Energy-efficient Smart Cities The ESC group looks at different aspects of digitalisation, which are becoming increasingly indispensable for the creation of energy-efficient districts and cities.
Reducing primary energy consumption and thus CO2 emissions is the central challenge for achieving the political climate targets. The current trend in medium-sized cities such as Oldenburg and rural areas towards increasing self-sufficient electricity supply through photovoltaic (PV) and small combined heat and power plants (CHP plants) is a first contribution to this. In order to fully exploit the potential of this trend, the electricity, heat and electric mobility sectors must be connected at neighbourhood level and the players involved must be connected to each other.
The Energie-efficient Smart Cities group looks at different aspects of digitalisation, which are becoming increasingly indispensable for the creation of energy-efficient districts and cities. These include:
- Secure and standardised data communications for recording transmission of predominantly energy-related measured values from consumers and generators
- Conception and development of federal data and service platforms for data processing and the implementation of diverse business models
- Implementation and testing of algorithms for intelligent load and procurement management for decentralized generators and consumers at the neighbourhood level
The group's flagship project is the 'Energetic Neighbourhood Quarter at Oldenburg Air Base' project, in which the practical implementation of an energy-optimised quarter within the scope of the real laboratory at Oldenburg Air Base is aimed at.
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Fernando Andres Penaherrera Vaca
E-Mail: fernandoandres.penaherreravaca(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-720, Room: I6-O09
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Projects
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ENaQ
Energetisches Nachbarschaftsquartier Fliegerhorst Oldenburg (sorry - only available in german)
Duration: 2018 - 2023W
WWNW
WärmewendeNordwest – Digitalisierung zur Umsetzung von Wärmewende- und Mehrwertanwendungen für Gebäude, Campus, Quartiere und Kommunen im Nordwesten
Duration: 2021 - 2025Z
Publications
2022
An Open Digital Platform to Support Interdisciplinary Energy Research and Practice—Conceptualization
Ferenz, Stephan and Ofenloch, Annika and Penaherrera Vaca, Fernando and Wagner, Henrik and Werth, Oliver and Breitner, Michael H. and Engel, Bernd and Lehnhoff, Sebastian and Nieße, Astrid; Energies; 2022
2021
Analysis of the Grid Capacity for Electric Vehicles in Districts with a Major Need for Sustainable Energy Refurbishment: The Case of a District in Lower Saxony
Henrik Wagner, Sarah Eckhoff, Sarah Fayed, Fernando Peñaherrera V.,Annika Ofenloch, Oliver Werth, Bernd Engel, Michael H. Breitner,Sebastian Lehnhoff, and Johannes Rolink; ENVIROINFO 2021; September / 2021
Development of a Quantitative Validation of Valuation Methods for Power Plants and Energy Systems using a Simulation-based Benchmark
Steffen Wehkamp, Fernando Andres Penaherrera Vaca and Jorge Marx Gómez; 2021
Development of Scenarios for Modelling of Districts’ Energy Supply and Analysis of Interdependencies between Energy and ICT
Fernando Peñaherrera V., Henrik Wagner, Sarah Fayed, Oliver Werth, Stephan Ferenz, Jana Gerlach, Tobias Lege, Annika Ofenloch, Thomas Poppinga, Catharina Siemer, Michael Breitner, Bernd Engel, Lars Kühl, Sebastian Lehnhoff1, Astrid Nieße, Johannes Rolink, Sven Rosinger, and Frank Schuldt; Energy Informatics and Electro Mobility ICT; March / 2021
Qualitative Comparison of Valuation Methods for Power Plants and Flexibility
Steffen Wehkamp,Pavel Wilhelm Kusch and Jorge Marx Gómez; Chemical Engineering & Technology; September / 2021
Softwarearchitektur für die Bewertung des Ressourcenbedarfes in Rechenzentren durch ganzheitliche Ressourceneffizienz
Fernando Penaherrera, Alexandra Pehlken, Ralph Hintemann, Simon Hinterholzer, Björn Koch; Informatik 2021; September / 2021
2020
A Generalized User Interface Concept to enable Restrospective System Analysis in Monitoring Systems
Viviane Herdel, Bertram Wortelen, Mathias Lanezki, Andreas Lüdtke; Proceedings of 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction; 19-24 July / 2020
Development of a Decision-Making Framework for Distributed Energy Systems in a German District
Schmeling, L.; Schönfeldt, P.; Klement, P.; Wehkamp, S.; Hanke, B.; Agert, C.; Energies; January / 2020
District Energy Systems: Challenges and New Tools for Planning and Evaluation
Steffen Wehkamp and Lucas Schmeling and Lena Vorspel and Fabian Roelcke and Kai-Lukas Windmeier; Energies; June / 2020
Efficient Exploration of Long Data Series: A Data Event-driven HMI Concept
Bertram Wortelen, Viviane Herdel, Oliver Pfeiffer, Marie-Christin Harre, Marcel Saager, Mathias Lanezki; Proceedings of 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (Extended Abstracts); 19-24 July / 2020
