Waternomics - ICT for Water Resource Management - (Engineers Ireland West, NUIG, 11-11-2014)

@WATERNOMICS_EU www.waternomics.eu

Project co-funded by the European

Commission within the 7th Framework

Program (Grant Agreement No. 619660)

ICT FOR WATER RESOURCE

MANAGEMENT

@WATERNOMICS_EU www.waternomics.eu2

PRESENTATION LAYOUT

1. Introduction and Project Overview (EC)

2. Standards based Methodology (MMcC)

3. ICT & Water Data (DC)

4. Automated Fault Detection Diagnosis (DC)

5. Linked Data & User Engagement (WF)

6. Pilot Plan & Implementation (MMcC)

7. Conclusions (MMcC)

Speakers: Eoghan Clifford (EC) - NUIG

Daniel Coakley (DC) - NUIG

Willem Fabritus (WF) - DERI

Mark McCaffrey (MMcC) - NUIG


THE CHALLENGE AND

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Eoghan Clifford


THE CHALLENGE

Water resources are under stress due to:• Climate change

• Urbanisation

• Increased world population

• Resource demand

• Water Scarcity

• Need for resource security & supply

The question:

How can ICT help in securing

access to sufficient and safe

water?


THE WATER CHALLENGE

• Global energy and water demand is expected to rise 40% over the next 20 years

• By 2025, 1.8 billion people will live in water scarce regions and two thirds subjected to water stress

• 20-40% of Europe’s water is being wasted

• Water supply and sanitation is a large energy consumer.

–Represents 19% of electricity and 30% of natural gas consumption in California

• Europe has the opportunity to pursue a global leadership position in water-related ICT technologies


THE PROGRAM

ICT for Water

• 10 projects;

• Timeline: 2012 – 2017;

• Total budget: ~40 million euro;

• Contribution EC: 29 million euro.

• DAIAD• ISS-EWATUS• SmartH2O• WISDOM

www.ict4water.eu

http://www.ict4water.eu/


Key facts about Waternomics

▶ Type of project: Collaborative project

▶ Project start date: February 2014

▶ Duration: 36 months

▶ Call: FP7-ICT-2013-11

▶ Effort: 416 PM

▶ Budget: €4.287M

▶ Max EC contribution: €2.905M

▶ Grant No.: 619660

▶ Consortium: 9 partners

▶ Countries: 4

▶ SMEs: 4

▶ Pilots: 3


CONSORTIUM OVERVIEW


Concrete Objectives

• To introduce demand response and accountability principles (water footprint) in the water sector

• To engage consumers in new interactive and personalized ways that bring water efficiency to the forefront and leads to changes in water behaviours

• To empower corporate decision makers and municipal area managers with a water information platform together with relevant tools and methodologies to enact ICT-enabled water management programs

• To promote ICT enabled water awareness using airports and water utilities as pilot examples

• To make possible new water pricing options and policy actions by combining water availability and consumption data

WATERNOMICS will provide personalised and actionable information on water consumption and water availability to individual households, companies and cities in an intuitive & effective manner at relevant time-scales for decision making


STAKEHOLDERS AND IMPACT AREAS


MANAGEMENT TREATMENT DISTRIBUTION CONSUMPTION PURIFICATION

Demand Management• Demand Forecasting• Consumption pattern analysis• Real-time consumption data

Asset management• Non-revenue water (leakage)• Wireless sensor networks• Real-time monitoringDecision Support Systems

• Real-time sampling• Water availability prediction• Energy aware network control

Integrated solutions• Internet of things• Network virtualization• Convergence water & energy• Open platforms

User awareness• Transparent costs• Feedback systems• Flexible tariffs

Business• Business Models• Policies

IMPACT AREAS


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Domestic Corporate Public

THERMI, GREECE LINATE AIRPORT, MILIAN, ITALY GALWAY, IRELAND

Domestic users and utility providers. Corporate users School and University (Public users)

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• Metering - Identify, inform and gain

consent of user-base;

• Metrics - metrics for both utilities

and consumers

• Management - Link the

Waternomics Platform to the Utility

database;

• Tariffs - gain feedback on feasibility

and efficiency of flexible tariffing;

• Accessibility - Feedback from

utilities and consumers on:

interaction with the system and ease

of data accessibility;

• Awareness - raising user

awareness or water consumption,

and changes in consumer

behaviour.

• Technical – sensor locations, data

and communication architecture on a

large site (e.g. minimal metering)

• Reporting – relevant KPI’s;

• Economical – Cost/Benefits

• Business Model – new services and

value proposition;

• Improved management and

processes;

• Certifications for energy and water

efficiency

• Savings – real-time data to inform (i)

novel business models, (ii) fault/leak

detection, (iii) water network

optimisation;

• Corporate image – CSR and public

awareness

• Awareness - test bed for user

awareness and gamification

• Awareness - Involve younger

audience in water issues

• Education - Use pilots as a means to

engage students (e.g. data analysis,

app development, research projects

etc.)

• Efficiency - Save water and energy

• Management - Enable more efficient

water management

• System operation - Fault detection

and diagnosis

PILOT SITES


STANDARDS BASED

METHODOLOGY

Mark McCaffrey


WHERE TO BEGIN? - WATER CERTIFICATES

Report by R2M


WHERE TO BEGIN? - STANDARDS

• Work Package 2 – “Standards-Based ICT-Enabled Water Management Systems”

Table 1: Existing Standards

EnMS

WaMSISO 14064


ISO STANDARDS – PDCA - AUDITING

This standard can be used to define the main steps to carry out a water audit in the WATERNOMICS project.

Definition of the exact steps and phases in application to Water is still underway in Waternomics

Figure 1 — Energy management system model

Ref: ISO 50001 International StandardFigure 2 – Auditing scheme


ENERGY-WATER KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

-Water is a Resource just like Energy is.

-Electrical Energy is a ‘flow’ of electrons.

-In any flow there will be losses and

inefficiencies.

-Both can be monitored and measured.

BL: Many of the same principals apply.


ENERGY-WATER KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

• Water / Energy Planning Process

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ISO 50001

International

Standard


ICT AND WATER DATA

Daniel Coakley


OPPORTUNITY FOR ICT IN WATER

The worldwide market for two-way smart meters was worth $575 million at the end

of 2013 and is expected to increase to $1.1 billion in 2019. Managed services,

analytics and smart water network adoption are all combining to accelerate growth,

IHS Technology said.


DRIVERS OF CONVERGENCE OF ICT

Internet of Things (IoT) - global network of sensors, equipment, appliances, and other

objects;

Big Data – 4 V’s of Big Data;

Machine to Machine Communication (M2M) –enabling this global IoT network to communicate

in real-time;

Cloud Computing – IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS


INTERNET OF THINGS


FOUR V’S OF BIG DATA


CLOUD COMPUTING

• Software as a Service (SaaS)• Platform as a Service (PaaS)• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)


DATA IN BUILDINGS


RELEVANT KPI’S

• Energy-Water Nexus

• Data -> Information - Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)

–Cost benefits (€’s saved)

–Resource use (kg fuel, m3, kWh etc.)

–Environmental impacts (CO2 equivalent etc.)


PILOT 1: ENGINEERING BUILDING

• Completed 2011

• 14,000 m2

• 100 Staff

• 1000 Students

• 400 rooms

• 4000 sensors

• Live access to data


DATA SILOS (ENGINEERING BUILDING)

Building Information Model (BIM)• Geometry, • Materials, • Constructions etc.

Building Management System (BMS)• Temperature,• CO2

• Set points,• Schedules,• Energy & Water;

Occupants• Connected devices

(WiFi, Cellular);• Feedback;

Rooms• Booking schedules;• Lecture timetables;

Weather Station• Wind speed;• Temperature;• Humidity;• Rainfall.

Technical documentation • Drawings• Op &

Maintenance manuals for equipment etc.


BMS: HOT WATER SYSTEM


WATERNNOMICS CLOUD PLATFORM


APPLICATIONS: AFDD & LEAK

DETECTION

Daniel Coakley


I2E2 PROJECT BACKGROUND

Background• Air Handling Units (AHUs) provide conditioned air for clean

rooms, offices, data-centres, etc.• Issue: Costly faults present in many AHUs • Constraint: Facilities departments have limited resources• Solution: Automated fault detection and diagnosis: automating the

detection of faults and their causes in physical systems;

Project Overview• Three year project (Mar 2011 – Mar 2014), funded by I2E2

(through Enterprise Ireland);• Academic: NUI Galway and University College Cork;• 6 Industrial Partners;• Access to data from >200 AHU’s on 7 sites;


TYPICAL FAULTS

• Leaking / Stuck Dampers

• Leaking / Stuck Valves (Heating / Cooling)

• Incorrect Operation

–Scheduling

–Set points

–Components in Manual Mode

• Poor Design (over/under capacity)

• Lack of Maintenance

–Clogged filters

–Fouled coils


FDD TECHNIQUES

• FDD automates the process of detecting and diagnosing faults

• A rule based FDD tool can be developed and implemented in industry

relatively quickly utilizing existing equipment

FDD Methods

Quantitative Model Based

Detailed

Physical Models

Simplified

Physical Models

Qualitative

Model Based

Rule Based

Qualitative

Physics Based

Process History Based

Black Box

Gray Box


PROCESS OVERVIEW

Record • Building Management System (BMS)

Collect • HVAC Console (DAQ System)

Store • MySQL Database

Analyse • I2E2 AFDD Tool – Java-based Ruleset

Visualise • Web Interface


AFDD TOOL IN BETA TESTING

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LINKS TO WATER SYSTEMS

• Similar principals may be applied to detection of faultsin water pumping equipment, leak detection and water infrastructure prognostics;

• Analysis of data from pumping equipment, flow meters, energy data, pressure sensors as well as static inputs (pipe diameter, length, construction) can provide a valuable insight into performance and degradation of system over time;

• WATERNOMICS proposes to use existing infrastructure combined with novel wireless sensors (acoustics, vibration etc.) to provide this analysis, for the purpose of:– Pumping equipment fault detection;

– Leak detection;

– Drought monitoring and warning systems;

– System optimisation.


LINKED DATA

Willem Fabritius





Q - Where in my building is water consumed the most?

Q - Who uses those facilities?

Q - How much water can I afford to consume next month?

Q - What about hot water?








USER ENGAGEMENT

Willem Fabritius


USER GROUP GOALS

Goals for Waternomics pilot in Galway

Students

• Increase awareness of building water consumption

• Encourage water conservation behaviour

Facility Managers

• Reporting on building water usage & leak detection

• Predictions on water consumption and drought


USER ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES

Gamification is the use of game elements and game design techniques in non game contexts.

- Werbach, 2012


GAMIFICATION


GAMIFICATION

Game Elements


GAMIFICATION EXAMPLES

Nike Plus


GAMIFICATION FOR WATERNOMICS

Competition based strategy

for water conservation

Lucid Dashboard

Campus Conservation Nationals


USER ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES

Feedback on individual or group behaviours with a goal of reducing environmental impact

- Froehlich, 2010


ECO-FEEDBACK

The Waterpebble

Shower Calendar


WATER CONSUMPTION - FIXTURE


WATER CONSUMPTION - TIME


WATER CONSUMPTION - LOCATION


WATER CONSUMPTION - OCCUPANT


KIOSK DISPLAYS

School

University


PILOT PLAN AND

IMPLEMENTATION

Mark McCaffrey


PILOT PLAN & IMPLEMENTATION

FOCUS

&

RELEVANCY

The Pareto principle (also known as the 80–20 rule, the law of the vital few, and the principle of factor sparsity) states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.


WATERNOMICS PILOT PROGRESS

Pilot Name Progress To Date

Engineering Building, NUIG, Galway, Ireland

(University Building)

(Using as the initial test bed)

•Sankey visualisation being created

•Water Audits being carried out:

•Data collection

•Benchmarking existing water/energy usage

Coláiste na Coiribe, Galway, Ireland

(School) – At Ground Works stage

•Construction M&E drawings being assessed and

listing of all end uses completed (more next slide)

Linate Airport, Milano, Italy

(Airport)

•V. Large - R2M working closely to define pilot

area

•Water Audits being carried out

•Data collection

•Benchmarking existing water/energy usage

Thermi, Greece

(Domestic)

•Some Data Collection

•Meetings

•Site visits



• Coláiste na Coiribe pilot

–M&E drawings review

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• ColáistenaCoiribepilot

–RWS

–BMS

–Metering planned

–>7000m2



• NUIG Engineering Building & Coláiste na Coiribe pilot

–M&E drawings review


USER SCENARIOS

• Top 10 KPIs Wants or Needs (software requirements) – T2.3Consider these few 'example' user scenarios - EXERCISE FOR

PILOTS

Imagine sitting in front of the Waternomics Information platform, as a user,

in 1-2 years time and thinking any of the following:

1. "I need to find a figure for our water usage per X?? (e.g. student/ PAX/ m2)“;

2. "I wonder what our leakage rate is per ??" ;3. "Can I get a figure for our annual environmental report on

consumption/emissions/leakage/waste , 2013 v 2014?“;

4. "I want to graph how we are doing on our targets for water use and associated cost and compare 2012,13&14?";

5. "What investments do I need to make to improve our % efficiency“;6. "What were the number of faults that were detected by the automated

fault detection and diagnosis system and which of these are currently open at the moment?“.

• Confirming these user requirements is key to Waternomics Information Platform and the overall project methodology. (min data sets, functions, meter placement, etc.) – possibility to discuss after in Q&A


CONCLUSIONS


CONTACT INFORMATION

Web: www.waternomics.eu

Twitter: @waternomics_eu

Daniel Coakley, Mark McCaffrey, Niall Chambers, John

Horan, John Cunnane, Eoghan Clifford

College of Engineering and Informatics (Civil Engineering)

E: [email protected]



Willem Fabritius, Edward Curry

Insight Centre for Data Analytics



mailto:[email protected]






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