Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE| Duration: | November 2015 - October 2018 |
| Contracting Authority/ Sponsors: | EU Horizon 2020 Forschungs- und Innovationsprogramm |
| Project Partners: | Motorola Solutions, IBM, Cork Institute of Technology, Technische Universität Dresden, CEA, EMBIX, Energy Solutions, Azimuth Monitoring |
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TOPAs – Tools for Continuous Building Performance Auditing / Werkzeuge für das betriebsbegleitende Audit der Gebäudeperformance
Demonstration of TOPAs in the building "Nimbus" of the Cork Institute of Technology in Ireland.
TOPAs-Framework.
Within the project "TOPAs", the Fraunhofer-Institute for Solar Energy Systems develops an open, cloud-based platform with analysis tools for buildings together with an international Consortium composed of nine partners including IBM and Motorola. The platform enables to quantify the performance gap between the actual energy and the predicted energy consumption and to make recommendation to minimize this gap. The TOPAs solution aims to reduce the performance gap to a maximum of 10% while saving up to 20% of energy through the use of innovative management strategies. The project focuses on the occupancy phase of buildings and analyses and optimizes their operation. In addition to reducing energy consumption, TOPAs also provides an expanded understanding of on the building operation and on indoor comfort.
Further information on the project can be found here: