Currently, the research lines in which the group is working are the following:
Smart cities: Energy information systems, decision-making systems and planning tools to optimize energy performance in buildings and cities (smart energy cities); technologies to support city planning, management and operation (smart government); decision support systems to improve buildings energy efficiency.
ICT for Architecture, Engineering and Construction: Integration of BIM technologies in the building lifecycle (design, construction and facilities management); BIM-based building component catalogues; open building systems; modular housing systems.
Technology Enhanced Learning: Web-based collaborative learning environments; repositories of learning resources; digital libraries; blended-learning.
The technological solutions applied in the projects developed along these research lines include: Semantic Web, Linked data, Semantic interoperability, BIM/IFC, GIS, Information visualization, Energy simulation, Data mining, Decision support systems, Mobile applications, Genetic algorithms, and Rule-based systems.Some of our most noteworthy projects funded by national and international research programs in Europe are: SEMANCO (FP7 program), OIKONET, OIKODOMOS and HOUSING@21.EU (EU Lifelong Learning Program); BARCODE HOUSING SYSTEM and REPENER (Spanish National RDI plan). Currently, the group is participating as partner in these research projects: OPTEEMAL (Horizon 2020), OPTIMUS (FP7 program), and ENERSI (Spanish National RDI programme).
Among the technological solutions developed in these projects we highlight the BARCODE HOUSING SYSTEM, the SEIS energy information system, the energy services platform EECITIES and the semantic search engine OIKONTOLOGY.ARC is member of the OPENCITYDATA network of excellence, co-funded by the Spanish National RDI programme.
The analysis of energy data is critical to understanding how and where energy is used and how much it costs; to evaluate the performance of the building equipment and facilities and urban environments to improve its use and maintenance and to take measures aimed at improving…
“Optimising the energy use in cities with smart decision support systems (OPTIMUS)” is a research project funded by the 7th Framework Programme of the European Union (2013-16). Its goal is to design, develop and implement a Decision Support System (DSS) to help…
It is a project to facilitate the knowledge exchange and transfer in the area of open data and its application in smart cities, among national research groups associated with universities, technology centers, public administrations and companies. The project is funded by…
The SEMANCO research project is co-funded by the FP7 "ICT systems for Energy Efficiency" program of the European Union. It began in September 2011 and will last three years. There are nine partner organisations working…
PROHABIT is a participatory and a multidisciplinary research project dedicated to analyse the impact that urban transformations have had on the dwellers of three neighbourhoods in Barcelona: Plus Ultra , Vallcarca, y Trinitat Nova. The objective of this project is to analyse…
Tesis doctoral - Diseño basado en prestaciones en la arquitectura
2018-05-23
Manuela Ianni defendió con éxito su tesis doctoral "Diseño basado en prestaciones en la arquitectura. Estrategias proyectuales para mejorar la eficiencia energética de los edificios", dirigida por el Dr. Leandro Madrazo. El tribunal valoró el trabajo realizado con…
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ENERSI at ICEER conference 2017
2017-07-17
Álvaro Sicilia has presented the paper "An energy information system for retrofitting smart urban areas" at the 4th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research (ICEER) in Porto, Portugal. The paper describes the applications developed…
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