REEB

REEB - Regulations of the Energy Efficiency in the Buildings researching project.

EU Research project, a part of seventh framework programme, Theme 3 - “Information and Communication Technologies”

REEB Target
The industrial sector targeted in REEB is Building Construction:
houses, residential buildings, office buildings, large infrastructures (harbours, airports, etc.), facilities like tunnels, and up to Urban management. REEB refer to all types of buildings, whether they are new, or being used or to be renovated, either they are residential, tertiary, or industrial.
REEB focus on the use of ICT to support and develop “Building Automation” and to improve energy efficiency, leading to the so-called “smart buildings” of tomorrow.

Smart Buildings take into account not only the infrastructure of the building itself (envelope, energy, networks), but also its users (private or professional space) and their needs for communication and services.

This reserch programme is drastically a new approach: considering energy which is the focus of REEB, the “energy-efficient smart building” is to be one of the major assets of the sustainable development insofar as it will allow to provide an optimal management of building energy flows.

REEB mission

The overall mission of REEB is to identify, synthesise, classify and get to a common agreement of the main problemsItalic text and challenges related to the future development, delivery and use of sustainable and energy-efficient facilities and buildings, through ICT-based informed decision-making (both human and automated).

Problems
*Inadequate ICT-based informed decision-making (both human and automated) in the current delivery and use of sustainable and energy-efficient facilities, with issues related to availability of Data/Information (D/I), appropriateness of D/I Source and reliability of D/I, D/I collection methods and integration, D/I transfer, transformation, use and delivery to stakeholders, etc.;
*Lack of (common) agreement on holistic and systems-based view of buildings, and of industry agreement on measurement and control;
*Decision-making not supported by adequate information, in a context of complex and difficult automation. Moreover, there is a lack of interoperability between many standards regulating buildings that affect delivery and use, with some being in conflict with others towards achieving sustainability and energy-efficiency;
*Need for post-occupancy feedback to user to enable behaviour modification towards sustainability and energy efficiency, including definition of user requirements and preferences, dynamic and personalized environmental controls, visualization of data associated with energy use, etc.;
*Inadequate D/I on, and methods for establishing, sustainability, energy efficiency, and other attributes of materials and products used in facilities, including assessment, smart labelling, logistics, etc..

REEB research programme will analyze
*ICT methods and tools supporting optimal design of products and services with respect to energy consumption and the related environmental impact - with coverage of the entire life-cycle of products and services from requirements analysis to their final elimination.
*Integrated ICT-based systems enabling an eco-efficient production, conservation and distribution of energy - guaranteeing safe and reliable provision of energy and possibly integrating various energy sources and transformation processes (e.g. cogeneration).
*New ICT-based control and monitoring systems applicable to industrial processes, office buildings, living environment (e.g. at home) in order to optimise energy consumption and to reduce environmental impact.
*Design, simulation and strategy adaptation of energy use profiles, especially in terms of in-house/in-building consumption management, with a focus on energy-neutral new or renovated home and working environments, supported by innovative business models and platforms for energy efficiency service provision.

The REEB project concept is to bring experts from the Construction, ICT and energy knowledge domains together so as to elaborate a common view of the current challenges, state-of-the-art, vision of a future state, and roadmapping of future RTD in ICT support to Energy-efficient Construction. This is made possible thanks to a Consortium formed by partners being at the crossing of these knowledge domains.

List of beneficiaries

The list of beneficiaries is as follows, with all partners entering in the project:

* Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment (coordinator) CSTB, FR
* Technical Research Centre of Finland VTT, FI
* Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique CEA, FR
* Fundación LABEIN Labein, ES
* Acciona Infraestructuras Acciona, ES
* Arup Group Ltd. ARUP, UK
* University College Cork UCC, Republic of Ireland
* Technische Universität Dresden TUD, DE

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