| D1P001: Name of the project | |
| D1P001: Name of the project | ExPEDite - Enabling Positive Energy Districts through Digital Twins |
| D1P002: Project assigned code | |
| D1P002: Project assigned code | Grant Agreement No. 101139527 |
| D1P003: Start date | |
| D1P003: Start date | 01/24 |
| D1P004: End date | |
| D1P004: End date | 12/26 |
| D1P005: Ongoing project | |
| D1P005: Ongoing project | Yes |
| D1P006: Funding programme/financing model | |
| FP7/H2020/HEU/DUT | yes |
| FP7/H2020/HEU | Horizon Europe Mission Framework |
| Interreg | no |
| National funding | no |
| Public-Private Partnership - please specify | no |
| Other | no |
| D1P007: Estimated project costs (Mill. €) | |
| D1P007: Estimated project costs (Mill. €) | 7.5 |
| D1P008: Description of project objectives/concepts | |
| D1P008: Description of project objectives/concepts | ExPEDite’s approach is to develop and integrate modular components that can be used to analyze and predict a district’s energy performance under various what-if scenarios. These components form a district Digital Twin, enabling not only a visualization of the built environment, but also real time information on energy flows and spatiotemporal optimization of the district’s energy needs. This tool allows for district planning actions to be designed, analyzed and compared, leading to evidence-based decision making. ExPEDite’s vision will be achieved by considering the four components that contribute to PEDs: -Building stock energy efficiency; -Renewable energy sources (RES); -Energy flexibility; -E-mobility & sustainable transport. |
| D1P009: Description of project upscaling strategies/potential | |
| D1P009: Description of project upscaling strategies/potential | The project will culminate in the publication of practical guidelines, reusable models, algorithms, and training materials to aid other cities to replicate the digital twin for their districts, fostering widespread adoption of sustainable energy practices |
| D1P010: Number of PED case studies in the project | |
| D1P010: Number of PED case studies in the project | 1 |
| D1P011: Case Study | |
| D1P011: Case Study | |
| D1P012: Description of project expected impact | |
| D1P012: Description of project expected impact |
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| D1P013: Standardization efforts | |
| D1P013: Standardization efforts | The Digital Twin’s architecture will comply with open technical specifications that allow cities and communities, regardless of their size of capacity, to replicate and scale solutions globally. This will be achieved by following the Minimum Interoperability Mechanisms (MIMs), which comprise a set of practical capabilities that provide the technical foundation for procurement and deployment of urban data platforms and end-to-end solutions in cities and communities worldwide. By implementing MIMs, cities increase the speed and openness of innovation and development, whilst decreasing cost. By basing the mechanisms on an inclusive list of baselines and references, they can take account of the different backgrounds of cities and communities and allow cities to achieve interoperability based on a minimal common ground. By enabling interoperability between existing infrastructures and new specific components supporting PED implementation and management, the application of the MIMs facilitates the adoption and the extension of all the technical deliverables and a better understanding of the requirements and of the features of the solution. Implementation can be different, as long as crucial interoperability points in any given technical architecture use the same interoperability mechanisms. The MIMs are vendor neutral and technology agnostic, enabling anybody to use them and integrate them in existing systems and offerings, complementing existing standards and technologies. The interoperability points assure the replicability of the solutions built on top of an open city platform, as these are decoupled from the specific technological implementation and deployment of the architectural components. The project's impact will be extended by addressing standardization in two respects. First, it will liaise the project plans and outcomes with the relevant standardization institutions. These activities will be in line with the CEN-CENELEC Adaptation to Climate Change Coordination Group (ACC-CG) that coordinates various standardization activities and supports Technical Committees (TCs) in revising European infrastructure standards. The project's scope might involve TCs focusing on energy management and efficiency (CEN/CLC/JTC 14 Energy Management, Audits, and Savings, ISO/TC 207/SC7 Greenhouse Gas and Climate Change Management Activities) as well as TCs focusing on urban resilience (ISO/TC 292 Societal and Citizen Security, ISO/TC 268 Sustainable Cities and Communities). Second, the task will map out the standardization landscape in the two aforementioned areas and identify gaps where standardization could support ExPEDite's technological innovation. |
| D1P014: Sources | |
| D1P014: Sources | |
| D1P015: Can you specify a suitable contact person regarding the load-management approach within your PED project? | |
| Name | Viesturs Veckalns |
| hello@expedite-project.eu | |
| D1P016: Would you be willing to share data from your PED project for research purposes? | |
| D1P016: Would you be willing to share data from your PED project for research purposes? | Yes |
Authors (framework concept)
Beril Alpagut (Demir Enerji)
Giulia Turci (University of Bologna / UNIBO, Cesena Municipality)
Michal Kuzmic (Czech Technical University in Prague / CTU)
Paolo Civiero (Università Roma Tre)
Vicky Albert-Seifried (Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme / FHG ISE)
Bailador Ferreras M. Almudena (Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas / CIEMAT)
Serena Pagliulia (University of Bologna / UNIBO)
Oscar Seco (Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas / CIEMAT)
Silvia Soutullo (Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas / CIEMAT)
Daniele Vettorato (EURAC Research / EURAC)
Contributors (to the content)
Laura Aelenei (Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia / LNEG), Nienke Maas (Netherlands Organisation for applied scientific research / TNO), Savis Gohari (Oslo Metropolitan University / OsloMet), Andras Reith (Advanced Building and Urban Design / ABUD), Ghazal Etminan (Austrian Institute of Technology / AIT), Maria-Beatrice Andreucci (Universita Sapienza), Francesco Reda (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd / VTT), Mari Hukkalainen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd / VTT), Judith-Borsboom (Locality), Gilda Massa (National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development / ENEA), Jelena Ziemele (University of Latvia), Nikola Pokorny (Czech Technical University in Prague / CTU), Sergio Diaz de Garayo Balsategui (Centro Nacional de Energías Renovables / CENER, IEA Annex 83), Christoph Gollner (Austrian Research Promotion Agency / FFG, JPI UE), Silvia Bossi (National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development / ENEA, JPI UE), Christian Winzer (Zurich University of Applied Science / ZHAW), George Martinopoulos (Centre for Research and Technology Hellas / CERTH), Maria Nuria Sánchez (Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas / CIEMAT), Angelina Tomova (Energy Agency of Plovdiv), Xingxing Zhang (Dalarna University), Juveria Shah (Dalarna University), Mengjie Han (Dalarna University), Oya Tabanoğlu (Demir Enerji)
Implemented by
Boutik.pt: Filipe Martins, Jamal Khan (2020-2023), Czech Technical University in Prague: Marek Suchánek (2023-2024)
