Towards the development of a virtual 3D city model: Dundalk, Ireland

Aidan Melia – Project ManagerIntegrated Environmental Solutions

All-Energy 2016 - Sustainable and Smart Cities Conference, May 4-5, Glasgow

A Virtual City Model

VCM

Dynamic Simulation Modelling

Indicators

Algorithms

3D ModelEsri CityEngine

IES Virtual Environment

Energy Optimisation

City Performance

Project ObjectivesDevelop a decision support tool that will provide dynamic assessment of the interactions between buildings, and Renewable Technologies and Information Communication Technologies…

Four Key Strands….

ConceptPLAN: development through a dynamic simulation, energy-based decision support tool, which takes into account the buildings and their interaction with the urban environment

ConceptREDUCE: energy consumption and carbon emissions through an indication of the impact of best practice Energy Conservation Measures via DSM

ConceptINTEGRATE: new technologies and services in a city to better manage supply and demand, via DSM, GIS & 3D urban modelling that will reliably inform the impact of the integrated technologies

ConceptOPTIMISE: existing installed systems to enable local balancing through demand response analysis and tariff analysis via DSM

Concept• Emission Reduction• Energy Efficiency• Cost Reduction

Main Outcomes

DSM EnvironmentMethodology for Evaluation & QuantificationCompilation of IndicatorsLink GIS with Real City Data

Balance energy consumption offer

investment support

Integrate spatial, geographic, and

building information

Demand Response, pricing

assess through simulating city

model

Measure & evaluate

parameters on urban

environment

Dundalk Pilot Site

• Located halfway between Dublin and Belfast

• Population: 37,000 • Used for: – Testing wider

masterplanning capabilities

– More in depth energy analysis of specific buildings

Initial Actions – City Model

• Accumulation of OSI Mapping for model base-layer

• LiDAR Height Data• Imported into Esri

CityEngine Software • Buildings extruded

Initial Actions – DSM

Initial Actions – Compilation of Indicators

Initial Actions – Compilation of Indicators

Initial Actions – Background Algorithms

• Designed to take into consideration energy forecasting and tariff analysis

• Will be tested across groups of building• Aimed to be scaled up towards city level

First Prototype of VCM

Aims

Incorporate initial dashboard

First Batch of Indicators

Direct link to simulation

engine

First Prototype of VCM

First Prototype of VCM

Thank you!

Aidan MeliaProject Manager, Integrated Environmental Solutions Ltd.

Email: aidan.melia@iesve.comWeb: www.iesve.com

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