Centro tecnológico Cartif

The energy generation for air conditioning of apartment buildings, offices or similar structures is performed by conventional systems, such as natural gas and diesel boilers, cooling towers, heat pumps, and other systems that consume fossil fuels and electricity. The goal this research line sets for itself is the incorporation of renewable energies working in parallel to these systems in the most efficient way possible. This research line expects to maximize the use of the available solar thermal and geothermal energy, by means of advanced tools and strategies for instrumentation and control, and original solutions for systems design.

Currently we work on large integrated systems, capable of generating energy for the building using solar power and geothermics, as a complement to the conventional systems, with the aim at:

• Maximizing the energy yield from the renewable resources
• Optimizing the overall performance
• Establishing the best modes of operation for each work scenario
• Decreasing the economic and environmental costs of the energy generation

We utilize modeling tools like TRNSYS, on whose use we’ve got extensive experience, especially on dynamic simulation of buildings and energy systems based on renewable resources.