Energy informatics is a
research field
Research is " creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness ...
covering the use of
information and communication technology to address energy utilization and management challenges.
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Methods used for "smart" implementations often combine IoT sensors with
artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence—perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring information—demonstrated by machines, as opposed to intelligence displayed by animals and humans. Example tasks in which this is done include speech re ...
and
machine learning
Machine learning (ML) is a field of inquiry devoted to understanding and building methods that 'learn', that is, methods that leverage data to improve performance on some set of tasks. It is seen as a part of artificial intelligence.
Machine ...
. Energy Informatics is founded on
flow networks that are the major suppliers and consumers of energy. Their efficiency can be improved by collecting and analyzing information.
Application areas
The field among other consider application areas within:
* Smart Buildings by developing ICT-centred solutions for improving the
energy-efficiency of buildings.
*
Smart Cities by investigating the synergies between demand patterns and supply availability of energy flows in cities and communities to improve energy efficiency, increase integration of renewable sources, and provide resilience towards system faults caused by extreme situations, like hurricanes and flooding.
* Smart Industries including the development of ICT-centred solutions for improving the energy efficiency and predictability of energy intensive industrial processes, without compromising process and
product quality
In business, engineering, and manufacturing, quality – or high quality – has a pragmatic interpretation as the non-inferiority or superiority of something (goods or services); it is also defined as being suitable for the intended purpose (f ...
.
* Smart Energy Networks by developing ICT-centred solutions for coordinating the supply and demand in environmentally
sustainable energy
Energy is sustainable if it "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs". Most definitions of sustainable energy include considerations of environmental aspects such as greenh ...
networks.
Research centers
Center for Energy Informaticsat the University of Southern Denmark
Center For Energy Informaticsat USC
Institute of Informatics and Computing in Energyat Universiti Tenaga Nasional
Energy ICT Laboratoryat Chonnam National University, South Korea
Journals and conferences
Journal Energy InformaticsDACH+ Conference on Energy Informatics
* ACM e-Energy conference
* IEEE SmartGridComm conference
* ACM BuildSys conference
References
Energy
Information science
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