HSB Living Lab and Leanheat by Danfoss have entered a collaboration to improve liveability in buildings. By harnessing feedback loops between building performance, indoor conditions and resident-perceived indoor comfort, the partnership project aims at bringing new insights on the interaction between smart maintenance and liveability.
Smart maintenance and liveability
Launched in June 2020, the new collaboration between the Swedish HSB Living Lab and Leanheat by Danfoss focuses on the optimal use of technology and data, in order to drive more informed building maintenance and deliver better livability for residents.
“The HSB Living Lab is a user-centered building and a unique opportunity to foster data-driven solutions,” said Maria Gihlström, Sales Manager - Sweden for Leanheat by Danfoss.
Maria adds, “In many residential buildings, there is no information available on actual, measured indoor conditions. With this collaboration, we use real-time data from apartments and the heating system to improve maintenance in the building.”
Controlling central heating via AI technology
By using artificial intelligence to process it, the central heating can be controlled in an optimal manner
The data is collected from sensors located in individual apartments and the building control room. By using artificial intelligence to process it, the central heating can be controlled in an optimal manner, depending on weather, ventilation, and the residents’ occupancy patterns.
The project harnesses feedback loops between the building maintenance and the resident´s experience on indoor comfort. To evaluate indoor comfort, the project enables end-users to monitor their indoor conditions, such as humidity or temperature, and provide direct feedback to the building owner. Plus, the project also involves a calculation on the environmental impact of the residents´ heating consumption, aimed at increasing residential awareness.
Mobilizing social sustainability insights
From the summer of 2020 to the summer of 2021, the collaboration will create landscapes of high-performing buildings that mobilize social sustainability insights. The final results of the collaboration will be released post-summer of 2021.
“For us, collaboration is fundamental to find new innovative solutions for a more sustainable way of living. The cities that will achieve their carbon neutrality targets will be the healthiest, more sustainable and livable,” concludes Emma Sarin, General Manager from HSB Living Lab.
