Over the next five years, Dresden will become a smart city with the help of EA Systems Dresden. The European Commission approved the Horizon 2020 project MAtchUP and is providing a total of €17.5 million for greater sustainability and intelligent connectivity. Alongside Cologne, Hamburg, and Munich, Dresden will become Germany’s fourth lighthouse city.
What Is Planned?
Dresden’s Johannstadt district, close to the city center, will be transformed into an energy-efficient district. Alongside implementing individual measures, a major focus is their transferability and scalability to other districts and cities. MAtchUp focuses on the following topics:
- Renovation of residential buildings, including PV systems and charging stations
- Connecting local renewable energy, storage, and intelligent controls (e.g., tenant electricity schemes)
- Establishing grid-supportive district storage
- Grid-supportive charging infrastructure for electric vehicles and mobility hubs
- Intelligent, energy-efficient street lighting
- Central collection of all public building energy data (central building control center)
Services Provided by EA Systems Dresden GmbH
EA Systems Dresden participates in seven work packages. Through model-based simulation, the company plays a central, connecting role in the overall project. “We are developing a district model for Johannstadt that combines the various measures, strategies, and technologies. This makes a significant contribution to reducing energy costs, noise, and CO2 and creating a more livable environment for residents,” explains René Unger, CEO of EA Systems Dresden.
The company’s specific project tasks are:
- Modeling the project area (residential districts, schools, charging infrastructure, tenant electricity schemes)
- Creating a Green City simulation model of the entire district and its energy behavior
- Planning and optimizing management strategies for district electricity storage
- Testing proposed concept variants and control strategies
- Technical consultancy for the planned central building control center
- Technical consultancy on intelligent street lighting
- Monitoring and evaluating the measures implemented