The housing industry research project "Influence of operational management on the efficiency of old heating systems in existing buildings (BaltBest)" will run until May 2021. The project's investigations are intended to make a significant contribution to the development of strategies in the area of climate protection and digitization in the housing industry. The background to the investigations is that, in addition to improved building technology, tenants' usage behavior should also help to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions in the building sector.
Initial results clearly show that conscious usage behavior on the part of property owners and tenants can significantly reduce energy consumption. To enable users to better understand their energy usage behavior, smart home technology is needed to check and monitor their behavior. Elaborated recommendations for action should support them in optimizing their usage behavior and sustainably reducing energy consumption.
For the project, a total of 100 multi-family houses from the membership of the German Housing Association GdW were equipped with a special radio measurement infrastructure over three heating periods, with the start of the studies in December 2018. The data from 3.9 million telegrams as well as surveys on heating behavior are being collected, conducted and evaluated by the research institute EBZ Business School - University of Applied Sciences and the Technical University of Dresden. The interim results show that CO2 emissions can be significantly reduced by adjusting usage behavior, monitoring system technology, and optimally adjusting power demand and heating temperatures. Further study results can be found on the GdW website.
Source: GdW
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