Funding from Energi Fyn's Udviklingsfond
Associate Professor Mikkel Baun Kjærgaard receives funding for an energy efficiency project within public Buildings.
Energi Fyn has awarded grants for projects that contribute to innovation on Funen.
Associate Professor Mikkel Baun Kjærgaard from Center for Energy Informatics receives 241.500 DKK for a Living Lab for Energy Efficient Public Buildings based on ICT Solutions that account for the behaviour of occupants.
As buildings are responsible for around 40% of the energy consumption in Denmark it is important to improve the energy efficiency of buildings to minimize the total energy consumption. Changes in occupant behaviour can affect a building’s energy efficiency with more than 30%. Therefore occupant behaviour is an important parameter to consider.
The project will create a living lab in a newly build 8000 m2 office and teaching building at the University of Southern Denmark. The building will be under normal use by its occupants however additional infrastructure will make it possible to run experiments with intelligent control and diagnostic based on monitoring of occupant behaviour.
The creation of the lab will help foster new solutions to improve energy efficiency and education of students within software-based control of buildings. In collaboration with the Municipality of Odense we will disseminate
information about the new solutions and results to increase the energy efficiency of their public buildings.
Project period: 2015-2016
Budget: 241.500 DKK
Funding from: Energi Fyn's Udviklingsfond