Design and development of a Web based GIS platform for zero energy settlements monitoring

Abstract To support the next generation of multi-process big data and service-oriented computing, a Web-GIS platform is considered a viable solution for gathering and sharing of collected data from various case studies ΝΖE settlements, so that the information flows are easily managed and interpreted, by means of spatial thematic maps related to specific levels of information, within the various case studies. Smart interoperable sensor networks installed in the various case studies’ buildings, districts, and energy subsystems are prerequisites for the formulation of the physical layer of the monitoring platform. The aim of the present paper is to analyze the characteristics and architecture of a Web GIS Platform for Zero energy settlements monitoring. The platform development is based on open software tools, targeting to be a flexible and interoperable tool for zero energy buildings and communities.