EVELIXIA buildings as active utility nodes

EVELIXIA brings together 36 high profile organizations from 12 EU countries envisioning to realize Buildings as Active Utility Nodes (BAUNs), rendering the EU Building stock as: a) energy efficient; b) connected, by facilitating a two-way communication between the grid and the occupants, capitalizing on flexible technologies; c) smart, by utilizing analytics supported by sensors and controls to cooptimize efficiency, flexibility, and occupant preferences; and d) flexible, reducing, shifting, or modulating energy use according to occupant needs, while considering utility signals. EVELIXIA structures the advancement of its solutions along five Innovation Pathways: IP1: Building-to-Grid (B2G) Services; IP2: Grid-to-Building (G2B) Services; IP3: Human-to-Building Interfaces & Interactivity; IP4: Systems Interoperability; and IP5: Innovative HW as Flexibility Enablers, which will be integrated, deployed, and validated at 7 largescale, real-life pilots (GR, RO, FR, FI, ES, AT, DK). During the EVELIXIA platform deployment and validation, different actors (i.e., DSOs, DNOs, ESCOs, aggregators) from various sectors (electricity, heating/cooling, mobility) will exchange data for providing B2G and G2B services and they will participate in the development of Business Models showcasing the economic viability of the solutions proposed.

EVELIXIA puts a large focus on social engagement empowering citizens as not only adopters of solutions, but also, as their co-creators applying methodologies for citizen and consumer engagement and advanced human to building interfaces. Key expected outcomes include: 14 scalable B2G/G2B services demonstrated including DSF (implicit, explicit, shifting, etc.), P2P energy trading, portfolio management (day ahead/intra-day), TSO/DSO/DHO, and system planning services; GHG emissions reduced by 17%, increase of flexibility by up to 25%, increase of self-consumption up to 100%, reduce energy consumption by 13.5%, and increase RE generation by 11%.

Expected Outcomes:

EVELIXIA will demonstrate a rich portfolio of solutions for effective energy vector coupling (incl. residential, tertiary, industrial, mobility sectors), which include a multitude of building energy assets that will enable high-level synergies across different energy systems (vectors), covering diverse flexibility resources (e.g., storage, HPs) towards serving a common building mission. EVELIXIA builds upon highly innovative but proven solutions with a view to maximize impact and reduce implementation risks (e.g., underperformance). EVELIXIA tools will be capitalized for enabling energy carrier synergies towards a uniform, inclusive energy system and multi-sectorial interoperability for seamless solution deployment/replication. A more detailed description on how EVELIXIA improves interoperability and synergies between different energy carriers and support energy system integration is provided in the following paragraphs, where EVELIXIA advances in seven (7) pillars:

• EVELIXIA resolves key challenges for effective sector coupling
• EVELIXIA sets digital interoperability in the centre of energy systems synergies
• EVELIXIA resolves key cybersecurity and privacy concerns
• EVELIXIA offers optimized planning and management of building energy assets
• EVELIXIA increases observability of assets and unlocks the provision of multi-vector ancillary services
• EVELIXIA uses a user-centric, energy system integration approach
• EVELIXIA introduces novel hardware technologies that can facilitate energy system integration

HAEE’s role:

• Identification of drivers and barriers of transforming buildings into active utility nodes
• Definition of stakeholders’ requirements
• Development of novel business models and exploitation strategy (Task Leader)
• Key Performance Indicators Definition
• Stakeholder engagement activities and user empowerment

Participants:

• ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTY (EL) - Coordinator
• RINA CONSULTING SPA (IT)
• HAUTE ECOLE SPECIALISEE DE SUISSE OCCIDENTALE (CH)
• COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES (FR)
• FUNDACION CIRCE CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION DE RECURSOS Y CONSUMOS ENERGETICOS - CIRCE (ES)
• UBITECH ENERGY (BE)
• ELLINIKI ETAIREIA ENERGEIAKIS OIKONOMIAS (EL)
• IES R&D (IE)
• UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA (IT)
• SOLVUS CYPRUS LIMITED (CY)
• R2M SOLUTION (FR)
• ENERGIEINSTITUT AN DER JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITA (AT)
• FACHHOCHSCHULE BURGENLAND GMBH (AT)
• EUROPAISCHES ZENTRUM FUR ERNEUERBARE ENERGIE GUAT Partner
• ENERGIE GUSSING GMBH (AT)
• Öko Energie Strem registrierte Genossenschaft mit beschr (AT)
• PINK GMBH - ENERGIE- UND SPEICHERTECHNIK (AT)
• UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA CLUJ-NAPOCA (RO)
• Distributie Energie Electrica Romania SA (RO)
• Termoficare Napoca SA (RO)
• Entech (FR)
• SYNDICAT DEPARTEMENTAL D'ENERGIE ET D'EQUIPEMENT DU FINISTERE (FR)
• EUROPEAN GREEN CITIES APS (DK)
• Kolstrup Boligforening (DK)
• Aabenraa-Rodekro Fjernvarme (DK)
• Sustain Solutions APS (DK)
• NEOGRID TECHNOLOGIES APS (DK)
• MPODOSAKEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PTOLEMAIDA (EL)
• DHMOTIKH EPIXEIRHSH THLETHERMANSHS PTOLEMAIDA (EL)
• DIACHEIRISTIS ELLINIKOU DIKTYOU DIANOMIS ELEKTRIKIS (EL)
• BLUENERGY REVOLUTION SCRL (IT)
• ESTACION DE INVIERNO MANZANEDA SA (ES)
• FUNDACION INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE GALICIA (ES)
• NTT DATA EUROPE & LATAM GREEN ENGINEERING SL (ES)
• TURUN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU OY (FI)
• Naantalin Energia Oy (FI)