Assessment of the Romanian pilot site energy consumption indicators and technical prerequisites in the implementation of the RE-COGNITION Horizon project

The main ambition of the RE-COGNITION Horizon 2020 project (https://re-cognition-project.eu/), in which Technical University of Cluj-Napoca is involved, is to develop a future and technology-proof integration solution aiming to maximize the utilization of the energy that is locally produced by building-level Renewable Energy Sources (RES) technologies, and the reduction of implicit and explicitly induced costs. In the frame of the project, a RES Integration Platform is developed, which incorporate existing, as well as newly developed RES and storage components, along with peripheral electrical and thermal load equipment (HVACs, chillers, ICT devices, conventional load equipment etc.). The RES Integration Platform aims to optimize the building energy flows, regardless of type and conditions. Several pilots with different building environments and climate zones, all around Europe, will be selected to test the RE-COGNITION framework components. This will sufficiently fulfil the validation purposes of the developed technologies and comply with the end-user needs. In this paper, we present the general description of the Romanian pilot site, as well as the energy consumption indicators measured in the last 3 years prior to the project’s start. An analysis of the local context which provides the technical/socio/economic constraints that the project should handle is also presented.