Four master students in Electronics Engineering won an award during the Day of the Engineer, an event organized by the private sector to draw attention to engineers and what they do. The students' energy management system was elected the greenest project.
Green engineering was the theme of the Day of the Engineer's third edition. Green projects received special attention. USG Innotiv, the company behind the event, called for projects that could make a real difference.
Toon Heirman, Tom Hennes, Frederik Konings, and Jonas Vlasselaer developed an energy management system (EMS) for a residential block. They named it the Green Smart Home Project. Their supervisors were Luc Vandeurzen, Wouter Vermeiren, and Vero Vanden Abeele.
The EMS gathers information on the available facilities and the residents' behavior via a network of sensors. That information is used to make intelligent decisions that optimize the energy consumption without loss of comfort.
The four Electronics Engineering students presented their EMS during the evening program of the Day of the Engineer. A total of nine projects were presented, 3 of which by Group T-students. The jury elected the EMS to be the most innovative one.
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