: FUNITEC September 21, 2012 DownloadEnvironments for Collaborative Ontology MappingAn environment has been developed to be used in the semantic integration processes which will lead to the creation of the Semantic Energy Information Framework (SEIF). It consists of two tools: 1. an OWL mapping extractor and 2. an ontology mapping collaborative web environment. These tools will help different users–domain experts, data owners, and ontology engineers to integrate data in a collaborative way using standard semantic technologies. The tools also automate parts of the semantic integration process.In particular, with these tools it is possible:1.To generate an OWL ontology from a schema database (almost all data sources exist as databases).2.To translate relational data stored in tables and columns to RDF format according the local ontology previously generated.3.To provide an environment where users can easily map a local ontology to a global ontology according to their knowledge. The tools are being validated through their application in the ontology building process leading to the SEIF. However, the tools are generic enough to be applied to other projects dealing with building ontologies. The tools will be made available to the scientific and academic communities after being validated through their application in the SEMANCO project Lead partner: FUNITEC June 07, 2012 Report of the Case Studies and AnalysisThis work grounds the ICT development within the SEMANCO project in the case study sites. To do so it presents an initial analysis of the following for the Spanish, Danish and UK sites:•the current situation with regard to the energy performance of the built environment•the urban planning policy frameworks and strategies for reducing CO2 emissions •the implemented urban planning schemes •the relevant actors involved in the urban planning processes •data requirements and data sources•the expected outcomes of the analytical tools under developmentLead partner: CIMNE March 30, 2012DownloadDownloadReport on the Accessible Energy Data The purpose of this report is:•to propose a methodology for classifying and characterising energy related data by means of a shared terminology which will be used in the subsequent semantic modelling and ontology building processes. This methodology will help domain experts and ontology engineers to identifying concepts and relationships between data.•to provide a set of standard forms to collect and describe data and data sources which will be used in the ontology building process as well as in the analysis performed by tools Lead partner: POLITO September 21, 2012 DownloadReport on Impact EvaluationEnergy efficient urban planning processes involve multiple scales and time. Also, urban planning practices practices are multidimensional in nature as they encompass social, political, economic, technical and environmental aspects. It is necessary, therefore, to have accounting frameworks to come up with the appropriate energy performance indicators and strategies which then can be supported by tools accessing semantically modeled data. This report proposes a methodology to be followed to identify those indicators and strategies operating at multiple levels and domains Lead partner: CIMNE October 21, 2012 DownloadSEMANCO WikiThe first release of SEMANCO wiki is now available. It contains twenty-one terms classified in concepts and technologies. Concepts refer to critical terms which are applied throughout the project domains; technologies stand for the tools, techniques and methods –both, the existing ones as well as the ones created by the project Lead partner: FUNITEC October 08, 2012 WikiReport on Strategies and Indicators for Monitoring CO2 Emissions This report provides strategies to monitor CO2 emissions and a list of indicators that can be used to measure the performance of strategies to reduce CO2 emissions Lead partner: RAMBOLL October 15, 2012 DownloadReport on Implementation Plan The processes of design, implementation and monitoring of the demonstration scenarios in the three cases of study are defined in this report. The scenarios have been designed to ensure a comparable parallel development and to facilitate the exchange of experiences at the European level Lead partner: CIMNE October 15, 2012 Download
SEMANTIC TOOLS FOR CARBON REDUCTION IN URBAN PLANNING
Co-funded by the European Commission within the 7th Framework Programme
Reports
Report on Project Methodology
This document describes the methodology developed during the first year of the SEMANCO project. Its purpose is to explain how the work of the Tasks in
different Work Packages (WPs) can be integrated. As such it introduces the tools and mechanisms used to ensure the integrated development of the
different components of the project
Lead partner: FUNITEC September 21, 2012
Download
Environments for Collaborative Ontology Mapping
An environment has been developed to be used in the semantic integration processes which will lead to the creation of the Semantic Energy Information
Framework (SEIF). It consists of two tools: 1. an OWL mapping extractor and 2. an ontology mapping collaborative web environment. These tools will
help different users–domain experts, data owners, and ontology engineers to integrate data in a collaborative way using standard semantic technologies.
The tools also automate parts of the semantic integration process.
In particular, with these tools it is possible:
1.
To generate an OWL ontology from a schema database (almost all data sources exist as databases).
2.
To translate relational data stored in tables and columns to RDF format according the local ontology previously generated.
3.
To provide an environment where users can easily map a local ontology to a global ontology according to their knowledge.
The tools are being validated through their application in the ontology building process leading to the SEIF. However, the tools are generic enough to be
applied to other projects dealing with building ontologies. The tools will be made available to the scientific and academic communities after being validated
through their application in the SEMANCO project
Lead partner: FUNITEC June 07, 2012
Report of the Case Studies and Analysis
This work grounds the ICT development within the SEMANCO project in the case study sites. To do so it presents an initial analysis of the following for the
Spanish, Danish and UK sites:
•
the current situation with regard to the energy performance of the built environment
•
the urban planning policy frameworks and strategies for reducing CO2 emissions
•
the implemented urban planning schemes
•
the relevant actors involved in the urban planning processes
•
data requirements and data sources
•
the expected outcomes of the analytical tools under development
Lead partner: CIMNE March 30, 2012
Download
Download
Report on Impact Evaluation
Energy efficient urban planning processes involve multiple scales and time. Also, urban planning practices practices are multidimensional in nature as they
encompass social, political, economic, technical and environmental aspects. It is necessary, therefore, to have accounting frameworks to come up with the
appropriate energy performance indicators and strategies which then can be supported by tools accessing semantically modeled data. This report proposes
a methodology to be followed to identify those indicators and strategies operating at multiple levels and domains
Lead partner: CIMNE October 21, 2012
Download
