ABSTRACT
Buildings in Europe are responsible of 40% of the final energy consumption. With the aim to accomplish the European 20/20/20 targets, buildings play an important role. Moreover, public buildings should exemplify the best practices in terms of energy efficiency. In this context this paper describes an energy management system for buildings developed in the GESTENSIS project. The system is composed by 5 modules that give tools to building managers to optimize the energy consumption. The building managers have a set of metrics to understand how their building is working and to know if the building performance is decreasing. The system also supports building managers in their daily building operation, optimizing the different types of spaces (corridors, lecture rooms and PC rooms). The system also helps building managers to carry out maintenance activities. It is expected to reduce 15.26% of the gas consumption and 37.59% of the electricity consumption.
