EU Funds

oBEMS

The research project “oBEMS (Office Building Energy Management System), intelligent hardware and software overlay for office building automation systems, a new method of managing comfort and electricity, heat optimizing ventilation, heating, cooling (HVAC) on an ongoing basis with the use of a multisensory map of comfort” is being carried out under Measure 1.1. “R&D projects of enterprises”, Sub-measure 1.1.1: “Industrial research and development work carried out by enterprises” of the Intelligent Development Operational Program 2014-2020 co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund.

The subject of the project is research on the innovative oBEMS system – intelligent hardware and software overlay for office building automation systems. oBEMS will optimize forced ventilation, air conditioning, and heating (HVAC) systems to maintain the desired comfort level and reduce electricity and heat costs. oBEMS will be based on a combination of ongoing management of the internal climate in office buildings using a multisensory map of comfort and a low-invasive method of integration with BMS (Building Management System) systems.

The project aims to conduct industrial research and development works for the prototype of a new product. oBEMS will combine comfort maps and HVAC control to:

• achieving a reduction in electricity and heat consumption and financial savings thanks to the optimization of control, taking into account energy prices (fixed, dynamic, wholesale SPOT tariffs), the current load of the building,
• maintaining optimal parameters of air quality and comfort perceived by people in offices.

Total project implementation cost: PLN 4,604,371.28

Co-financing of the project from the EU: PLN 3,481,604.54

NCBR

Bridge Alfa

Virtual Power Plant is the first company co-financed within BRIdge Alfa programme organized by the National Research and Development Centre (NCBiR).

BRIdge Alfa is directed towards ideas that are in the seed stage. During this project 10 investment vehicles were made. They select ideas with high potential for commercialization and support their entry to the market by providing passage through proof of principle, proof of concept stages and all necessary services to transform into spin-off.

One of the investment vehicles of BRIdge Alfa programme is StartVenture@Poland (SVP) created by StartUp Hub Poland Foundation and venture capital fund Giza Polish Ventures with the support from NCBiR.

Our company develops methodology for managing energy consumption in large-scale buildings in terms of design and test run of Enabler Demand Side Response (DSR) application. DSR services are helping reduce daily peaks in energy demand and produce Negawatts. Negawatts are a unit of energy, which was consciously not used by the consumers.

The idea for Negawatts arised from the need of energy operators, who are responsible for providing surplus energy, which is consumed on each node of the grid. In the normal procedure, the excesss energy is ensured by ordering additional production in power plants, but if such energy is not available it falls down to consumers to reduce their demand.