The European Commission is supporting many projects intended to improve the use of renewable energy sources and a special attention has been devoted to the case of large-scale urban areas. The Polycity project represents a significant demonstration of this energy policy, which was applied to 3 cities: Barcelona, Stuttgart and Torino. The case of Torino appears of particular relevance because it is dedicated to the improvement of energy performance of existing buildings and installations which is, in our opinion, the most frequent situation. In particular the most qualifying characteristic of Torino project is the installation of a new combined heat and power generator (CHP), coupled with an absorption chiller, in order to supply energy more efficiently in a district which include the Housing Authority of the Province of Torino (ATC) building and 30 council buildings. The trigeneration is able to supply electricity and cooling power to the main office building and, thanks to the coupling to the existing district heating system, it provides thermal energy for space heating and hot water to the council buildings in the district. The paper presents the analysis activities performed during Polycity project to understand the role of monitoring and control in a complex energy system with the aim of improving the efficiency and reducing the energy consumption. Further analysis in terms of economical and environmental benefits have been already described in another paper where an optimal management system was used to improve the efficiency of the plant. Here only the results analysis of the project monitoring are analysed. Particular attention has been dedicated to the analysis of temperature profiles measured in some flats of residential buildings: these data have been collected for more than one year. Possible relationships between energy consumption and temperature management have been analysed and discussed in order to improve the results.

Energy Networks in Sustainable Cities: temperature and energy consumption monitoring in urban area / Giaccone, Luca; Guerrisi, Alessandra; Lazzeroni, Paolo; Tartaglia, Michele. - (2012). (Intervento presentato al convegno 25TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EFFICIENCY, COST, OPTIMIZATION, SIMULATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF ENERGY SYSTEMS tenutosi a Perugia (IT) nel 26-29 June 2012).

Energy Networks in Sustainable Cities: temperature and energy consumption monitoring in urban area

GIACCONE, LUCA;GUERRISI, ALESSANDRA;LAZZERONI, PAOLO;TARTAGLIA, Michele
2012

Abstract

The European Commission is supporting many projects intended to improve the use of renewable energy sources and a special attention has been devoted to the case of large-scale urban areas. The Polycity project represents a significant demonstration of this energy policy, which was applied to 3 cities: Barcelona, Stuttgart and Torino. The case of Torino appears of particular relevance because it is dedicated to the improvement of energy performance of existing buildings and installations which is, in our opinion, the most frequent situation. In particular the most qualifying characteristic of Torino project is the installation of a new combined heat and power generator (CHP), coupled with an absorption chiller, in order to supply energy more efficiently in a district which include the Housing Authority of the Province of Torino (ATC) building and 30 council buildings. The trigeneration is able to supply electricity and cooling power to the main office building and, thanks to the coupling to the existing district heating system, it provides thermal energy for space heating and hot water to the council buildings in the district. The paper presents the analysis activities performed during Polycity project to understand the role of monitoring and control in a complex energy system with the aim of improving the efficiency and reducing the energy consumption. Further analysis in terms of economical and environmental benefits have been already described in another paper where an optimal management system was used to improve the efficiency of the plant. Here only the results analysis of the project monitoring are analysed. Particular attention has been dedicated to the analysis of temperature profiles measured in some flats of residential buildings: these data have been collected for more than one year. Possible relationships between energy consumption and temperature management have been analysed and discussed in order to improve the results.
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