1. UrbanEnergy Management
CUD Global Conference, May 2009
CUD Global Conference, May 2009
Ana Reguero
Head of Residential Department from Urbanism Area of Madrid City Council.

2. CUD Madrid project, a reminder....
“Transforming urban residential buildings and open
spaces into a smart environment, allowing for
sustainable energy generation, consumption and
management in a carbon neutral community”

3. CUD Madrid project, a reminder....
Schools,
Open Spaces Apartments and Offices Homes
hospitals, etc.
Blocks
URBAN SERVICES PLATFORM
Urban Broadband Network

4. CUD Madrid project, mayor goals
- Cut down on energy consumption (water, gas, and electricity) in the
city
- Promote active involvement of the city’s inhabitants
- Build awareness about the impact of citizens’ actions on energy
consumption and climate change
- Create a sense of community among citizens, fostering
collaboration for achieving objectives
- Establish a scalable, economically viable, intuitive, and
nonintrusive model
- Design a platform for supporting a global “Intelligent UrbanEnergy
Grid” concept for the near future

5. Design
Wireless
architecture
Home Energy Controller
Building IP Home
energy
network Homecounters
Homeenergy
counters
energy
counters
Urban Broadband
Network
Urban Energy Controller

6. Home Energy Controller
-Very simple to use: “users” are very diversed citizens (young,
elders) with different IT background (technical savy, afraid of tech)
and learning (university, only basic studies)
- Personal Trainer concept: main objective is to push citizens in their
“energy savings” efforts

7. Urban Energy Controller

8. Pilot project: Margaritas 52

9. Pilot project: Margaritas 52

10. Project timeline and next steps: UrbanEnergy
-21 May 2009
End of building´s construction;
- 21 June 2009
Citizens enter the apartments;
- June 2009 / August 2009
Maturity testing of the solution
- August 2009
UrbanEnergy implemented in the apartments, as well
as at building level
- August 2009/Jan 2010
Collect information and audit results/benefits
- Jan 2010: scale UrbanEnergy
Geographical level (expand in Madrid)
Functional level (utilities and govt integration)