An Innovative Social Model to Monitor Usage and Energy Performance of Public Real Estate based on ICT Applications
After a review of some critical issues about usage and energy efficiency in public buildings, the paper describes Planergy(tm) a service model which supports public administrations to monitor their buildings. The service, which is distributed through a web platform www.Planergy.it represents an interesting social innovation since it directly involves workers and building users and since its results can be diffused as Open Data Sets. Its results can assist local administrators in developing a substantiated institutional communication and in adopting a sustainability reporting that takes into account both environmental and social consequences of their policies. Through the support of empirical data collected from its buildings, the administration can encourage specialists and firms in developing effective project proposals and it can motivate employees and the public towards energy efficiency good practices. In this way, an administration council can become a source of inspiration and good example to promote sustainable energy within its municipal area. Some preliminary operational results are outlined which are taken from the adoption of Planergy in a small municipality in the center Italy.