In August 2018 a study accomplished under the authority of the European Commission DG Energy, addressed the setting up of a smart readiness indicator for buildings and the related impacts assessment. This study was intended to provide technical support to the Directorate-General for Energy of the European Commission services in order to feed the discussions on the definition and provision of a smart readiness indicator for buildings.
The smart ready technologies referenced in this study are considered to be active components which could potentially:
raise energy efficiency and comfort by increasing the level of controllability of the technical building systems – either by the occupant or a building manager or via a fully automated building control system;
facilitate the energy management and maintenance of the building including via automated fault detection;
automate the reporting of the energy performance of buildings and their TBS (automated and real time inspections);
use advanced methods such as data analytics, self-learning control systems and model predictive control to optimize building operations.
