This paper analyses the status of
current researches in the area of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
for the improvement of Energy Efficiency (EE) design and operation of
buildings.
Currently, research and technology
developers focus on different domains and sub-domains in the area of EE, such
as the integration of renewable energy sources and related monitoring,
simulation, and management software. In order to improve harmonisation between
different research and technology developments (RTD) including International
and European research projects and scientific programs these activities need to
be categorised and analysed. As a result of RTD gap analysis, the challenges,
commonalities, deficits, and potentials for collaboration are identified
contributing to the development of a “Scientific Road Map”.
This paper focuses on
development of a comprehensive vision
on Cartography of recently completed, ongoing, and recently announced
research European projects and
International research initiatives for further implementation of its results in
global vision of the REEB project [cf. http://www.ict-reeb.eu/index.html],
and proposes a systematic categorization approach to identify gaps in the
current research agenda in the area of IT for Energy in Buildings.
Our RTD gap analysis is based on a
qualitative categorization specifying common classification criteria.
At the present, there are more than 270
projects worldwide were analysed, five Main Classification Categories (MCC)
were developed.
The
proposed methodology should allow the identification of deficits of the related
research activities within the specified Main Classification Categories