Interactive energy planning with LUUCY and myEnergyGuide

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Politicians, authorities, the private sector and society are equally challenged to reduce the CO2 consumption of the settlement area. The project combines the croudfunding approach of MyEnergyGuide with the planning tool of LUUCY's digital twin and thus enables decision-makers to create effective insentivation models and optimized framework conditions so that the threshold of willingness to act can be lowered for all and thus the decarbonization of the settlement area can be dynamized. Which problem do you want to solve? Politics, authorities, private sector and society are equally challenged to sustainably adapt Switzerland's energy supply to the new requirements (e.g. electromobility) and to decarbonize it at the same time (e.g. heating systems). The fields of action for this are to be considered interdisciplinary, i.e. as cooperation and interaction of the different disciplines. In this respect, the future "Energy System Switzerland", consisting of renewable energy sources, sector coupling, energy storage and consumption optimization, is to be understood as an interdisciplinary system with considerable synergy potentials and numerous interdependencies. The energy supply of a building can/must no longer be considered only on a parcel-specific basis. Energy resources (roofs, facades, heat exchangers for ambient energy, storage potentials) should be recorded in their fine granularity and assessed in the context of energy networks (electricity, heating/cooling/energy, ...). From comprehensible analyses and representations of the complex subject matter and an overarching understanding of the systematics of sustainable and robust energy management, insights for incentive programs and collaboration models emerge. These lead to concepts and action spaces for novel forms of collaboration between public authorities and the private sector. Who are the customers and how will they benefit from a solution? Users of the proposed consulting and planning tool can be found at the regional, municipal, neighborhood, and building levels. A central element is to be able to exchange information with the next higher planning level about future scenarios, the coordination of measures and a monitoring of the ongoing development. The superordinate levels belong to the area of responsibility of the authorities in the context of their spatial, real estate and infrastructure development. With our project, we focus primarily on this target group and their new tasks in the area of spatial and energy planning. How does your project idea affect energy savings or CO2 emissions? In our opinion, the renovation backlog in the building sector is largely due to the high (and ever-increasing) complexity or multidisciplinary nature of the tasks. Decisions on direction require a considerable degree of competence, which is not easy to obtain. If this information gap can be closed with easy-to-use tools and the action threshold for property owners can be lowered, the building renewal rate (renovation, extension, replacement) in Switzerland can be substantially increased. Current status and activities to date Our project builds on and is based on the combination of the following two tools: LUUCY.ch is a digital, open-interface and interactive 3D web GIS platform for spatial and real estate development, by means of which spaces, real estate and infrastructure can be developed in a forward-looking and sustainable way. The users/target groups are public authorities and the real estate industry. LUUCY is already established on the market. Since March 1, 2022, the LUUCY platform can be implemented and used by municipalities free of charge. myEnergyGuide.ch is a tool for real estate residents and owners who want to modernize a building or apartment in a cost-effective and climate-friendly way. myEnergyGuide takes an interdisciplinary look at the building and weighs the various measures against each other based on dynamic annual simulations according to individual requirements. myEnergyGuide was developed with the support of SFOE/EnergieSchweiz and Innosuisse and focuses on more buyer competence of preferably private real estate owners. myEnergyGuide is about to be launched. As already mentioned, the USP of our project is the combination of these two tools: via LUUCY.ch, the authorities can plan the sustainable development of their area, and via myEnergyGuide.ch, they can simultaneously establish long-term customer loyalty. LUUCY and myEnergyGuide have only collaborated selectively to date, but the proposed project idea has been under discussion and conceptual development for over a year. The use of GIS data is generally not trivial. Data inaccuracies, errors or contradictions must be able to be resolved by the tools. This is the special know-how for the 3D data of LUUCY as well as for the energy data of myEnergyGuide. LUUCY represents the spatial context of the built landscape throughout Switzerland and supplements this with all publicly available spatial data. Cities such as Zurich ("enerGIS"), Basel or Geneva already have detailed network maps, including expansion stages. With LUUCY, new building concepts or entire site projects can be recorded, displayed and evaluated in context in a wide variety of data formats (including IFC) and initial estimates of construction costs can be made. The link with the analysis of energy resources in myEnergyGuide also allows the operational costs and the total CO2 impact to be determined. myEnergyGuide allows communication with property occupants and owners and could be provided free of charge (possibly as a branded version) by the authorities: Provides digital advice to property residents/owners according to individual requirements, increasing their knowledge and competence to decide on consequential measures. Individual motives such as living comfort, independence, security, cost efficiency or long-term value preservation can be used as a pivot for numerous ecological measures. Provides the authorities with more precise data on the inventory (e.g. heating system, building envelope, equipment, etc.), which the real estate residents/owners collect by using myEnergyGuide and, assuming consent, make available to the authorities. Enables authorities to target information and influence parameters to guide individual actions in context with overall goals. Enables the authorities to know at an earlier stage when new construction or modernization is being considered, so that they can advise accordingly and, if necessary, exert influence. Provides property residents/owners with a companion in the transformation of the individual property and thus a continuous/sustainable communication between authorities and property residents/owners. Resources needed In the context of this research we focus on the following two use-cases: Use-Case 1: Plan + monitor energy supply. Use-Case 2: Planning + monitoring decarbonization Within the scope of this research project, basic principles, process and information requirements for a sustainable and, if possible, CO2 neutral energy supply are to be developed and implemented as a mockup in the two tools LUUCY.ch and myEnergyGuide.ch, among others: Extension / alignment of the API to building data: useful data for LUUCY from mEG as well as vice versa shall be achieved by extended API's Information on existing or planned energy networks (LUUCY -> mEG) Transmission of interesting energy solutions (mEG -> LUUCY) Simulation of entire neighborhoods or districts, including cost estimates for installation and operation Targeted community-wide specific campaigns to capture and refine building situations Planning of neighborhood ZEV ("interconnection for self-consumption") Use of the Common Tool for long-term planning and monitoring of measures. Identifying and planning the energy transition of quarters and cities How can the Energy Lab help you? Contacts to municipalities and planning offices in the field can help to bring important first movers and know-how carriers on board. Of course, additional energy technology knowledge, especially in the field of energy networks, is always welcome.

Project Idea Metadata

• Project Idea Name: Interactive energy planning with LUUCY and myEnergyGuide
• Date: 3/15/2022 7:25:58 PM
• Administrators:
  • Mark Imhof

Project Idea Description

Which problem do you want to solve?

Politics, authorities, private sector and society are equally challenged to sustainably adapt Switzerland's energy supply to the new requirements (e.g. electromobility) and to decarbonize it at the same time (e.g. heating systems). The fields of action for this are to be considered interdisciplinary, i.e. as cooperation and interaction of the different disciplines. In this respect, the future "Energy System Switzerland", consisting of renewable energy sources, sector coupling, energy storage and consumption optimization, is to be understood as an interdisciplinary system with considerable synergy potentials and numerous interdependencies. The energy supply of a building can/must no longer be considered only on a parcel-specific basis. Energy resources (roofs, facades, heat exchangers for ambient energy, storage potentials) should be recorded in their fine granularity and assessed in the context of energy networks (electricity, heating/cooling/energy, ...). From comprehensible analyses and representations of the complex subject matter and an overarching understanding of the systematics of sustainable and robust energy management, insights for incentive programs and collaboration models emerge. These lead to concepts and action spaces for novel forms of collaboration between public authorities and the private sector.

Who are the customers and how will they benefit from a solution?

Users of the proposed consulting and planning tool can be found at the regional, municipal, neighborhood, and building levels. A central element is to be able to exchange information with the next higher planning level about future scenarios, the coordination of measures and a monitoring of the ongoing development. The superordinate levels belong to the area of responsibility of the authorities in the context of their spatial, real estate and infrastructure development. With our project, we focus primarily on this target group and their new tasks in the area of spatial and energy planning.

How does your project idea affect energy savings or CO2 emissions?

In our opinion, the renovation backlog in the building sector is largely due to the high (and ever-increasing) complexity or multidisciplinary nature of the tasks. Decisions on direction require a considerable degree of competence, which is not easy to obtain. If this information gap can be closed with easy-to-use tools and the action threshold for property owners can be lowered, the building renewal rate (renovation, extension, replacement) in Switzerland can be substantially increased.

Current status and activities to date

Our project builds on and is based on the combination of the following two tools:

• LUUCY.ch is a digital, open-interface and interactive 3D web GIS platform for spatial and real estate development, by means of which spaces, real estate and infrastructure can be developed in a forward-looking and sustainable way. The users/target groups are public authorities and the real estate industry. LUUCY is already established on the market. Since March 1, 2022, the LUUCY platform can be implemented and used by municipalities free of charge.

• myEnergyGuide.ch is a tool for real estate residents and owners who want to modernize a building or apartment in a cost-effective and climate-friendly way. myEnergyGuide takes an interdisciplinary look at the building and weighs the various measures against each other based on dynamic annual simulations according to individual requirements. myEnergyGuide was developed with the support of SFOE/EnergieSchweiz and Innosuisse and focuses on more buyer competence of preferably private real estate owners. myEnergyGuide is about to be launched.

As already mentioned, the USP of our project is the combination of these two tools: via LUUCY.ch, the authorities can plan the sustainable development of their area, and via myEnergyGuide.ch, they can simultaneously establish long-term customer loyalty. LUUCY and myEnergyGuide have only collaborated selectively to date, but the proposed project idea has been under discussion and conceptual development for over a year. The use of GIS data is generally not trivial. Data inaccuracies, errors or contradictions must be able to be resolved by the tools. This is the special know-how for the 3D data of LUUCY as well as for the energy data of myEnergyGuide.

LUUCY represents the spatial context of the built landscape throughout Switzerland and supplements this with all publicly available spatial data. Cities such as Zurich ("enerGIS"), Basel or Geneva already have detailed network maps, including expansion stages. With LUUCY, new building concepts or entire site projects can be recorded, displayed and evaluated in context in a wide variety of data formats (including IFC) and initial estimates of construction costs can be made. The link with the analysis of energy resources in myEnergyGuide also allows the operational costs and the total CO2 impact to be determined.

myEnergyGuide allows communication with property occupants and owners and could be provided free of charge (possibly as a branded version) by the authorities:

• Provides digital advice to property residents/owners according to individual requirements, increasing their knowledge and competence to decide on consequential measures. Individual motives such as living comfort, independence, security, cost efficiency or long-term value preservation can be used as a pivot for numerous ecological measures.

• Provides the authorities with more precise data on the inventory (e.g. heating system, building envelope, equipment, etc.), which the real estate residents/owners collect by using myEnergyGuide and, assuming consent, make available to the authorities.

• Enables authorities to target information and influence parameters to guide individual actions in context with overall goals.

• Enables the authorities to know at an earlier stage when new construction or modernization is being considered, so that they can advise accordingly and, if necessary, exert influence.

• Provides property residents/owners with a companion in the transformation of the individual property and thus a continuous/sustainable communication between authorities and property residents/owners.

Resources needed

In the context of this research we focus on the following two use-cases:

• Use-Case 1: Plan + monitor energy supply.
• Use-Case 2: Planning + monitoring decarbonization

Within the scope of this research project, basic principles, process and information requirements for a sustainable and, if possible, CO2 neutral energy supply are to be developed and implemented as a mockup in the two tools LUUCY.ch and myEnergyGuide.ch, among others:

• Extension / alignment of the API to building data: useful data for LUUCY from mEG as well as vice versa shall be achieved by extended API's
• Information on existing or planned energy networks (LUUCY -> mEG)
• Transmission of interesting energy solutions (mEG -> LUUCY)
• Simulation of entire neighborhoods or districts, including cost estimates for installation and operation
• Targeted community-wide specific campaigns to capture and refine building situations
• Planning of neighborhood ZEV ("interconnection for self-consumption")
• Use of the Common Tool for long-term planning and monitoring of measures. Identifying and planning the energy transition of quarters and cities

How can the Energy Lab help you?

Contacts to municipalities and planning offices in the field can help to bring important first movers and know-how carriers on board. Of course, additional energy technology knowledge, especially in the field of energy networks, is always welcome.

Politicians, authorities, the private sector and society are equally challenged to reduce the CO2 consumption of the settlement area. The project combines the croudfunding approach of MyEnergyGuide with the planning tool of LUUCY's digital twin and thus enables decision-makers to create effective insentivation models and optimized framework conditions so that the threshold of willingness to act can be lowered for all and thus the decarbonization of the settlement area can be dynamized.