Valladolid (Spain) tests smart heating controls in residential buildings – new video interview
A research engineer from the EU-funded BUILDON project explains how digital monitoring and control strategies are improving energy management in residential buildings.
Watch the video interview with Pablo Marcos
A new video interview from the BuildON project highlights innovative energy management solutions tested in a residential building in Valladolid, Spain. In the interview, Paolo Marcus from CARTIF's Research and Development department explains how the city is using new data and smart control strategies to improve heating and domestic hot water management while maintaining residents' comfort:
"The objective is to improve heating and domestic hot water in terms of control. […] The new devices in BuildON are thermostatic valves, which allow us to collect data at room level for each dwelling and each end user. With this kind of data, we can give the information to the project and develop strategies to understand the real consumption of each end user."
The data collected through these devices allows the project to better understand real energy consumption patterns and develop advanced control strategies that improve efficiency without increasing complexity for residents.
The pilot takes place in a 14-storey residential building dating back to the 1960s and renovated in 2018. Like many buildings of its kind, further structural upgrades are difficult to implement, making it an ideal setting to test digital energy solutions.
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