Lab Class: Smart Energy Apps

Room: 4312 (seminar room at Software Engineering Department)

Begin: t.b.a.

Lecturer:

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Rumpe

Supervising Assistants:

Course Type: Laboratory

Course ID: 11ws-29513

Topics:

The topic of this lab class is the development of smart energy applications in the context of the Energy Navigator software developed at the Software Engineering department at RWTH Aachen University. The Energy Navigator platform is a system for planning, monitoring and automatically analysing building and facility operation. Modern buildings are equipped with hundrets of sensors and smart meters producing mass data. Based on this information the operation of buildings and facilities can be evaluated and optimized.

The participants will develop smart energy applications based on a given infrastructure. Examples for smart applications are digital building certificates, energy reporting platforms, information screens, mobile applications (iPhone/iPad/Android), data interfaces to management systems or innovative data visualization services in operation of buildings and facilities.

In cooperation with real customers from industry concepts for innovative applications will be created regarding their requirements. An architectural design will be developed and the applications will be implemented as a prototype.

The implementation activities will be based on state of the art web technologies like the J2EE infrastructure or cloud services. The implementation is done with an agile development process (eXtreme Programming) and with focus on quality assurance. Depending on the number of participants different applications will be implemented by smaller teams. The results will be presented to the customers.

Aims:

learn how specific software development processes work
use tools and communication support for agile software development
know which requirements for evolvable distributed software architectures must be considered
learn how to implement software in a qualitative assured way
practice important soft skills (communication, negotiation, agreements ...)
gain experience with group-effects caused by team based development

Requirements:

Software Engineering
Programming skills (Java)
Good English skills

Registration: Registration period will start soon. More information will be added betimes.

Schedule: Will be anounced later on. The lab course consists of regular meetings and a final presentation.

References:

M. N. Fisch, M. Look, S. Plesser, C. Pinkernell and B. Rumpe
Der Energie-Navigator - Performance-Controlling für Gebäude und Anlagen.
Technik am Bau (TAB) - Fachzeitschrift für Technische Gebäudeausrüstung, 04/2011:36-41, bau verlag, March 2011.
M. N. Fisch, S. Plesser, C. Pinkernell and B. Rumpe
Software für die energieoptimierte Betriebsführung von Gebäuden.
BINE Informationsdienst Projektinfo (ISSN 0937-8367), 14/10:1-4, October 2010.
M. N. Fisch, S. Plesser, C. Pinkernell and B. Rumpe
Virtueller Prüfstand für Gebäude: Der Energie Navigator.
XIA Intelligente Architektur (ISSN 0949-2356), Vol. 73, 10-12/10:68-70, October 2010.
N. M. Fisch, T. Kurpick, C. Pinkernell, S. Plesser and B. Rumpe
The Energy Navigator - A Web based Platform for functional Quality Mangement in Buildings
In: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference for Enhanced Building Operations (ICEBO' 10), Kuwait City, Kuwait, October 2010.

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