The eTEACHER project has 12 pilot buildings located in Spain, UK and Romania that have been visited and preliminarily characterised by our team. In this issue, we will focus on UK pilots which are coordinated by our partner Nottingham City Council (NCC).
Djanogly City Academy (Djanogly) – UK.
“Djanogly City Academy” is a school with space for over 800 students that was built in 2005. The building has 9163 m2 and is on the edge of Forest Recreation Ground. The Academy’s design exploits this natural setting, with full height glazing to draw the landscape into the building and wide terraces, sheltered by a canopy of brisesoleil. A simple rectangle on plan, the teaching spaces extend from a long central atrium.
This academy is a modern building with monitoring and control technologies. Its energy sources are electricity and natural gas. The heating system consists of gas boilers, supplying hot water to underfloor heating, and radiators. The cooling system consists of electric chillers supplying cold water to the ceiling. It also has Air Handling Units and automatic windows for ventilation. The main appliances are computers, printers and projectors.
The potential eTEACHER users are managers, teachers and students. The target behaviours identified are the use of: windows and blinds, appliances, lighting, temperature set-points for cooling and valve control for heating.
After a number of visits and a preliminary characterization of the building, the Nottingham City Council, supported by eTEACHER coordinator CEMOSA, is currently working on the monitoring system which will provide additional information for the building characterization and input data to eTEACHER empower tools. The monitoring system will collect information about lighting, cooling, heating and appliances consumption at buidling level. At classroom level, windows opening, presence, lighting level, temperature, humidity, CO2 level, lighting consumption, appliances consumption and radiators temperatures will be monitored.
Djanogly City Academy (Djanogly) – UK
Nottingham Council House (NCH) – Nottingham (UK)
This building is the Council House in central Nottingham . It was built in 1927 at a size of 5862 m2 and is an important part of the city’s heritage. Due to its age and complexity it poses a big challenge regarding energy efficiency improvements, monitoring energy parameters and integrating ICT solutions. The main function of this building is providing administrative services for citizens, weddings and other kind of official events.
The Council House has a rectangular shape and 7 floors. The energy sources are electricity and district heating. The water from the district heating is distributed with radiators, convectors and some Air Handling Units. The main appliances are computers, printers and electric radiators.
The potential eTEACHER users are energy managers, staff, cleaners and security officers. The target behaviours identified are the use of: windows, appliances, lighting and radiators. The monitoring system, which is being currently deployed, will collect information about lighting and heating consumption at building level. At office level, windows opening, presence, lighting level, temperature, humidity, CO2 level, lighting consumption, appliances consumption and the use of radiators will also be monitored. Information collected by the monitoring system will be used to complete the building characterization and as inputs for eTEACHER empower tools.
READ IT ONLINE Dear reader, Time flies and after four intensive years of work, eTEACHER is coming to an end! A lot has happened in the past few months, and we have continued working on the demonstration of eTEACHER solutions in our 12 pilot buildings. Close supervision of the monitoring and the ICT tools allowed […]