In a world where energy transition is a priority, most citizens are at a loss as to what measures they can take to become more efficient. The ENERGENIUS ENERGENIUS PROJECT project was born to alleviate this problem, creating a holistic ecosystem that promotes the energy transition in an accessible and efficient way.
Thanks to the experience of leading numerous European pilot projects, Voltiva Energy has taken the leap to coordinate ENERGENIUS, which will integrate digital tools and innovative services.
ENERGENIUS: What is it?
Funded by the European Union to the tune of four million euros, ENERGENIUS puts the consumer at the center, creating an enabling environment that drives the energy transition.
With the aim of improving the user experience, it will collect information from nine cross-sectoral sources, such as energy, water use, environmental conditions and comfort, health and nutrition data. Thanks to this data, different tools can be designed and implemented to improve the energy efficiency of consumers.
During the 4 years of duration, users will play an active role in the development of the ENERGENIUS project, testing the tools and services and providing suggestions for improvement. Thus, an effective and scalable solution to society will be achieved.
The solution will be demonstrated in 10 pilots
The project kicked off in September with the Kick off Meeting in Murcia, where we hosted the 17 European partners. The solution will be implemented in 10 pilots in 10 European countries, on a larger and smaller scale, following the following methodology:
- Leaders: carried out in Spain, Greece, Switzerland and Romania, all the project's technology will be fully deployed, implementing a comprehensive IoT structure.
- Learners: in these use cases, executed in Serbia, Ukraine and Germany, several IoT devices will be installed to assess the scalability and applicability of the solution.
- Listener: in these pilots, developed in the Netherlands, Italy and Estonia, they will test the application of the solution to evaluate its adoption potential.
Implementation and development of technologies
For the development of the various ENERGENIUS platforms, data collected through monitoring pilots in residential and commercial buildings, as well as information from public sources, will be used.
ENERGENIUS Suite will be the main tool, which will encompass the rest of the specific solutions, and will serve as a control center by integrating data, services and knowledge for the user. Other applications to be developed are:
- Scan to Digital Twin: An immersive experience that uses digital twins to analyze and improve building efficiency. In the future, its use will not be limited only to pilot users.
- GURU: A tool that offers personalized recommendations to optimize the energy consumption of the building.
- Marketplace: A system that encourages user participation, granting rewards in the form of coins (EN-COINS) as they perform sustainable actions during the project. These coins can be exchanged for unlockable features of the solution, discounts and services offered by partners or other companies.
All these technological solutions are developed following strict standards of privacy, security, scalability and interoperability.
Voltiva Energy's role in ENERGENIUS
At Voltiva Energy, we are in charge of coordinating the ENERGENIUS project, assuming the tasks of preparing periodic reports and project supervision, among others. In addition, we lead the task related to the design of flexible markets and services.
As for the demonstrators, we are leading the Spanish pilot executed in 15 homes in the Joven Futura neighborhood (Murcia), where the ENERGENIUS solution will be fully validated. The pilot also has two collective self-consumption photovoltaic installations of 10 kWp each. Counting on a certain degree of monitoring of their energy consumption, the operation of the installed devices will be verified and the IoT developed specifically for the project will be integrated.
The ENERGENIUS project will promote sustainability, inclusiveness and healthy and efficient living habits. Its savings potential of more than 30% or the influence of the IA of GURU recommendations on savings actions by more than 60%, are some of the results that are estimated with the implementation of the project.
