System Design of an Online Marketplace Towards the Standardisation of Sustainable Energy Efficiency Investments in Buildings
Nowadays, the increase in sustainable investments, especially when it comes to energy efficiency in buildings, has been recognised as an important pillar towards reductions in energy consumption. In this context, there is a need for efficient and user-friendly digital tools that can support decision...
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| author | Ioanna Andreoulaki Aikaterini Papapostolou Daniela Stoian Konstantinos Kefalas Vangelis Marinakis |
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| description | Nowadays, the increase in sustainable investments, especially when it comes to energy efficiency in buildings, has been recognised as an important pillar towards reductions in energy consumption. In this context, there is a need for efficient and user-friendly digital tools that can support decision-making procedures for all involved parties in the energy efficiency value chain. The scope of this paper is to present a high-level architecture and system design of the energy efficiency marketplace developed within the framework of the ENERGATE project, an EU-funded initiative aiming to assist Building Owners, Project Implementors, and Financial Institutions to collaborate and execute energy-efficient building renovations. To this end, structured data through predefined information entries will be collected. This will facilitate the interactions between heterogenous stakeholders and contribute to the standardisation of processes. The paper focuses on the functional description of the system design of the ENERGATE platform by defining the architecture, components, modules, interfaces, and structured data, as well as highlighting the requirements of potential platform users and design principles to meet the necessary requirements while ensuring security, reliability, and effectiveness. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4e6c2f1475484cb4b5e77755adf8ddeb2025-01-24T13:31:34ZengMDPI AGEng2673-41172025-01-01611310.3390/eng6010013System Design of an Online Marketplace Towards the Standardisation of Sustainable Energy Efficiency Investments in BuildingsIoanna Andreoulaki0Aikaterini Papapostolou1Daniela Stoian2Konstantinos Kefalas3Vangelis Marinakis4Decision Support Systems Laboratory, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Zografou, GreeceDecision Support Systems Laboratory, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Zografou, GreeceDecision Support Systems Laboratory, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Zografou, GreeceDecision Support Systems Laboratory, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Zografou, GreeceDecision Support Systems Laboratory, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Zografou, GreeceNowadays, the increase in sustainable investments, especially when it comes to energy efficiency in buildings, has been recognised as an important pillar towards reductions in energy consumption. In this context, there is a need for efficient and user-friendly digital tools that can support decision-making procedures for all involved parties in the energy efficiency value chain. The scope of this paper is to present a high-level architecture and system design of the energy efficiency marketplace developed within the framework of the ENERGATE project, an EU-funded initiative aiming to assist Building Owners, Project Implementors, and Financial Institutions to collaborate and execute energy-efficient building renovations. To this end, structured data through predefined information entries will be collected. This will facilitate the interactions between heterogenous stakeholders and contribute to the standardisation of processes. The paper focuses on the functional description of the system design of the ENERGATE platform by defining the architecture, components, modules, interfaces, and structured data, as well as highlighting the requirements of potential platform users and design principles to meet the necessary requirements while ensuring security, reliability, and effectiveness.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4117/6/1/13energy efficiency financingmarketplace architecturebuilding retrofittingdata-driven services |
| spellingShingle | Ioanna Andreoulaki Aikaterini Papapostolou Daniela Stoian Konstantinos Kefalas Vangelis Marinakis System Design of an Online Marketplace Towards the Standardisation of Sustainable Energy Efficiency Investments in Buildings Eng energy efficiency financing marketplace architecture building retrofitting data-driven services |
| title | System Design of an Online Marketplace Towards the Standardisation of Sustainable Energy Efficiency Investments in Buildings |
| title_full | System Design of an Online Marketplace Towards the Standardisation of Sustainable Energy Efficiency Investments in Buildings |
| title_fullStr | System Design of an Online Marketplace Towards the Standardisation of Sustainable Energy Efficiency Investments in Buildings |
| title_full_unstemmed | System Design of an Online Marketplace Towards the Standardisation of Sustainable Energy Efficiency Investments in Buildings |
| title_short | System Design of an Online Marketplace Towards the Standardisation of Sustainable Energy Efficiency Investments in Buildings |
| title_sort | system design of an online marketplace towards the standardisation of sustainable energy efficiency investments in buildings |
| topic | energy efficiency financing marketplace architecture building retrofitting data-driven services |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4117/6/1/13 |
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