The GrowSmarter project, running from 2015 to 2019, focuses on district energy management in Cologne's Mülheim area, utilizing software for energy optimization and forecasting. The initiative involves collaboration with stakeholders and aims to provide tenants with insights into energy technology through various informational events. Key components of the project include local energy managers and a centralized management system for efficient energy consumption and production.

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THE GROWSMARTER PROJECT
2015-2019
Webinar – Siedlungsmanagement
- District Energy Management System
Simon Lüthje and Alexander Stankiewicz,
RheinEnergie AG

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Content
• Project area – Cologne Mülheim
• Idea behind the Siedlungsmanagement
• Structure of the Siedlungsmanagement
• Communication and Stakeholder involvement measures
• Forecast and optimization
• Energy management system

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The project area Mülheim
Stegerwaldsiedlung

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Project area -Energy- Stegerwaldsiedlung

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• Creating a Software that is working as a central intelligence for the whole district
• creating forecasts of the energy production and consumption,
• optimizing the plants accordingly.
Idea behind the Siedlungsmanagement

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Structure of the Siedlungsmanagement
settlement monitor /
open-data-platform
Siedlungsmanagement
district
heating
weather data
smart home
battery storage
energy-apps
heat pumps
photovoltaics
charging stations
energy trading
energy
manager/
SPS
buffer storage
apartment building A
hot water tank
energy
manager
meter data
management
other buildings
mobility hub
virtual
power plant

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Structure of the Siedlungsmanagement
settlement monitor /
open-data-platform
Siedlungsmanagement
district
heating
weather data
smart home
battery storage
energy-apps
heat pumps
photovoltaics
charging stations
energy trading
energy
manager/
SPS
buffer storage
apartment building A
hot water tank
energy
manager
meter data
management
other buildings
mobility hub
virtual
power plant

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• RheinEnergie organized an information event last November to inform the tenants about
all the measure included in WP2
• Another event is planned for the 1st quarter of 2017
• RheinEnergie is working closely with our partners. We are planning to use the housings
for the heat pumps and the batteries to give the tenants an insight into the technology.
The Dewog will design the area accordingly.
• We will provide a settlement monitor to visualize the energy flows within the district
Communication and Stakeholder involvement
measures

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• Creating forecasts for:
– Electricity production (solar)
– Electricity consumption
– Heating demand
• The optimization has different goals:
– Minimize consumption of electricity from grid
– Minimize feeding electricity into the grid
– Minimize costs of grid consumption
Forecast and Optimization

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Forecast and Optimization
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• Every building has a local Energy Manager which is connected to the
Siedlungsmanagement via Internet over a secured connection
• The Energy Manager receives the result of the optimization as an incentive table and
converts it into a schedule for the connected devices:
– Heat pumps
– Batteries
– Heating cartridge
– District heating station
Energy Management System

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant
agreement no 646456. The sole responsibility for the content of this presentation lies with the GrowSmarter project and in no way
reflects the views of the European Union.
RheinEnergie AG
Parkgürtel 24
D-50823 Köln
Business Developement
h.kahl@rheinenergie.com
Holger Kahl

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