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Article

Integration and Verification of PLUG-N-HARVEST ICT Platform for Intelligent Management of Buildings

by
Christos Korkas
1,*,†,
Asimina Dimara
1,2,†,
Iakovos Michailidis
1,†,
Stelios Krinidis
1,3,†,
Rafael Marin-Perez
4,†,
Ana Isabel Martínez García
5,†,
Antonio Skarmeta
4,†,
Konstantinos Kitsikoudis
1,†,
Elias Kosmatopoulos
1,†,
Christos-Nikolaos Anagnostopoulos
2,† and
Dimitrios Tzovaras
1,†
1
Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Information Technologies Institute, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece
2
Intelligent Systems Lab, Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, University of the Aegean, 81100 Mytilene, Greece
3
Management Science and Technology Department, International Hellenic University (IHU), 65404 Kavala, Greece
4
Department of Research and Innovation, Odin Solutions, 30820 Murcia, Spain
5
Grupo ETRA, 46014 Valencia, Spain
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Energies 2022, 15(7), 2610; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15072610
Submission received: 25 February 2022 / Revised: 23 March 2022 / Accepted: 29 March 2022 / Published: 2 April 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovative Solutions towards Autonomous Modular Facade Systems)
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Abstract

THe energy-efficient operation of microgrids—a localized grouping of consuming loads (domestic appliances, EVs, etc.) with distributed energy sources such as solar photovoltaic panels—suggests the deployment of Energy Management Systems (EMSs) that enable the actuation of controllable microgrid loads coupled with Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools. Such tools are capable of optimizing the aggregated performance of the microgrid in an automated manner, based on an extensive network of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI). Modular adaptable/dynamic building envelope (ADBE) solutions have been proven an effective solution—exploiting free façade areas instead of roof areas—for extending the thermal inertia and energy harvesting capacity in existing buildings of different nature (residential, commercial, industrial, etc.). This study presents the PLUG-N-HARVEST holistic workflow towards the delivery of an automatically controllable microgrid integrating active ADBE technologies (e.g., PVs, HVACs). The digital platform comprises cloud AI services and functionalities for energy-efficient management, data healing/cleansing, flexibility forecasting, and the security-by-design IoT to efficiently optimize the overall performance in near-zero energy buildings and microgrids. The current study presents the effective design and necessary digital integration steps towards the PLUG-N-HARVEST ICT platform alongside real-life verification test results, validating the performance of the platform.
Keywords: digital platform architecture; energy efficiency; artificial intelligence; adaptable dynamic façade microgrids; IoT building automation digital platform architecture; energy efficiency; artificial intelligence; adaptable dynamic façade microgrids; IoT building automation

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Korkas, C.; Dimara, A.; Michailidis, I.; Krinidis, S.; Marin-Perez, R.; Martínez García, A.I.; Skarmeta, A.; Kitsikoudis, K.; Kosmatopoulos, E.; Anagnostopoulos, C.-N.; et al. Integration and Verification of PLUG-N-HARVEST ICT Platform for Intelligent Management of Buildings. Energies 2022, 15, 2610. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15072610

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Korkas C, Dimara A, Michailidis I, Krinidis S, Marin-Perez R, Martínez García AI, Skarmeta A, Kitsikoudis K, Kosmatopoulos E, Anagnostopoulos C-N, et al. Integration and Verification of PLUG-N-HARVEST ICT Platform for Intelligent Management of Buildings. Energies. 2022; 15(7):2610. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15072610

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Korkas, Christos, Asimina Dimara, Iakovos Michailidis, Stelios Krinidis, Rafael Marin-Perez, Ana Isabel Martínez García, Antonio Skarmeta, Konstantinos Kitsikoudis, Elias Kosmatopoulos, Christos-Nikolaos Anagnostopoulos, and et al. 2022. "Integration and Verification of PLUG-N-HARVEST ICT Platform for Intelligent Management of Buildings" Energies 15, no. 7: 2610. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15072610

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Korkas, C., Dimara, A., Michailidis, I., Krinidis, S., Marin-Perez, R., Martínez García, A. I., Skarmeta, A., Kitsikoudis, K., Kosmatopoulos, E., Anagnostopoulos, C.-N., & Tzovaras, D. (2022). Integration and Verification of PLUG-N-HARVEST ICT Platform for Intelligent Management of Buildings. Energies, 15(7), 2610. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15072610

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