This event will introduce Regional Energy Demand Analysis Portal (REDAP), an SEAI co-funded decision-support tool which will help guide Dublin’s energy transition.

During this presentation, policy-makers, planners and other public representatives are invited to learn about how REDAP can be used to map and profile energy consumption in the building stock and mobility sectors (incl. average fuel types, expenditure and load profiles).

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Attendees will also gain an understanding of how these data insights can be used to define Climate Action Plans and decarbonisation zones, to engage with Sustainable Energy Communities and to promote regions as attractive places to live, work and invest in.

During an hour-long online session, Oisin Doherty (Codema) and Niall Conway (Spatial Outlook Ltd.) presented the REDAP PoC to ESB, Ireland's commercial semi-state company and distribution operator. Audience members included management from Electric Ireland, ESB Networks, ESB International, and the ESB Innovation Hub.

The presentation centred around the overlap between local governments citizen-focused decarbonisation action and how this relates to ESB's customer-focused activities. The presentation was followed by a very informative Q&A session on the topics of building stock and mobility energy demand.

The second need-owner workshop allows the consortium partners to present and demonstrate improved REDAP Proof of Concept System to an audience of need-owners from Austria, Sweden and Ireland. This included Dublin's energy agency, Codema, the City of Gothenburg Council (including Göteborg Energi), and Austrian Energy planning agencies, EKUT, and Klima-und Energie-Modellregionen Schwarzatal. The workshop also enjoyed the participation of representatives from the Swedish Energy Agency and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI).

As the R&D team continue to work towards an operational and deployable software system, the invaluable end-user feedback which was received will be incorporated into the various software, analytical methodologies and use-case processes.

A paper by the REDAP consortium partners Ali Hainoun (AIT) and Niall Conway (Spatial Outlook Ltd.) was presented on day 2 of the recent Beyond 2020 conference which was originally planned for Gothenburg, Sweden. The paper explained the background, purpose and aims of the REDAP project and was delivered during the GIS/Machine learning session alongside energy-focused speakers from Europe and the US. Read the paper here.

Our consortium partners were delighted to demonstrate REDAP Proof of Concept System to a range of need-owners and external stakeholders from Austria, Sweden and Ireland. REDAP Version 1 was demonstrated to Dublin's energy agency, Codema, the City of Gothenburg Council (including Göteborg Energi), and Austrian Energy planning agencies, EKUT, and Klima-und Energie-Modellregionen Schwarzatal.

As the R&D team continue to work towards an operational and deployable software system, the invaluable end-user feedback which was received will be incorporated into the various software, analytical methodologies and use-case processes.

Our consortium will present the Regional Energy Demand Analysis Portal (REDAP) project during next week's INSPIRE Conference 2020. During the 'Energy & Location' session (5th June 11am - 2pm (CEST)), the REDAP project manager, Niall Conway, will explain how the digitalisation focus of the ERA-Net Smart Energy Systems project relates to INSPIRE infrastructure for spatial information.

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Register here:

https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/conference2020/virtualprog

REDAP consortium partners from Ireland, Austria and Sweden met at the Austrian Institute of Technology to discuss the upcoming building and mobility workpackages deliverables. The partners also met with Otmar Schlager from the Austrian Need-owner, Energieagentur der Regionen (Energy Agency of the Regions) in order to learn about the frontline energy issues facing stakeholders from the Waidhofen an der Thaya in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

On 24th January, Irish partners Codema, ICHEC (NUIG) and Spatial Outlook Ltd. welcomed representatives from project partners Austrian Institute of Technology and Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) to Dublin for a very informative project meeting. During the meeting, the partners further refined the requirements of the energy demand analysis system which will be developed on behalf of the project Need-Owners. In particular, this centred around the estimation of energy demand from the transport and mobility sectors. More news and updates to follow.

REDAP consortium was represented at the sold-out UCD Sustainable Smart Cities & Communities Symposium which was held on 4th December. ​

REDAP project manager, Spatial Outlook presented at the parallel session entitle 'IoT, Artificial Intelligence and integrated services for smart cities and communities'. Co-presenters at the symposium included representatives from representatives from the SEAI, DG Energy, MIT Senseable City Lab, Codema, Smart Dublin, and US tech startup BigBelly Bins.

REDAP consortium represented at the inaugural National Energy Research and Policy Conference held in Dublin on 20th November. ​

During the ERA-Net SES hosted side-event, REDAP project manager, Spatial Outlook presented on the consortium's international vision for this energy demand analysis Monitoring and Reporting tool. Co-presenters and audience members included representatives from IBM, the SEAI, the Swedish Energy Agency, and the Austrian Ministry of Transport. Read more about the conference here.

During the ERA-Net Smart Energy Systems Conference 2019, held in the Belgian town of Namur from 7th-9th October, the REDAP consortium was represented by partners Codema and Spatial Outlook. In advance of the project kick-off, this conference offered the REDAP consortium an excellent opportunity to network with the ERA-Net management, funding agency representatives, and other current (and potential future) project managers.

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Read more about the conference event here.

Following detailed preparations by project partners in Sweden, Austria, and Ireland, the REDAP research has commenced.

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