Improving the energy efficiency of buildings through BIM and RFID technologies
The project aims to reinforce the transnational cooperation between enterprises and research institutes, improving the innovation basis for enterprises, specifically focusing on the “home system”. This improvement will be possible through the development of an integrated hardware and software system and of facades for the realisation and management of sustainable buildings, thus facing some of the main technological challenges for the sector, which will become more and more critical, such as the smart management of energy efficiency and buildings comfort.
Design and functioning of buildings need to be more and more optimized for the entire lifecycle based on BIM (Building Information Modeling), taking advantage of RFID sensors and integrated softwares of simulation and control. The aim of the project is the development of an integrated platform that overcomes current solutions’ limits (inadequate systems’ interoperability, difficulties on the application on existing buildings) which could be adopted or work as reference for SMEs. In fact, they have an important weight in the programme area. Secondly, the aim is to create facade systems with digital intelligence and new systems for controlling connected to sensors with RFID technology. These systems will allow a drastic reduction of the real energy consumption of buildings, increasing their efficiency and improving the maintenance and inspection of the elements.