WILSON Horizon Europe Project – Newsletter 1

Events & News

Aug 29, 2024

The “WILSON” Horizon Europe project is designed to transform the management and operation of buildings and districts to create more sustainable and efficient environments. Officially launched on May 1, 2024, and coordinated by Fundación CIRCE, WILSON focuses on integrating advanced technologies, including distributed data modeling and federated digital twinning, to optimize energy use, improve operational efficiency, and enhance data-driven decision-making across urban and rural settings. Running until April 30, 2028, the project is dedicated to developing and validating these innovative solutions. Through its newsletters, WILSON will provide regular updates on progress, events, and key milestones as these solutions are implemented and tested in various real-world scenarios.

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CIRCEhosted the kick-off meeting

on May 15-16inZaragoza, Spain.

Partnering for Success:

Meet the WILSON Consortium

The WILSON project brings together a consortium of 16 partners from 10 countries, combining diverse expertise to drive innovation and achieve project goals.

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Pilots:

Real-World Applications of WILSON ‘s Solutions

The WILSON integrates key digital tools to achieve a holistic, decentralized data management system that is compatible with existing Building Management Systems and Digital Twin systems. The project focuses on enhancing data management, interoperability, planning and management, environmental performance, and building diagnostics, all of which are tested in real-world settings at its living lab and pilot sites.

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Driving Change:

WILSON‘s Role in Sustainable Urban Development

WILSON project will go beyond traditional urban energy management by considering the predictive maintenance , the environmental performance of the buildings and districts,the climate change & biodiversity nexus, and the resilience in urban areas. The solutions identification is carried out with innovative methods and tools such as:

1)CIMBA– a predictive maintenance tool based on collective intelligence,

2)HIBOU– a tool that allows tackling the climate change – biodiversity nexus by considering the local specificities and the global pressures on the biodiversity, as well as the solutions for resilient buildings and districts,

3) CONTINIUM– a platform that provides a robust and scalable solution for managing buildings’ data throughout their entire lifecycle. The life cycle approach is used, to meet the final goal of the overall performance improvement.

From Concept to Reality:

How WILSON will Shape the Future of Building Data Management

WILSON’s main objective is to enable more efficient and sustainable data use in the built environment. Unlike the current segmented limited building data solutions, a decentralized and holistic data management approach is presented based on:

1) District Digital Twin, a federated system of local digital twins,

2) Personalised Building Data Hubs (PDHs), public interface points of each building that integrate all relevant data,

3) A Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Data and Services Marketplace, a data mesh architecture that allows seamless integration between stakeholders and provides self-executing contracts to access data.

Taking advantage of this methodology and data availability, operation and management improvements are planned, with tools to improve comfort and energy efficiency based on data-driven decision-making, to enhance risk and resilience calculations, and to establish the Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI) of the buildings.

The WILSON project provides several engagement opportunities

for stakeholders and industry professionals:

WILSON Sister Projects

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Collaboration Opportunities:

WILSON seeks to build a strong network of partnerships. Interested organizations and projects can explore collaboration as a stakeholder or a sister project by clicking the “Contact Us” section.

Events and Workshops:

To stay informed about WILSON ’s events and workshops, stakeholders are encouraged to subscribe to the newsletter and follow WILSON on social media.

Technology Watch:

WILSON regularly shares updates on energy efficient buildings, data management and related trends via social media. Contributions are welcome from those who wish to share relevant insights.