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FP7/608703
OPTIMUS
Final Report
Part Β: “Use and
Dissemination of Foreground
/ Report on Societal
Implications”
2
PROJECT PERIODIC REPORT
Grant Agreement number: 608703
Project acronym: OPTIMUS
Project title: OPTIMising the energy USe in cities with smart decision support system
Funding Scheme: FP7- ICT-2013.6.4
Period covered: from 1st October 2013 to 30th September 2016
Name, title and organisation of the scientific representative of the project's coordinator:
Prof. John Psarras, Project Coordinator, National Technical University of Athens
Tel: +30 210 7723551
Fax: +30 210 772 3550
E-mail: [email protected]
Project website address: http://www.optimus-smartcity.eu
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Contents
1 Use and Dissemination of Foreground ........................................................................... 4
1.1 Dissemination Measures (Public) ............................................................................ 4
1.2 Exploitable Foreground (Confidential) ....................................................................16
1.2.1 OPTIMUS SCEAF ...........................................................................................18
1.2.2 OPTIMUS TRACKER ......................................................................................19
1.2.3 Data Capturing Modules ..................................................................................21
1.2.4 Semantic Framework ......................................................................................22
1.2.5 Prediction Models ............................................................................................23
1.2.6 Set of Inference Rules .....................................................................................24
1.2.7 TCV Web App .................................................................................................26
1.2.8 DSS Engine ....................................................................................................27
2 Report on Societal Implications .....................................................................................29
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1 Use and Dissemination of Foreground
1.1 Dissemination Measures (Public)
TABLE 10: LIST OF SCIENTIFIC (PEER REVIEWED) PUBLICATIONS
Nο Title Main author Title of the
periodical or the series
Number, date or
frequency Publisher
Place of publication
Year of publication
Relevant pages
Permanent identifiers1
(if available)
Is/Will open access2
provided to this
publication?
1
How “OPTIMUS” is a city in terms of
energy optimization? e-SCEAF: A web based decision
support tool for local authorities
Papastamatiou I.
Information Fusion Vol. 29,
2016 Elsevier 2016 149-161
DOI: 10.1016/j.inffus.2015.10.002
2
A Framework to Assess the Behavior and Performance of
a City Towards Energy Optimization
Androulaki S.
Chapter of the Book “Intelligent
Computing Systems: Emerging Application Areas”
Vol. 627, 2016
Springer 2016 189-205
DOI: 10.1007/97
8-3-662-49179-9_9
3
Enabling Local Authorities to
Produce Short-Term Energy Plans: A Multidisciplinary
Androulaki S.
Management of Environmental
Quality
Vol 27, 2016
Emerald 2016 146-166
DOI: 10.1108/M
EQ-02-2014-0021
1 A permanent identifier should be a persistent link to the published version full text if open access or abstract if article is pay per view) or to the final manuscript accepted for publication (link to article in repository). 2 Open Access is defined as free of charge access for anyone via Internet. Please answer "yes" if the open access to the publication is already established and also if the embargo period for open access is not yet over but you intend to establish open access afterwards.
5
Decision Support Approach
4
Forecasting electrical
consumption of commercial buildings
using energy performance
indicators
Spiliotis E. International
Journal of Decision Support Systems
Vol. 1 No. 2, 2015
Inderscience Publishers
2015 164-182
5
The Overall Architecture of a Decision Support System for Public
Buildings
Capozzoli A. Energy Procedia June 14-17, 2015
6th International Building Physics Conference 2015
Turin, Italy 2015 2196-2201
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2015.
11.318
6
Building Energy Management
Systems using an Innovative “Smart
City Platform”
Doukas H. Conference Proceedings
12 November
2016
International Conference “Energy in
Buildings 2016”
Athens, Greece
2016
7
OPTIMUS Decision Support Tools: Transforming
Multidisciplinary Data to Energy
Management Action Plans
Doukas H. IEEE - Conference
Proceedings 13-14 July
2016
The 7th International
Conference on Information, Intelligence, Systems and
Applications (IISA 2016)
Chalkidiki, Greece
2016
8
Management strategies for the energy saving of public buildings
through a Decision Support System
Capozzoli A. Conference Proceedings
18-19 February,
2016
Sustainable Built Environment 2016
Towards post-carbon cities (SBE
2016)
Torino, Italy
2016 ISSN 2283-
8791
9
Building a semantic-based decision
support system to optimize the energy
Sicilia A. Conference Proceedings
September 16, 2015
Sustainable Places 2015 event
Savona, Italy
2015 ISBN13: 979-10-
95345-00-8
6
use in public buildings: the
OPTIMUS project
10
An Advanced and Integrated turn-key Solution for Smart
Energy Cities
Doukas H. Conference Proceedings
9-11 June 2016
5th International Symposium and
27th National Conference on
Operational Research
Athens, Greece
2016 ISBN 978-618-80361-
6-1
11
Energy Use Optimization in
Cities: Innovative Technological
Solutions for the Local Authorities
Marinakis V. Conference Proceedings
October 7-9, 2015
8th International Scientific
Conference Energy and Climate Change –
Contributing to deep
Decarboniation
Athens, Greece
2015 ISBN: 978-618-82339-
2-8
12
Α Holistic Decision Support Framework
for Smart Cities Energy Assessment
and Optimization
Papastamatiou I.
Conference Proceedings
11-13 September
2016
8th International Conference on Sustainability in
Energy and Buildings (SEB-16)
Turin, Italy 2016
13
Optimizing energy use in cities through
Smart Decision Support Systems
Zoellner S. June 18,
2015
EU Sustainable Energy Week 2015
(EUSEW 2015), Workshop: Energy Management for
Sustainable Action Plans
Brussels, Belgium
2015
14 OPTIMUS Smart
City Project Zoellner S.
April 11, 2015
ICLEI World Congress 2015, D4: Smart City
Solutions
Seoul, South Korea
2015
15
Integrating a Decision Support
System with Smart Grid Infrastructures
Spiliotis V. IEEE - Conference
Proceedings 13-14 July
2016
The 7th International
Conference on Information,
Chalkidiki, Greece
2016
7
and ICT Solutions towards Energy Cost
Reduction
Intelligence, Systems and
Applications (IISA 2016)
16
Optimal Thermal Power Production by
means of an Equivalent Electric
Circuit for a Thermal Network: the Savona
Campus Smart Polygeneration Microgrid Case
Delfino, F. IEEE - Conference
Proceedings 13-14 July
2016
The 7th International
Conference on Information, Intelligence, Systems and
Applications (IISA 2016)
Chalkidiki, Greece
2016
17
Reducing Energy and CO2 Emissions
at the City Premises: A Decision Support System for Local
Authorities
Spiliotis E. Conference Proceedings
9-11 June 2016
5th International Symposium and
27th National Conference on
Operational Research
Athens, Greece
2016 ISBN 978-618-80361-
6-1
18
A Semantic Decision Support System to optimize the energy
use of public buildings
Sicilia A. 27-29
October, 2015
32nd International CIB W78
Conference
Eindhoven, the
Netherlands
2015 Link
19
Energy Management in Hybrid Systems Coupling PV and Electrical Storage
Brignone M. IEEE - Conference
Proceedings 6-8 July
2015
6th International Conference on
Information, Intelligence, Systems and
Applications (IISA 2015)
Ionian University,
Corfu, Greece
2015 ISBN: 978-146739311
-9
20
A Web Tool for Assessing the Energy Use of Buildings: First
Results from Real Life Application
Papastamatiou I.
IEEE - Conference Proceedings
6-8 July 2015
6th International Conference on
Information, Intelligence, Systems and
Ionian University,
Corfu, Greece
2015 ISBN: 978-146739311
-9
8
Applications (IISA 2015)
21
A framework for integrating User
Experience in Action Plan Evaluation through Social
Media
Spiliotis E. IEEE - Conference
Proceedings 6-8 July
2015
6th International Conference on
Information, Intelligence, Systems and
Applications (IISA 2015)
Ionian University,
Corfu, Greece
2015 ISBN: 978-146739311
-9
22
Current Trends of the Decision Support
Systems for the Energy Performance
of Buildings
Doukas H. Conference Proceedings
June 4-6, 2015
4th International Symposium and
26th National Conference on
Operational Research
Chania, Greece
2015
23
An Information Management Software for
assessing smart energy systems- Exploiting cities’
multidisciplinary data
Papastamatiou I.
IEEE - Proceedings of
IISA 2014
July 07 – 09, 2014
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on
Information, Intelligence, Systems and
Applications (IISA 2014)
Chania Crete, Greece
2014 DOI: 10.1109/IISA.2014.6878751
24
Development and assessment of Decentralized
Energy Management System in a smart
Microgrid
Delfino F. IEEE -
Proceedings of IISA 2014
July 07 – 09, 2014
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on
Information, Intelligence, Systems and
Applications (IISA 2014)
Chania Crete, Greece
2014 DOI: 10.1109/IISA.2014.6878751
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Proposing a Smart City Energy Assessment
Framework linking local vision with data
sets
Androulaki S.
IEEE - Proceedings of
IISA 2014
July 07 – 09, 2014
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on
Information, Intelligence, Systems and
Chania Crete, Greece
2014 DOI: 10.1109/IISA.2014.6878751
9
Applications (IISA 2014)
26
Intelligent Rule for Set Point
Management in Buildings towards
acceptable Levels of Comfort and Energy
Savings
Skondrogianni Ch.
17-18
December, 2015
4th Student Conference of the
Hellenic Operational
Research Society "Operational Research:
Opportunities and Challenges within
the Crisis"
Athens, Greece
2015
27
Web-based Tool for the Identification of Energy, Cost and CO2 Emissions
reduction targets of the Municipal
Buildings
Tsapelas J. 17-18
December, 2015
4th Student Conference of the
Hellenic Operational
Research Society "Operational Research:
Opportunities and Challenges within
the Crisis"
Athens, Greece
2015
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TABLE 11: LIST OF DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
Type of activities3
Main leader Title Date/Period Place Type of audience4 Size of
audience Countries addressed
Conference NTUA Introducing the OPTIMUS
project 1 February,
2014 Zaanstad,
Netherlands Enterprises, Public body,
University 200 National
Conference Comune di
Savona Regional Info Day “Energy”
11 February, 2014
Genoa, Italy Enterprises, Public body,
citizens 100 Regional
Conference FUNITEC 6th eeSemantics VoCamp on
Linked Data in Architecture and
Construction ‐ LDAC 2014
26-27 May, 2014
Espoo, Finland
Researchers 40 European
Conference Comune di
Savona BORSA DELLA RICERCA
13-14 May, 2014
Bologna, Italy
Enterprises, Public body, University
100 National
Conference Comune di
Savona OCOVA AlpMedNet FORUM 5-6 June, 2014 Genoa, Italy
Enterprises, Public body, citizens
110 European
Conference Comune di
Savona
Led lighting and energy savings: an opportunity for
businesses 18 June, 2014 Genoa, Italy
Enterprises, Public body, citizens
100 European
Conference D'APPOLONIA, UNIGE, NTUA
5th International Conference on Information, Intelligence,
Systems and Applications 7-9 July, 2014
Athens, Greece
Researchers 200 International
Conference ICLEI Local Renewables 22-24 October,
2014 Freiburg Germany
Enterprises, Public body, University
200 European
Conference FUNITEC Building energy information
systems 20 December,
2013.
Col.legi d'Arquitectes
de Catalunya, Barcelona,
Spain
Architects 30 Local/
Regional
Conference Comune di
Savona CPExpo 2014 & SRC Security
Research Conference 2014 9-11 November,
2014. Genoa,
Porto Antico Enterprises, Public body,
citizens 400 European
3 A drop down list allows choosing the dissemination activity: publications, conferences, workshops, web, press releases, flyers, articles published in the popular press,
videos, media briefings, presentations, exhibitions, thesis, interviews, films, TV clips, posters, Other. 4 A drop down list allows choosing the type of public: Scientific Community (higher education, Research), Industry, Civil Society, Policy makers, Medias, Other ('multiple
choices' is possible).
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Conference Centre
Workshop ICLEI 4th Technical Workshop with the Covenant practitioners’ group
3 February, 2015
Brussels, Belgium
Technical Practitioners city benchmarking
30 European
Conference Comune di
Savona
La Ricerca che crea innovazione per un futoro
sostenibile FOR A SUSTAINABLE
FUTURE"
20 February, 2015
Genoa, Italy Enterprises, Public body,
citizens 30 Regional
Conference ICLEI ICLEI World Congress,
Workshop Smart City Solutions 11 May, 2015 Soeul
Local authorities/practitioners,
1000 International
Conference TECNALIA VIIth International Congress on
Architectural Envelopes 27-29 May,
2015
San Sebastian,
Spain Architects, Urban planners 300 International
Conference ICLEI Resilient cities 8-10 June, 2015 Bonn,
Germany City leaders,
entrepreneurs and experts 300 European
Workshop ICLEI EUSEW - Workshop: Energy Management for Sustainable
Action Plans 18 June, 2015
Brussels, Belgium
Local authorities/practitioners
60 European
Conference NTUA 4th International Symposium
and 26th National Conference on Operational Research
4-6 June, 2015 Chania, Greece
Academia and Research 120 International
Conference POLITO Building Physics for a
Sustainable Built Environment 14-17 June,
2015 Torino, Italy
Scientists, researchers and practitioners
700 International
Conference ICLEI Urban Management Tools for
Climate Change, IHS Erasmus University Rotterdam
25 June, 2015 Rotterdam, Netherlands
City Develpment Parctitioners
15 European
Conference NTUA, UNIGE
6th International Conference on Information, Intelligence,
Systems and Applications (IISA 2015)
6-8 July, 2015 Corfu, Greece
Academia and Research 350 International
Conference FUNITEC,
D'APPOLONIA Sustainable Places
16 September, 2015
Savona, Italy
Local authorities/practitioners, researchers & industry
300 European
Summer School
FUNITEC 1st Summer school on smart
cities and open data 7-12 June, 2015
Madrid, Spain
Students 50 European
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Conference NTUA
8th International Scientific
Conference "Energy and
Climate Change Contributing to
Deep Decarbonization"
7-9 October 2015
Athens, Greece
Academia and research 120 International
Conference ICLEI 1st European Smart Cities
Project Coordinators Meeting 13 October,
2015 Brussels, Belgium
project leaders, architects, town planners
59 European
Conference ICLEI Open & Agile Smart Cities –
Creating the European Smart City Market
14 October, 2015
Brussels, Belgium
Local authorities/practitioners
80 European
Conference ICLEI ICLEI Europe - Membership
Assembly 15 October,
2015 Brussels, Belgium
Local authorities/practitioners
80 European
Conference TECNALIA II Congreso Edificios
inteligentes 27-28 October,
2015 Madrid, Spain
Scientists, researchers and practitioners
200 National
Conference FUNITEC CIB W78 27-29 October,
2015 Eindhoven Researchers 90 European
Conference ICLEI Think European, act local - L'Europe et le changement
climatique en Alsace
29 October, 2015
Strasbourg, France
Local authorities/practitioners
100 European
Conference NTUA «Be Part of the Future»: Deep
Energy Renovation Conference and Workshops
5 December 2015
Athens, Greece
City energy managers and facility / building
managers, energy agencies, companies,
researchers
300 International
Conference FUNITEC, Sant
Cugat Smart City Expo
17-19 November, 2015
Barcelona, Spain
Energy managers and practitioners form the
region 1000 European
Conference NTUA
4th Hellenic Students Conference by the Hellenic
Operational Research Society (HELORS)
17-18 December 2015, Athens, Greece
Athens, Greece
Academia and research 150 National
Conference Zaanstad G-32 Network (regional
network) 12 February,
2016 Zaanstad,
Netherlands
Energy managers and practitioners form the
region 40 Regional
Conference FUNITEC OpenDataCity 17 February,
2016 Madrid, Spain
Researchers 12 National
13
Conference FUNITEC OpenDataCity - open meeting 18 February,
2016 Madrid, Spain
Researches 50 National
Conference POLITO SBE2016 18-19 February,
2016 Torino, Italy
Urban planners, built environment stakeholders
and policy makers 200 European
Conference TECNALIA World Energy Days 24-26 February,
2016 Wels,
Austria
Energy managers and practitioners form the
region 700 European
Conference ICLEI Sustainable Built Environment 8-11 March,
2016 Hamburg, Germany
Energy managers and practitioners form the
region 700 European
Conference ICLEI PLEEC final conference 8 March, 2016 Hamburg, Germany
Energy managers and practitioners form the
region 120 International
Workshop NTUA
6th Workshop on Smart Grids "Cooperation of the Hellenic
Electricity Distribution Network Operator with Greek
Universities"
6 April 2016 Athens, Greece
Academia and research, energy agencies, energy
providers, companies 60 National
Conference NTUA
The status of Energy Poverty in Greece and the contribution of green and social innovation to
address it
20 April 2016 & 19 June 2016
Athens, Greece
City energy managers and facility / building
managers, energy agencies, companies,
researchers
100 National
Conference FUNITEC Deustotech presentation 27 April, 2016 Bilbao, Spain
Researchers 15 Local
Conference ICLEI ESCT 27-29 April,
2016 Bilbao, Spain
Local authorities/practitioners
850 International
Conference Sant Cugat, Zaanstad,
UNIGE
Smart City Event Amsterdam (special session during the
event) 9 June, 2016
Amsterdam, the
Netherlands
City managers, experts in smart city field
1000 European
Conference NTUA 5th International Symposium
and 27th National Conference on Operational Research
9-11 June 2016 Athens, Greece
Academia and research 120 International
Conference NTUA, UNIGE 7th International Conference on
Information, Intelligence, 13-15 July 2016
Chalkidiki, Greece.
Academia and research, energy/IT experts
400 International
14
Systems, and Applications (IISA 2016)
Conference NTUA Sustainability in Energy and
Buildings (SEB-16) 11-13
September 2016 Torino, Italy Academia and research 100 European
Conference POLITO, NTUA,
FUNITEC
DIMMER-INDICATE-OPTIMUS common WORKSHOP
14-15 September,
2016 Torino, Italy
Partners of other European Projects
30 European
Workshop NTUA
Public Power Cooperation (the biggest electric power company in Greece) Workshop on Smart
Grids
19 October 2016
Athens, Greece
Utilities, energy providers and companies
100 National
Conference FUNITEC Local Renewables Conference. Energizing the smart city and
region
27 October, 2016
Freiburg Germany
Researchers, local administrations
200 International
Conference Sant Cugat Smart City Expo World Congress
15-17 November 2016
Barcelona, Spain
Experts and leaders of the world’s most
innovative cities, companies,
research centres and international organizations
300 International
Conference NTUA International Conference
“Energy in Buildings 2016” 12 November
2016 Athens, Greece
Academia and research, engineers
300 International
Media NTUA Building Green Magazine 2 April 2016 Architects, technicians n/a National
Media NTUA energypress 1 March 2016 Energy sector
(practitioners, investors) n/a National
Media ICLEI European Energy Innovation
All major European stakeholders in the
energy, construction and transport industries throughout the EU
including associations such as BPIE. In Brussels
it is also distributed to MEPs and senior
members of the European Commission.
21,000 per issue.
European
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Media Il Venerdì di Repubblica General public. 522,858 (2010)
National
Media INGENIO 5 April 2016
Technical professionals working in the energy sector, researchers,
academics, professional associations.
90,793 National
Media La Stampa General public. 256,203 (2012)
National
Media ae-architetturaecosostenibile.it 4 March 2014 Eco-sustainable
architecture. n/a National
Media Canale Energia (e7)
Energy managers, Policy makers (local government,
public administration), Engineers, consulting.
11,400 National
Media NTUA euro2day 1 March 2016 Corporate, business,
investment. n/a National
Media ICLEI Energy Efficiency Business &
Industry April 2016
Energy managers, Policy makers (local government,
public administration), Engineers, consulting.
20757
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1.2 Exploitable Foreground (Confidential)
19 A drop down list allows choosing the type of foreground: General advancement of knowledge, Commercial exploitation of R&D results, Exploitation of R&D results via standards, exploitation of results through EU policies, exploitation of results through (social) innovation. 6 A drop down list allows choosing the type sector (NACE nomenclature) : http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/index/nace_all.html
TABLE 12: Exploitable Foreground
Type of Exploitable
Foreground5
Description
of exploitable foreground
Confidential
Click on YES/NO
Foreseen embargo
date
dd/mm/yyyy
Exploitable product(s) or measure(s)
Sector(s) of application6
Timetable, commercial or any other
use
Patents or other IPR
exploitation (licences)
Owner & Other Beneficiary(s)
involved
Commercial exploitation
of R&D results
Data capturing modules
NO n.a. n.a.
Engineering activities and
related technical consultancy
2017-2018 n.a.
NTUA, ICLEI, POLITO, D’APP
(owner), SENSE ONE
Commercial exploitation
of R&D results
TRACKER NO n.a. n.a.
Engineering activities and
related technical consultancy
2017-2018 n.a. NTUA (owner)
Commercial exploitation
of R&D results
Semantic Framework
NO n.a. n.a.
Engineering activities and
related technical consultancy
2017-2018 n.a. FUNITEC
(owner), ICLEI, SENSE ONE
Commercial exploitation
of R&D results
DSS Engine and Interfaces
NO n.a. n.a.
Engineering activities and
related technical consultancy
2017-2018 n.a.
NTUA, FUNITEC
(owner), ICLEI
Commercial exploitation
Prediction Models
NO n.a. n.a. Engineering activities and
13related
2017-2018 n.a. NTUA,
FUNITEC (owner),
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of R&D results
3technical consultancy
TECNALIA, POLITO
Commercial exploitation
of R&D results
Set of Inference
Rules NO n.a. n.a.
Engineering activities and
related technical consultancy
2017-2018 n.a. NTUA, ICLEI,
POLITO (owner)
Commercial exploitation
of R&D results
SCEAF NO n.a. n.a.
Engineering activities and
related technical consultancy
2017-2018 n.a.
NTUA (owner), ICLEI
Commercial exploitation
of R&D results
Thermal Comfort Validator
(TCV)
NO n.a. n.a.
Engineering activities and
related technical consultancy
2017-2018 n.a. NTUA (owner)
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The following paragraphs collect the description of the results identified and the role that partners
had in the development of such items. The content of the paragraphs is based on the current, shared
view of development derived from the partners (see deliverable D5.10 “Exploitation Planning and
Service Business Model”).
1.2.1 OPTIMUS SCEAF
Result title OPTIMUS SCEAF
Responsible partner NTUA
Description of the
result
A framework to assess the energy optimization progress of a city or building(s),
available in two versions: Building level and City level.
The SCEAF is used to evaluate a building or a city prior to (ex-ante) and following
(ex-post) a series of energy optimization actions. The SCEAF evaluates 21
indicators, structured under 3 pillars: “Political Field of Action”, “Energy and
Environmental Profile” and “ICT and Infrastructures”. It is designed to monitor the
progress towards energy optimization, reveal strengths and weaknesses and to
facilitate comparisons of the energy performance between buildings or cities.
What is the innovation
content of the result?
The main aim of the SCEAF is to direct “Smart Cities” to energy optimization by
highlighting the strengths, the vulnerabilities and the opportunities given the
existing energy strategy, environmental policy, municipal facilities and related
infrastructures of each city.
The advantage of using such a methodological tool is that the progress of each
city can be revealed by analysing and assessing its status on a systematic basis.
The added value of the SCEAF is that it is an assessment tool that clearly
indicates underperforming sectors, providing to authorities a clear overview of the
city performance per sector in order to be able to lead targeted energy Action
Plans.
The framework can be applied in parallel with the application of any decision
support tool or energy management strategy, in an ex-ante and ex-post basis, as
well as independently.
In this scope, ex-ante SCEAF will provide a baseline picture of the situation of the
municipality, while ex-post SCEAF will depict the situation of the municipality after
the improvement actions applied. Thereby, all the actions a city authority applies
towards energy optimization can be evaluated directly for their effects on
environmental and energy issues by tracing the evolution of the score achieved
in the respective fields.
What are the
application fields?
Energy management and energy use optimization in municipal buildings also
assessing the political commitment of the administration.
Assessment of buildings of corporate organizations under the scope of corporate
responsibility.
It can be used as a tool of transparently proving energy optimization, emissions
and energy cost reduction and increase of RES production.
Who are the potential
customers? Building energy managers, local authorities, other organization administrations
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What are the benefits
for the customers?
Facilitation of energy use optimization in terms of energy consumption reduction,
CO2 emissions reduction and energy cost reduction. The occupants’/employees’
active participation and inclusion in energy decision making, as well as the
exploitation of ICT solutions towards energy optimization are also considered.
Who are the
competitors of this
result?
Other tools for Smart City Assessment, indicatively:
a) IBM offers the Smarter Cities Assessment-a tool for assessing performance
and overall capabilities against peer cities. In addition, benchmarks can help
your city identify areas of improvement and develop a comprehensive city
strategy.
b) Research project results, such as http://www.smart-cities.eu/model.html
When is the expected
date of achievement in
the project (Mth/Yr)?
1st version: January 2015
Final version (ex-ante tested): September 2016
When is the time to
market (Mth/Yr)? Short, less than 1 year after the end of the project
What are the costs to
be incurred after the
project and before
exploitation?
Limited, a few k€
What is the
approximate price
range of this result /
price of licenses?
Limited, a few k€
Which are the
OPTIMUS partners
involved in the
development?
NTUA, City of Savona, City of Zaanstad, City of Sant Cugat
Which are the
OPTIMUS partners
interested in the
commercialization?
NTUA
Which could be
barriers for
implementation?
Absence of input data
1.2.2 OPTIMUS TRACKER
Result title OPTIMUS TRACKER
Responsible partner NTUA
Description of the
result
A web tool for the energy managers, in order to assess the potential of the city /
building for energy optimization and identify specific buildings where the
OPTIMUS DSS can be applied.
Providing information on energy consumption overall figures and selecting Action
Plans that are more suitable for application in the buildings, OPTIMUS TRACKER
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offers the opportunity to create different scenarios of the DSS application. These
scenarios can be compared in terms of the expected impacts, through the
calculation of the DSS indicators:
Reduction of energy consumption.
Reduction of CO2 Emissions.
Energy cost reduction.
Increase of RES production.
In this way, the energy manager can take the decision to plug in single buildings
and/or buildings connected to energy production and other energy systems.
What is the innovation
content of the result?
Users can create multiple scenarios and compare their potential results before
deciding which Action Plans to implement. Users can also view the results both
for the whole city and for specific buildings
What are the
application fields? Energy management
Who are the potential
customers?
Cities and in general facilities who directly manage their own production of energy
from renewable sources and their energy systems
What are the benefits
for the customers?
Customers can monitor the annual energy status of their buildings and estimate
the impact of the implementation of selected Action Plans, with regard to the long-
term targets
Who are the
competitors of this
result?
Building energy managers, energy consultancies and Energy Service Companies
When is the expected
date of achievement in
the project (Mth/Yr)?
Accomplished in the 3rd year
When is the time to
market (Mth/Yr)? Short, less than 1 year after the end of the project
What are the costs to
be incurred after the
project and before
exploitation?
Limited, a few k€
What is the
approximate price
range of this result /
price of licenses?
Limited, a few € per year of use
Which are the
OPTIMUS partners
involved in the
development?
NTUA
Which are the
OPTIMUS partners
interested in the
commercialization?
NTUA
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Which could be
barriers for
implementation?
Absence of input data
1.2.3 Data Capturing Modules
Result title Data Capturing Modules
Responsible partner D’APPOLONIA
Description of the
result
Modules for acquisition of site specific data, each developed by the various
partners:
a) Weather forecast: 7-day forecast, with daily information delivered at a fixed
time to the customer, compared to the real time flows coming from the sensors
installed on the spot
b) Energy prices
c) Decentralized sensors
d) Occupants’ feedback
e) Energy production from RES
What is the innovation
content of the result?
a) The weather forecast module is able to provide a comparison of the forecast
and the actual field conditions, for the creation of real time energy balances.
b) The energy prices module gives indication on the actual costs applicable for
those who can adjust their energy contract to the current tariffs.
c) Decentralized sensors indicate the real time conditions on the spot by
providing measurements of specific parameters such as the temperature,
humidity, etc.
d) The occupants’ feedback module is intended to gather the feedback about
the comfort conditions of the occupants and other energy-related issues.
e) The module for RES production informs on the current level of self-production
of energy of the connected renewable energy systems.
What are the
application fields? Energy modelling, weather forecast, energy tariffs, social media/mining
Who are the potential
customers?
Cities and in general facilities who directly manage their own production of
energy from renewable sources and their energy systems
What are the benefits
for the customers?
Possibility to customize the data acquisition based on the actual availability of
sensors and tools
Who are the
competitors of this
result?
c) All service providers of forecasts
d) Energy Service Companies
e) Engineering/ICT consultants
f) –
g) Energy Service companies, Engineering/ICT consultants
When is the expected
date of achievement in
the project (Mth/Yr)?
Accomplished in the 2nd year
When is the time to
market (Mth/Yr)? Short, less than 1 year after the end of the project
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What are the costs to
be incurred after the
project and before
exploitation?
Limited, a few k€
What is the
approximate price
range of this result /
price of licenses?
Limited, a few k€
Which are the
OPTIMUS partners
involved in the
development?
City of Savona, City of Zaanstad, City of Sant Cugat, FUNITEC, NTUA, DAPP
Which are the
OPTIMUS partners
interested in the
commercialization?
City of Savona, City of Zaanstad, City of Sant Cugat, FUNITEC, NTUA, DAPP
Which could be
barriers for
implementation?
a) Need of an external provider for the forecast parameters
b) None
c) None
d) Copyright/royalties for the social media
e) None
1.2.4 Semantic Framework
Result title Semantic Framework
Responsible partner FUNITEC
Description of the
result
A communication system based on Semantic Web technologies to gather data
from distributed sources with the purpose of contextualize them in specific
contexts. It is based on the publish-and-subscribe communication pattern which
has been implemented with the Ztreamy system, a semantic service implemented
as a Python application. This service processes and contextualizes the data
acquired from multiple sources. The Semantic Framework uses the Virtuoso
triple-store as a data repository.
What is the innovation
content of the result?
It is a communication system that integrates data from multiple sources and
domains using Semantic Web technologies
What are the
application fields? Energy management data
Who are the potential
customers? Middleware developers
What are the benefits
for the customers?
Flexible integration of data from multiple sources (monitoring systems, Web
Services, CSV files…) using Semantic Web technologies.
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Who are the
competitors of this
result?
Monitoring systems
When is the expected
date of achievement in
the project (Mth/Yr)?
Accomplished in the 1st year
When is the time to
market (Mth/Yr)? Short, less than 1 year after the end of the project
What are the costs to
be incurred after the
project and before
exploitation?
Limited, a few k€
What is the
approximate price
range of this result /
price of licenses?
Limited, a few k€
Which are the
OPTIMUS partners
involved in the
development?
FUNITEC
Which are the
OPTIMUS partners
interested in the
commercialization?
FUNITEC
Which could be
barriers for
implementation?
Strong dependence with the data capturing modules. It requires a reliable triple
store to integrate the data.
1.2.5 Prediction Models
Result title Prediction Models
Responsible partner FUNITEC
Description of the
result
Data-driven models to forecast the energy behaviour of a building according to
some specific indicators. Four prediction models have been developed which use
data from renewable energy production, energy consumption, indoor
temperature, and energy prices.
What is the innovation
content of the result?
Prediction models are automatically estimated and customized per pilot building
given the measure to be forecasted and the data available (e.g. external variables
and length of historical data). The estimated model can then be directly used to
predict in a reliable and accurate way the measure across the upcoming week.
Different types of models (times-series, MLR, etc.) are considered and the best-
fitted one is selected and parameterized per case to achieve the best
performance.
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What are the
application fields? Energy prediction
Who are the potential
customers? Building energy managers, energy consultancies and Energy services companies
What are the benefits
for the customers? They can predict the behaviour of a building for the next seven days
Who are the
competitors of this
result?
Existing predicting models for specific indicators.
When is the expected
date of achievement in
the project (Mth/Yr)?
Accomplished in the 3rd year
When is the time to
market (Mth/Yr)? Short, less than 1 year after the end of the project
What are the costs to
be incurred after the
project and before
exploitation?
Limited, a few k€
What is the
approximate price
range of this result /
price of licenses?
Limited, a few € per year of use
Which are the
OPTIMUS partners
involved in the
development?
NTUA, POLITO, FUNITEC
Which are the
OPTIMUS partners
interested in the
commercialization?
NTUA, POLITO
Which could be
barriers for
implementation?
Absence of input data
1.2.6 Set of Inference Rules
Result title Set of Inference Rules
Responsible partner POLITO
Description of the
result
The inference rules are expert knowledge-based algorithms aimed at giving
suggestions for the improvement of energy management related to the following
fields of actions:
Management of the occupancy
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Management of the heating and cooling technical systems
Management of the indoor thermal comfort
Management of the air cooling through air-side economizer strategies
Management of the generation and on-site RES production and
exploitation
Each inference rule or a combination of them generates an Action Plan that is the
suggestion for better managing the building with the purpose of decreasing its
energy consumption.
The inference rules have been implemented as a Symfony PHP web application.
What is the innovation
content of the result?
The inference rules consists of simple logic-based rules (most of them based on
logical sentences) that can be implemented and used for better managing a
building that is already equipped with a network of sensors. The innovative aspect
is the proven possibility to set energy management strategies for the week ahead
on the basis of estimation models. This opportunity allows to energy manager to
schedule activities and settings to optimize the building energy request according
to DSS suggestions. Moreover this approach allows the building users to be
involved also in the building energy management and in a conscious manner.
What are the
application fields? Energy management field
Who are the potential
customers? Energy service company, building managers, outsourced maintenance managers
What are the benefits
for the customers?
Possibility of being supported in the building energy management
Possibility to improve the users engagement
Who are the
competitors of this
result?
The algorithms implemented into the existing BACS (Building Automation and Control Systems)
When is the expected
date of achievement in
the project (Mth/Yr)?
Accomplished in the 2nd year
When is the time to
market (Mth/Yr)? Short, less than 1 year after the end of the project
What are the costs to
be incurred after the
project and before
exploitation?
Limited, a few k€
What is the
approximate price
range of this result /
price of licenses?
Limited, few k€ for a package of inference rules
Which are the
OPTIMUS partners
involved in the
development?
POLITO, NTUA (development of the models), FUNITEC, NTUA (implementation
of the models)
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Which are the
OPTIMUS partners
interested in the
commercialization?
POLITO, FUNITEC, NTUA
Which could be
barriers for
implementation?
Absence of monitored input data needed for the inference rules to be developed
and implemented
1.2.7 TCV Web App
Result title TCV Web App
Responsible partner NTUA
Description of the result
A web service transforming building users’ feedback into numerical,
assessable information on their perception of thermal comfort, therefore
facilitating the temperature set-point management towards energy
optimization. The “Thermal Comfort Validator” (TCV), is a web-based
application accessible by PCs, tablets or mobile phones, especially
developed within the framework of the OPTIMUS project, that building users
are encouraged to frequently use in order to provide input regarding their
thermal sensation. The TCV web application offers an online questionnaire,
asking users, among others, to rate their thermal sensation by selecting one
of 7 options available (cold, cool, slightly cool, neutral, slightly warm, warm,
and hot). Submissions are then translated to numerical values at a 7- point
scale, corresponding to the Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) indicator, as defined
in ISO 7730:2006.
What is the innovation
content of the result?
The Thermal Comfort Validator web application is a cross- platform tool that
can be used from multiple devices like PCs, tablets and mobile phones. It is
not dependent on systems and equipment installed in the buildings and, as
a result, it does not need any modifications or further customization in order
to be used for each one of them.
What are the application
fields?
Energy management and energy use optimization in municipal buildings,
corporate buildings or other type of highly populated buildings under a central
management.
Who are the potential
customers?
Building energy managers, energy consultancies and Energy Service
Companies
What are the benefits for
the customers?
Facilitation of energy use optimization, energy consumption reduction, CO2
emissions reduction, energy cost reduction, occupants’/employees’ active
participation and inclusion in energy decision making.
Who are the competitors of
this result?
Technical solutions such as ComfortSense, by Dantec Dynamics
http://www.lennox.com/products/comfort-
controls/ComfortSense7500/
http://www.dantecdynamics.com/comfortsense
http://www.dantecdynamics.com/docs/products-and-
services/thermal-comfort/take_a_snap_shot_303_v3.pdf
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When is the expected date
of achievement in the
project (Mth/Yr)?
1st version: August 2015
Final version: November 2015
When is the time to market
(Mth/Yr)? April 2016
What are the costs to be
incurred after the project
and before exploitation?
Limited, a few k€
What is the approximate
price range of this result /
price of licenses?
Limited, a few k€
Which are the OPTIMUS
partners involved in the
development?
NTUA
Which are the OPTIMUS
partners interested in the
commercialization?
NTUA, POLITO
Which could be barriers for
implementation?
Limited participation by occupants, leading to inadequate feedback, lack of
clarity in building partitioning creating difficulties for users to declare their
exact position, malicious users providing false feedback
1.2.8 DSS Engine
Result title DSS Engine
Responsible partner FUNITEC
Description of the result
The goal of the DSS engine is to propose Action Plans for the end user to
apply. It is composed of prediction models (implemented as RapidAnalytics
processes and R scripts), inference rules, and a MariaDB database to store
the results. Inference rules need to be fed with predicted, real-time and
static data.
What is the innovation
content of the result?
It integrates prediction models and inference rules to suggest specific
Action Plans. It can be enhanced with new prediction models and inference
rules.
What are the application
fields? Energy management of buildings
Who are the potential
customers? Energy services companies, building owners including local authorities
What are the benefits for
the customers?
It is an integrated solution for predicting the energy behaviour of buildings
and to suggest actions to improve their energy efficiency. The DSS engine
can be integrated with existing middleware solutions to enhance them.
Who are the competitors of
this result? -
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When is the expected date
of achievement in the
project (Mth/Yr)?
Accomplished in the 3rd year
When is the time to market
(Mth/Yr)? Short, less than 1 year after the end of the project
What are the costs to be
incurred after the project
and before exploitation?
Limited, a few k€
What is the approximate
price range of this result /
price of licenses?
Limited, a few € per year of use
Which are the OPTIMUS
partners involved in the
development?
NTUA, POLITO, FUNITEC
Which are the OPTIMUS
partners interested in the
commercialization?
NTUA, POLITO
Which could be barriers for
implementation? Absence of input data
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2 Report on Societal Implications
A General Information
Grant Agreement Number: 608703
Title of Project: OPTIMUS
Name and Title of Coordinator: Prof. John Psarras
B Ethics
1. Did your project undergo an Ethics Review (and/or Screening)?
If Yes: have you described the progress of compliance with the relevant Ethics Review/Screening Requirements in the frame of the periodic/final project reports?
Special Reminder: the progress of compliance with the Ethics Review/Screening Requirements should be described in the Period/Final Project Reports under the Section 3.2.2 'Work Progress and Achievements'
NO
2. Please indicate whether your project involved any of the following issues: NO
RESEARCH ON HUMANS
Did the project involve children? NO
Did the project involve patients? NO
Did the project involve persons not able to give consent? NO
Did the project involve adult healthy volunteers? NO
Did the project involve Human genetic material? NO
Did the project involve Human biological samples? NO
Did the project involve Human data collection? NO
RESEARCH ON HUMAN EMBRYO/FOETUS
Did the project involve Human Embryos? NO
Did the project involve Human Foetal Tissue / Cells? NO
Did the project involve Human Embryonic Stem Cells (hESCs)? NO
Did the project on human Embryonic Stem Cells involve cells in culture? NO
Did the project on human Embryonic Stem Cells involve the derivation of cells from Embryos? NO
PRIVACY
Did the project involve processing of genetic information or personal data (eg. health, sexual lifestyle, ethnicity, political opinion, religious or philosophical conviction)?
NO
Did the project involve tracking the location or observation of people? NO
RESEARCH ON ANIMALS
Did the project involve research on animals? NO
Were those animals transgenic small laboratory animals? NO
Were those animals transgenic farm animals? NO
Were those animals cloned farm animals? NO
Were those animals non-human primates? NO
RESEARCH INVOLVING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Did the project involve the use of local resources (genetic, animal, plant etc)? NO
Was the project of benefit to local community (capacity building, access to healthcare, education etc)?
NO
DUAL USE
Research having direct military use NO
Research having the potential for terrorist abuse NO
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C Workforce Statistics
3. Workforce statistics for the project: Please indicate in the table below the number of people who worked on the project (on a headcount basis).
Type of Position Number of Women Number of Men
Scientific Coordinator 3
Work package leaders 2 7
Experienced researchers (i.e. PhD holders) 5 26
PhD Students 5
Other 15 16
4. How many additional researchers (in companies and universities) were recruited specifically for this project?
4
Of which, indicate the number of men:
3
D Gender Aspects 5. Did you carry out specific Gender Equality Actions under the project?
x
Yes No
6. Which of the following actions did you carry out and how effective were they? Not at all
effective Very
effective
Design and implement an equal opportunity policy Set targets to achieve a gender balance in the workforce Organise conferences and workshops on gender Actions to improve work-life balance Other:
7. Was there a gender dimension associated with the research content – i.e. wherever people were the focus of the research as, for example, consumers, users, patients or in trials, was the issue of gender considered and addressed?
Yes- please specify
No
E Synergies with Science Education
8. Did your project involve working with students and/or school pupils (e.g. open days, participation in science festivals and events, prizes/competitions or joint projects)?
x Yes- please specify
No
9. Did the project generate any science education material (e.g. kits, websites, explanatory booklets, DVDs)?
x Yes- please specify
No
F Interdisciplinarity
10. Which disciplines (see list below) are involved in your project? Main discipline7:
Associated discipline7: Associated discipline7:
7 Insert number from list below (Frascati Manual).
The Savona School organised some “dissemination days” in order to
support the students in the on-line completion of the TCV web tool
Training Material (DSS tutorial, PPTs, videos, factsheets, etc.)
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G Engaging with Civil society and policy makers
11a Did your project engage with societal actors beyond the research community? (if 'No', go to Question 14)
x
Yes No
11b If yes, did you engage with citizens (citizens' panels / juries) or organised civil society (NGOs, patients' groups etc.)?
x No
Yes- in determining what research should be performed
Yes - in implementing the research
Yes, in communicating /disseminating / using the results of the project
11c In doing so, did your project involve actors whose role is mainly to organise the dialogue with citizens and organised civil society (e.g. professional mediator; communication company, science museums)?
x
Yes No
12. Did you engage with government / public bodies or policy makers (including international organisations)
No
Yes- in framing the research agenda
Yes - in implementing the research agenda
x Yes, in communicating /disseminating / using the results of the project
13a Will the project generate outputs (expertise or scientific advice) which could be used by policy makers?
Yes – as a primary objective (please indicate areas below- multiple answers possible)
x Yes – as a secondary objective (please indicate areas below - multiple answer possible)
No
13b If Yes, in which fields? Agriculture Audiovisual and Media Budget Competition Consumers Culture Customs Development Economic and Monetary Affairs Education, Training, Youth Employment and Social Affairs
Energy Enlargement Environment External Relations External Trade Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Food Safety Foreign and Security Policy Fraud Humanitarian aid
Human rights Information Society Institutional affairs Internal Market Justice, freedom and security Public Health Regional Policy Research and Innovation Space Taxation Transport
13c If Yes, at which level? x Local / regional levels
x National level
x European level
x International level
H Use and dissemination
14. How many Articles were published/accepted for publication in peer-reviewed journals?
5
To how many of these is open access8 provided? -
How many of these are published in open access journals? -
How many of these are published in open repositories? -
8 Open Access is defined as free of charge access for anyone via Internet.
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To how many of these is open access not provided? 5
Please check all applicable reasons for not providing open access: -
x publisher's licensing agreement would not permit publishing in a repository no suitable repository available no suitable open access journal available no funds available to publish in an open access journal lack of time and resources lack of information on open access other9: ……………
15. How many new patent applications (‘priority filings’) have been made? ("Technologically unique": multiple applications for the same invention in different jurisdictions should be counted as just one application of grant).
-
16. Indicate how many of the following Intellectual Property Rights were applied for (give number in each box). Trademark -
Registered design
-
Other -
17. How many spin-off companies were created / are planned as a direct result of the project? -
Indicate the approximate number of additional jobs in these companies: -
18. Please indicate whether your project has a potential impact on employment, in comparison with the situation before your project:
Increase in employment, or x In small & medium-sized enterprises
Safeguard employment, or x In large companies
Decrease in employment, None of the above / not relevant to the project
Difficult to estimate / not possible to quantify
19. For your project partnership please estimate the employment effect resulting directly from your participation in Full Time Equivalent (FTE = one person working fulltime for a year) jobs:
Difficult to estimate / not possible to quantify
Indicate figure: x
I Media and Communication to the general public 20. As part of the project, were any of the beneficiaries professionals in communication or media
relations? x Yes No
21. As part of the project, have any beneficiaries received professional media / communication training / advice to improve communication with the general public?
Yes x No
22 Which of the following have been used to communicate information about your project to the general public, or have resulted from your project?
x Press Release Coverage in specialist press x Media briefing Coverage in general (non-specialist) press TV coverage / report x Coverage in national press
Radio coverage / report x Coverage in international press
x Brochures /posters / flyers x Website for the general public / internet DVD /Film /Multimedia x Event targeting general public (festival,
conference, exhibition, science café)
9 For instance: classification for security project.
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23 In which languages are the information products for the general public produced?
Language of the coordinator x English
Other language(s)
Question F-10: Classification of Scientific Disciplines according to the Frascati Manual 2002
(Proposed Standard Practice for Surveys on Research and Experimental Development, OECD 2002):
FIELDS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1. NATURAL SCIENCES 1.1 Mathematics and computer sciences [mathematics and other allied fields: computer sciences
and other allied subjects (software development only; hardware development should be classified in the engineering fields)]
1.2 Physical sciences (astronomy and space sciences, physics and other allied subjects) 1.3 Chemical sciences (chemistry, other allied subjects) 1.4 Earth and related environmental sciences (geology, geophysics, mineralogy, physical
geography and other geosciences, meteorology and other atmospheric sciences including climatic research, oceanography, vulcanology, palaeoecology, other allied sciences)
1.5 Biological sciences (biology, botany, bacteriology, microbiology, zoology, entomology, genetics, biochemistry, biophysics, other allied sciences, excluding clinical and veterinary sciences)
2 ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY 2.1 Civil engineering (architecture engineering, building science and engineering, construction
engineering, municipal and structural engineering and other allied subjects) 2.2 Electrical engineering, electronics [electrical engineering, electronics, communication
engineering and systems, computer engineering (hardware only) and other allied subjects] 2.3. Other engineering sciences (such as chemical, aeronautical and space, mechanical,
metallurgical and materials engineering, and their specialised subdivisions; forest products; applied sciences such as geodesy, industrial chemistry, etc.; the science and technology of food production; specialised technologies of interdisciplinary fields, e.g. systems analysis, metallurgy, mining, textile technology and other applied subjects)
3. MEDICAL SCIENCES 3.1 Basic medicine (anatomy, cytology, physiology, genetics, pharmacy, pharmacology,
toxicology, immunology and immunohaematology, clinical chemistry, clinical microbiology, pathology)
3.2 Clinical medicine (anaesthesiology, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, internal medicine, surgery, dentistry, neurology, psychiatry, radiology, therapeutics, otorhinolaryngology, ophthalmology)
3.3 Health sciences (public health services, social medicine, hygiene, nursing, epidemiology) 4. AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES 4.1 Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and allied sciences (agronomy, animal husbandry, fisheries,
forestry, horticulture, other allied subjects) 4.2 Veterinary medicine 5. SOCIAL SCIENCES 5.1 Psychology 5.2 Economics 5.3 Educational sciences (education and training and other allied subjects) 5.4 Other social sciences [anthropology (social and cultural) and ethnology, demography,
geography (human, economic and social), town and country planning, management, law, linguistics, political sciences, sociology, organisation and methods, miscellaneous social
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sciences and interdisciplinary , methodological and historical S1T activities relating to subjects in this group. Physical anthropology, physical geography and psychophysiology should normally be classified with the natural sciences].
6. HUMANITIES 6.1 History (history, prehistory and history, together with auxiliary historical disciplines such as
archaeology, numismatics, palaeography, genealogy, etc.) 6.2 Languages and literature (ancient and modern) 6.3 Other humanities [philosophy (including the history of science and technology) arts, history of
art, art criticism, painting, sculpture, musicology, dramatic art excluding artistic "research" of any kind, religion, theology, other fields and subjects pertaining to the humanities, methodological, historical and other S1T activities relating to the subjects in this group]