01 Nov

Tendencias en Internet de las cosas (IoT)

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PresentaciónPresentación de los sistemas para conectar objetos a Intenet (IoT), su evolución y el estado actual de los mismos. Descripción de las posibilidades de desarrollo de aplicaciones que ofrece esta tecnología, prestando especial atención a las cuestiones a las ciudades, edificios, hogares, transporte y movilidad e industria. Revisión del impacto de estos nuevos sistemas desde el punto de vista de las personas. En concreto, las ideas sobre la formación que se necesita, las posibilidades de la explotación y la creación de nuevos negocios, y en un ámbito más personal, sobre la experiencia de usuario.sistemas para conectar objetos a Intenet (IoT), su evolución y el estado actual de los mismos. Descripción de las posibilidades de desarrollo de aplicaciones que ofrece esta tecnología, prestando especial atención a las cuestiones a las ciudades, edificios, hogares, transporte y movilidad e industria. Revisión del impacto de estos nuevos sistemas desde el punto de vista de las personas. En concreto, las ideas sobre la formación que se necesita, las posibilidades de la explotación y la creación de nuevos negocios, y en un ámbito más personal, sobre la experiencia de usuario.

04 Jun

Advanced infratructure for smart lighting urban illumination.

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Why and how we light?

WHY?

  •  To improve visibility 
  •  To extend the day
  •  To enhance commerce and «urban» activities (leisure)
  •  To feel safer
  •  Primal fear of the dark

HOW to improve lighting?

 Use warm Correlated Color Temperature (CCT):  http://www.lrc.rpi.edu/programs/nlpip/lightinganswers/lightsources/whati…

 Minimizing glare/blinding 

 Use white light allows lower illumination levels

 Illumination level reduction can be done keeping the same target visibility:  https://youtu.be/VrqOWTPX7eQ

 Contrast matters (more that uniformity or lighting level)

03 Jun

Visualization tools and Visual Analytics for Big Data analysis on people movement

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The Data Era I

What we ask to our data:

  • explain and classify events;
  • interpret facts;
  • detect patterns;
  • solve problems;
  • find / propose solutions;
  • take decisions;
  • look at the past, explain the present, predict the future

The Data Era II

What we are looking for:

  • communicate actionable assessments effectively
  • summarise information / simplify the complex;
  • obtain insights from massive, dynamic, ambiguous, and often conflicting data;
  • detect the expected and discover the unexpected;
  • provide timely, evidence-based, and understandable analysis;
  • communicate actionable assessments effectively

02 Jun

Demand-response infrastructure for houses

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  • Dramatic growth of energy demand.
  • Energy security requirement.
  • Increased use of renewable energies for electricity generation.
  • Uncertain and intermittent nature of renewable energy.
  • Balance between the supply and demand sides.
  • Imbalance: low efficiency, energy waste, blackout, etc. 
  • Grid interconnection into regional, national, or continent wide networks.
  • Large energy storage systems integration.
  • Energy demand side reduction:
    • Energy efficiency of electric loads improvement.
    • Flexible electric loads—demand-response.
  • Residential sector: around 30–40% of global consumption.
  • Contribution to seasonal and daily peak demand.
  • Electrical power grid is over-dimensioned.
  • Utility companies generation increase.

Demand-response definition:

“Changes in electric usage by end-use customers from their normal consumption patterns in response to changes in the price of electricity over time, or to incentive payments designed to induce lower electricity use at times of high wholesale market prices or when system reliability is jeopardized.” (U.S. Department of Energy, 2006)

01 Oct

Open-IoT Solution-Madrid. Reunión de expertos. High-level conference (invitación).

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The 1st High Level Conference was organized under the topic: “Smart University campus and energy savings: Examples from Toulouse and Madrid”. In this opportunity, the main project pilot “Open-IoT Solution” for a smart campus is running by the Technical University of Madrid presented by Asunción Santamaria from the center for Energy Efficiency, Virtual Reality, Optical Engineering and Biometry. Also, the Toulouse III University Paul Sabatier presented the two main pilot projects: NeOcampus Demostrator (Marie-Pierre Gleizes, IRIT) and Edreams platform (Marise Bafleur, LAAS-CNRS).Open-IoT Solution” for a smart campus is running by the Technical University of Madrid presented by Asunción Santamaria from the center for Energy Efficiency, Virtual Reality, Optical Engineering and Biometry. Also, the Toulouse III University Paul Sabatier presented the two main pilot projects: NeOcampus Demostrator (Marie-Pierre Gleizes, IRIT) and Edreams platform (Marise Bafleur, LAAS-CNRS).