System for monitoring building heat consumption

Relevance. Energy consumption and efficient use of district heating networks affect the environment, society and the economy. Solutions are needed that can significantly reduce specific thermal energy losses. Using a technically and economically feasible way to assess energy efficiency allows these decisions to be made. Currently, assessing the energy efficiency of buildings raises significant questions among specialists. There is not much modern specialized literature in this area. The problem of energy efficiency requires more rigorous attention to urban planning issues. Thus, refined methods for assessing the energy efficiency of buildings make it possible to simultaneously save capital investments and ensure efficient consumption of thermal energy. Aim. To develop a system for assessing the real heat consumption of buildings to ensure optimization of dispatching of centralized heat supply systems in real time. Methods. Computer modeling of the state of heat consumption of buildings with various characteristics and schemes for their connection to centralized heat supply networks; methods of geographic information analysis. Results. The authors have proposed the system for monitoring the heat consumption of buildings. This system allows assessing the energy efficiency of buildings through the maximum use of computer and software technologies. It is shown that the calculated heat flows of buildings used to predict savings when modernizing buildings do not always correspond to the actual heat loads, which can lead to an incorrect assessment of investment projects. The authors obtained graphical dependences of the quantities influencing specific heat losses on various primary independent factors. Conclusions. The constructed system for monitoring the heat consumption of buildings allows, together with the use of geoinformation analysis methods, obtaining a fairly complete picture of the state of heat consumption for city areas and an assessment of the energy characteristics of buildings.