Presentation done at Smart UniverCity week (May 2015) Video record is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQTwAVb4lIc

1. EMPOWERING PEOPLE
FOR A SMART UNIVERSITY.
Didac Ferrer
Sustainability and Equal Opportunities, UPC

2. MY TALK
 A real story
 Some reflections
 My vision for a Smart university
 A recommendation

4. A REAL STORY

5. 2011. Economic viability plan
Energy
Savings
Plan
2011-2014

6. Reduce 25% total energy consumption in
2014 compared to 2010.
OUR GOAL
tendencial
Pla
d’estalvi
energètic

8. Strategic lines
Collaborative teamsGuia 2.0
Investments in
efficiency
PEOPLE TECHNOLOGY
SIRENA. Monitoring
Training
Institutional decisions
↓
25%

9. Monitoring
www.upc.edu/SIRENA
SIRENA 3.0 (powered by DEXMA):
Public and open
90 buildings
Electricity, Gas, Water
205 measurement points
3 (+1) measuring levels:
UPC / campus / edifice
User profiles
Management
Maintenance
Reception
Research & education

12. How to change an
ORPHAN building into a
LIVING building?
• Parents >> Team, community of users
• Meaning and purpose >> Sustainability
• Recognition >> Incentives, Feedback
• Tools >> Energy information system

13. BUILDING ENERGY
OPTIMISATION PROJECTS
5 PRINCIPLES
• Scale = building + community
• Voluntary
• 25% savings re-invested
• Self-organisation
• Low-Cost investments

14. Voluntary participation
2011 2012 2013
13 build.
30% surf.
21 build.
50% surf
33 build.
80% surf
2014
42 build.
95% surf

15. 4/3/2014

16. -30%
FRI SAT SUN

17. DATA ARE ONLY 1/5
TEAM
AWARENESS DATA
OPERATIONSINVESTMENTS

18. Corregir hàbits
Competir

19. DOES IT WORK?

20. Building D2 Campus Nord (Departament)

21. Building RECTORATE Campus Nord

22. Energy results (UPC)

23. Stabilisation: around 5M€
Cummulated savings: 4M€
Economic Results (UPC)

24. LESSONS LEARNT

26. It’s more about SOCIAL innovation
than TECHNICAL innovation

27. IT’S BASICALLY ABOUT
EMPOWERING
PEOPLE
TO USE
INFORMATION

28. COLLABORATIVE ORGANISATION

29. SMART UNIVERSITY
MY VISION

30. Campus = LAB

31. U = Collaborative Organisation

32. A RECOMMENDATION
(FOR TECH_NO_OPTIMISTS)

33. Technology often
brings more problems
than solutions