The project aims to develop a toolset for advanced management of newly emerging energy
communities. These tools will enable a higher level of energy management digitization and
contribute to more efficient utilization of community RES. Energy management at this level
requires quickly deployable predictive models across control systems and overarching
optimization of HVAC setpoints. The software package will activate the existing thermal storage
capabilities as part of the community demand response. The project aims to accelerate the
deployment time of predictive models using auto-initialization modeling methods. Optimization
tools are expected to increase the utilization of community RES by up to 10 % and contribute to
cost reduction of up to 20 % under the current market conditions. 