Towards a Real-Time Building Energy Model Supported by Devices Profile for Web Services and IEC 61850

Energy management in buildings can be a very complex inference-based task, which may simultaneously integrate multiple energy areas and sources of information. The coordination of synergies allow better-informed decisions, such as performing forecasts and adjustments of energy production and storage while adapting electrical loads to off-peak times, when energy rates are lower. Usually devices holding this information encompass communication skills and can be remotely operated. This work targets the improvement and optimization of energy management operations in buildings and large complexes, by introducing a conceptual model for supporting real-time advanced reasoning and inference towards efficient energy management. The experimental setup for testing purposes is also described, as well as the integration of the IEC 61850 semantic information model and DPWS for establishing device communications.