Greener Building: The CO2 Footprint Reduction Challenge

The buildings sector, which includes energy used for constructing, heating, cooling, and lighting homes and businesses, as well as the appliances and equipment installed in them, accounts for over one third of global energy consumption and emissions. Therefore, there is a need to reduce the energy consumption and the direct and indirect emissions of greenhouse gases from buildings.

The aim of the challenge is to minimize the emissions of a building located on the IP Paris campus (DrahiX: the startup incubator). The challenge consists of three tasks:

1. Elaborate an energy demand forecasting model based on data provided by us.
2. Elaborate an energy consumption management strategy, based on interactions with occupants, the available data, and the model, to minimize CO2 emissions.
3. Discuss the acceptability of this strategy and explore ways to gain acceptance