1. Control & Automation Management of Buildings & Public Spaces in the 21st Century
CAMPUS21 focuses on energy-efficient operation of public
buildings and spaces. It brings together the expertise of national
research centres from Germany (Telecommunications), Ireland (IT
in AEC, Artificial Intelligence), Austria (Building Physics), and Spain
(IT). The management expertise of Public Authorities bundles this
with the expertise from multiple industry sectors, such as
Construction & Facilities Management, Building Services Systems
WP7 – Dissemination
Manufacturers and Energy Providers. and Standardisation
CAMPUS21 develops, deploys, and tests a Hardware-Software
Platform for the integration of existing ICT-subsystems supporting
energy, building, and security systems management. The key
technological innovations of CAMPUS21 are:
WP6 –Load Balancing for
 Integration concepts for energy management systems (WP3) BMS and Local Energy
Distribution Grids
including the related middleware components (WP4)
 Development of methodologies for intelligent and optimized
control of building services systems (WP5)
 Development of algorithms and tools to support load-
WP5 – Algorithms & Tools for
balancing between renewable micro-generation, storage Control of Micro Generation
and Energy Storage
systems, and energy consuming devices in buildings and Components
public spaces (WP6).
Those components are complemented by the development
of key business elements, including:
 New business models for integrated energy WP4 – Integration Concept &
management and the underpinning novel Middleware Components
procurements schemes (WP1)
 The development of Performance Metrics
and a holistic Evaluation Concept for Systems
Integration (WP2). WP3 – Use Cases &
Guidelines for Integrated
Energy Systems Management
WP2 – Evaluation &
Monitoring Concept
WP1 – Business Models &
Procurement Schemes
CAMPUS21 uses existing demonstrators and living laboratories as nucleus for up-scaling and expanding
the project scope from single building to campus scale. Three sites are used for research and validation
of energy and cost savings: a university campus, a multi-purpose sports arena and an indoor sports
complex.
Due to its cross-sectoral membership, CAMPUS21 goes across the whole innovation chain. It
contributes with ground-breaking innovation to the establishment of world-class infrastructures and the
economic recovery plan of the European Union.

2. Control & Automation Management of Buildings & Public Spaces in the 21st Century
The deployed distributed middleware of WP4 will be the core of the holistic energy management
system, ensuring a modular, scalable and resilient platform design and communication concept
between all internal and external components.
Expected Impact
Increasing the efficiency of energy use will
make a huge impact on the European By connecting and integrating three different
energy consumption, and thereby reduce the “centres of gravity” (Ireland, Spain, Germany)
carbon dioxide production, reduce the and stakeholders across the whole supply chain
dependency of imported energy and improve of Integrated Energy Systems Management,
the environmental conditions. Strengthening CAMPUS21 avoids the creation of innovation
the competitiveness of the European divide and disproportionate impact between
Construction Sector will substantially the strongest innovating regions and the others.
contribute to the Economic Recovery of the CAMPUS21 contributes to a “cross-sectorial,
EU. Fist of all, through collaboration with interdisciplinary innovation convergence”.
partners from other sectors, such as the ICT
and the Building Automation Sector, the
knowledge base of the AEC-sector will be
improved. Secondly, the quality and
efficiency of new and existing buildings will
be improved by reducing the operational
costs.
PARTNERS
Project funded under the 7th Framework Programme
 Project Acronym: Campus21 Project Number: 285729
 Project Title: Control & Automation Management of Buildings &
Public Spaces in the 21st Century
 Project Duration: 1.9.2011 – 31.8.2014 (36 months)
 Call identifier: FP7-2011-NMP-ENV-ENERGY-ICT-EeB
Coordinator Contact
 Karsten Menzel, University College Cork (Ireland)
 k.menzel@ucc.ie