Low Power Mode for buildings

Important results from the project

The goal was to make a scalable application for property managers to be able to schedule the reduction of energy consumption in buildings and to communicate with tenants. The goal was met by creating an application - Low Power Mode App - that uses already installed systems (ventilation, elevator, heat pump, etc.) without any additional hardware installation or integration work having to be done with the standard RealEstateCore. 4 buildings connected, integration to sthlmflex.

Expected long term effects

We have confirmed that the Low Power Mode App solves a generic problem for all property owners, regardless of the size or type of building to save energy. Using RealEstateCore for integrations will facilitate the dissemination of the results to a Swedish and global audience. Interest in Low Power Mode is already in Norway (installation in progress) and Germany. Extension of RealEstateCore will be brought back as open source.

Approach and implementation

The project has been performed based on clear customer needs with the active participation of Vasakronan in setting requirements and evaluation, which has facilitated goal fulfilment and that the project´s schedule and budget have been kept. The Low Power Mode App was first implemented on 1 building and after feedback from Vasakronan, the implementation continued gradually on 3 more buildings. Implementation of connection to sthmlflex and machine learning was done only when basic functionality was implemented.