Marzo 2015 - SmartLivingPlat
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Marzo 2015 - SmartLivingPlat
BOLETÍN DE VIGILANCIA TECNOLÓGICA E INTELIGENCIA COMPETITIVA Marzo de 2015 INDICE NOTICIAS 1. Batería de Aluminio-Aire que permite una autonomía en vehículos eléctricos de más de 1600 Km 2 2. Nace el Plan Nacional de Ciudades Inteligentes, con una dotación de 153 millones de euros 2 3. Las baterías eléctricas son más baratas que según las proyecciones para 2020 3 4. Los tejados de nuevos edificios comerciales en Francia deberán tener plantas o paneles solares 3 5. Reino Unido: "Nuestro Centro de Innovación Urbana es un paso hacia la construcción de mejores c... 3 6. Informe sobre el hogar conectado: Tendencias de futuro en los mercados del 'Internet de las cos... 4 7. "Eficiencia Energética no es sólo ahorrar energía": Harry Verhaar, Philips Lighting 5 8. Los cuatro principales argumentos en contra del coche eléctrico y en qué se equivocan 5 9. El centro de investigación finlandés VTT Research desarrolla paneles OLED de gran superfície 5 10. El instituto alemán Fraunhofer presenta nuevas tecnologías OLED en LOPEC 2015 6 11. El Salvador inaugura la primera factoría de módulos fotovoltaicos y leds en Centroamérica. 6 12. Ropa generadora de energía podria reemplazar baterías en dispositivos wearables 7 13. Nuevos estándares de equipamiento para iluminación de carreteras y áreas en EE.UU. 7 14. Tendencias en LEDs de baja potencia 7 15. LEDs eficientes enérgicamente podrían aliviar el Smog de China 8 16. La Oficina de Patentes de Estados Unidos deniega la solicitud de GE de reexamen de las patentes... 8 17. Instalaciones Solares en la India alcanzan los 883 MW en 2014 (un 12% menos que el año anterior... 8 18. Ecobuild: La Energía Solar se incluirá en el programa de eficiencia energética del Reino Unido 9 19. La Universidad de California desarrolla bolígrafo con tinta de alta tecnología capaz de fabric... 9 20. Ingeniero Industrial de la Universidad pública de Navarra desarrolla un modelo que podría ayuda... 10 21. Mayor concienciación sobre el Hogar Inteligente pero no para canales de instalación personaliza... 10 22. Un desgolse de los retos que supone el IoT (infografia) 11 23. Un gran salto en tecnología OLED 11 24. Los beneficios en el mercado de la gestión energética del hogar superaran los 22 mil millones d... 12 EMPRESAS Y MERCADOS 25. El coche no tripulado de Google puede incorporar airbags por fuera para protejer a los peatones 13 26. Tencent, Foxconn y China Harmony se unen para construir coches inteligentes 13 27. NXP Lanza solución de Hogar e Iluminación inteligentes 13 28. Los principales rivales de Tesla en almacenamiento de energía 14 29. On Controls en alianza con CentraLite para Programa de Control Cooperativo 14 30. General Electric lanza luminarias LED para dormir mejor 14 INDICE 31. SunEdison adquiere startup de almacenamiento de energía 15 32. Tridonic lanza nuevo driver LED 15 33. Últimas tendencias en seguridad y automatización del hogar: Auto instalación y monitoreo proact... 15 34. Conectando con el Coche Conectado en el MWC 16 35. Ford quiere solucionar los atascos de tráfico con bicicletas eléctricas conectadas 16 36. Audi y AT&T conectarán inalámbricamente sus nuevos modelos de vehículos 16 37. Viper Networks y Apollo Metro entregan luminarias urbanas LED inteligentes para proyecto piloto... 17 38. Toshiba presentará LEDs blancos en Electronica China 2015 17 39. Huawei comparte su visión para la industria de la TIC, "Open ROADS to a Better Connected World"... 18 40. Lighting Science Group iluminará la ciudad de México con Luminarias urbanas LED Solares 18 41. AT&T prepara servicios integrados de automatización del hogar y coches conectados 19 42. Huawei lanza reloj inteligente con display de AMOLED 19 43. Xiaomi lanza nueva serie de productos domóticos gestionados mediante plataforma para Internet d... 19 44. Peel incursiona en el control domótico 20 45. SK Telecom apunta al mercado global del IoT con Lifeware 20 PATENTES 46. US8981207 (B1) Celda solar de película delgada sensibilizada con puntos cuánticos de alta efici... 22 47. US2015069431 (A1) Hojas de luz 3D dobladas con LEDs impresos 22 48. WO2015034367 (A1) Método para mejorar la eficiencia de las celdas solares 22 49. US2015068239 (A1) Sistema de refrigeración solar integrada en recubrimiento de edificio 23 50. US2015068514 (A1) Receptor de la radiación solar 23 51. US2015068588 (A1) Sistemas y métodos para estructura mejorada de módulo fotovoltaico 23 52. US2015069443 (A1) LED con cristales fotónicos locales 24 53. US2015069832 (A1) Sistema conversor de energía para vehículos eléctricos 24 54. US2015069841 (A1) Sistema fotovoltaico y método para operarlo y alimentar con energía eléctrica... 24 55. US2015069930 (A1) Métodos y aparatos para operar grupos de LEDs de alta potencia 25 56. US2015070755 (A1) Control acristalamiento solar 25 57. US2015070872 (A1) Método y sistema para formar emisores de Luz LED 25 58. US2015070883 (A1) Dispositivo y sistema de Luminaria LED 26 59. US2015070902 (A1) Sistema para dispersar luminancia 26 60. US2015070926 (A1) Lente de proyección para uso en módulo LED para luminaria de vehículo a motor 26 61. US2015072156 (A1) Lámina de vidrio con transmisión de energía 27 62. US2015072462(A1) Celdas fotovoltaicas de nanopelícula tandem unidas por unión de sustrato semic... 27 63. US2015072467 (A1) Dispositivos fotovoltaicos con junta superficial 28 64. US2015074582 (A1) Sistemas y métodos para monitoreo de automatización del hogar 28 INDICE 65. US2015067762 (A1) Método y sistema para la configuración de firewall para hogar inteligente 28 66. WO2015029078 (A2) Cargador portátil y método para recargar dispositivos electrónicos 29 67. WO2015029974 (A1) Material de control térmico flexible 29 68. WO2015030465 (A1) Luminaria urbana LED 29 69. US8967825 (B2) Luminaria LED con chip soportada por miembro disipador de calor 30 70. US8971236 (B2) Sistema y método para interconección a tiempo real de elementos de una amplia ár... 30 PUBLICACIONES CIENTÍFICAS 71. High-efficiency luminescent solar concentrators for flexible waveguiding photovoltaics 31 72. Short-term smart learning electrical load prediction algorithm for home energy management syste... 31 73. Single layer deep blue polymer light emitting diodes with chlorinated Indium Tin Oxide after su... 32 74. A room-temperature process for fabricating a nano-Pt counter electrode on a plastic substrate f... 32 75. Control and synchronization algorithms for a grid-connected photovoltaic system under harmonic ... 33 76. Efficient blue organic light-emitting diodes based on triphenylimidazole substituted anthracene... 33 77. Growth and characterization of phosphor-free white light-emitting diodes based on InGaN blue qu... 33 78. Improved light outcoupling of organic light-emitting diodes by randomly embossed nanostructure 34 79. Solution processed multi-color organic light emitting diodes for application in telecommunicati... 34 80. Occupant Centered Lighting Control for Comfort and Energy Efficient Building Operation 35 81. Synthesis and luminescence properties of NaLa(MoO4)2xAGx:Eu3+ (AG=SO42, BO33) red phosphors ... 35 PUBLICACIONES SECTORIALES 82. El mercado global del Vehículo Eléctrico alcanza los 740.000 coches 36 83. Mercado Global de los Dispositivos de Seguridad Conectados 2015 - 2020 36 84. Mercado Global de los Hogares Inteligentes y Edificios Energéticamente Eficientes y automatizad... 37 85. Mercado Global de los dispositivos Wearable inteligentes para el cuidado de la Salud 2015-2019 37 86. Mercado de los sistemas de paneles fotovoltaicos cristalinos 38 87. Mercado Global del Almacenamiento de Energía Grid-Scale. Tendencias y Previsiones2015-2019 38 88. Mercado de las energías Renovables en la Region Oriente Medio y Africa 2015-2019 38 89. Mercado de las Energías Renovables en Europa 2014-2018 39 90. Mercado Global de la Nanotecnología en aplicaciones de Energía 2014-2018 39 91. Mercado Global de los Smart Energy Meters : Tamaño, Tendencias, Share y Previsiones de Crecimie... 92. Mercado Global de las Tecnologías de Generación de Energía Distribuida 2015-2019 39 39 INDICE 93. Mercado Global de los sistemas de automatización del hogar 2015, según Solar Energy News 40 EVENTOS, FERIAS Y JORNADAS 94. IoT Day - Construmat (20 de Mayo) El futuro de los sistemas de control en la construcción 41 95. Metropolitan Solutions 20-22 Mayo de 2015 Berlin (Alemania) 41 96. Beyond Building Barcelona Reenginering CONSTRUMAT 19-23 Mayo 2015 42 97. Smart Energy 22-25 de Marzo de 2015 Alemania 42 98. Smart to Future Cities 28-29 Abril 2015 Waldorf Hilton, Londres (Reino Unido) 42 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities NOTICIAS Batería de Aluminio-Aire que permite una autonomía en vehículos eléctricos de más de 1600 Km Publicada en www.extremetech.com, 27/03/2015. Phinergy, an Israeli startup, has demonstrated an aluminium-air battery that is capable of powering an electric vehicle for up to 1,000 miles (1,609km). Unlike other metal-air batteries that we’ve written about in the past, such as IBM’s lithium-air battery, Phinergy’s Al-air battery actually consumes aluminium as a fuel, allowing for an energy density that far surpasses conventional battery technologies and even begins to rival gas and diesel. Phinergy says it has signed a contract with a global automaker for “production volumes” of the battery, starting in 2017. ver más... Nace el Plan Nacional de Ciudades Inteligentes, con una dotación de 153 millones de euros Publicada en http://www.red.es, 26/03/2015. 26/03/2015 El ministerio de Industria, Energía y Turismo ha dado a conocer el nuevo Plan Nacional de Ciudades Inteligentes, que está dotado inicialmente de un presupuesto de 153 millones de euros, inversión que se cofinanciará a través del Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) y a la que se sumarán las aportaciones de otras administraciones y del sector privado. El plan se coordinará a través de la Secretaria de Estado de Telecomunicaciones y para la Sociedad de la Información mediante la creación del Consejo Asesor de Ciudades Inteligentes. Estará conformado por la propia secretaría de Estado, Red.es, SEGITTUR, IDAE, EOI, las entidades locales y los representantes de la Industria. Su objetivo es mejorar la eficacia y eficiencia de las entidades locales en la prestación de los servicios públicos a través del uso de las TIC y avanzar en la gobernanza del sistema de Ciudad y Destino Turístico Inteligente. Todo ello redundará en una mejor calidad de vida para la ciudadanía y creará entornos atractivos de inversión que generarán crecimiento económico y empleo. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 2 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities Las baterías eléctricas son más baratas que según las proyecciones para 2020 Publicada en www.carbonbrief.org, 23/03/2015. The cost of electric vehicle battery packs is falling so rapidly they are probably already cheaper than expected for 2020, according to a new study in Nature Climate Change. Electric vehicles remain more expensive than combustionengine equivalents, largely because of battery costs. In 2013 the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimated cost-parity could be reached in 2020, with battery costs reaching $300 per kilowatt hour of capacity.But market-leading firms were probably already producing cheaper batteries last year, says today's new research. It says its figures are "two to four times lower than many recent peer-reviewed papers have suggested". ver más... Los tejados de nuevos edificios comerciales en Francia deberán tener plantas o paneles solares Publicada en www.digitaltrends.com, 21/03/2015. Rooftops in France are about to get a whole lot greener, thanks to a new law requiring rooftops on new buildings constructed in commercial zones to be partially covered in plants or solar panels. The law, approved by French Parliament on Thursday, was less comprehensive than the original demands by French environmental activists, who wanted to require completely green rooftops on all new buildings. The government convinced activists to scale back the reach of the law to only commercial buildings, as well as requiring only part of rooftops to be covered with plants or solar panels, according to Agence France-Presse. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 3 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities Reino Unido: "Nuestro Centro de Innovación Urbana es un paso hacia la construcción de mejores ciudades" Publicada en www.theguardian.com, 17/03/2015. The future of cities is full of possibility – and uncertainty. Getting it right is more than a matter of luck. Your future city could be one where shared, on-demand autonomous vehicles halve the number of vehicles on the road, without crashes and with quieter streets and cleaner air; where cleaning robots diligently polish photovoltaic cells on the 16th floor of tower blocks engulfed in greenery; and where robot builders rapidly throw together elegant buildings made of crosslaminated timber, each sinuous slab tracked back to the forest it grew in.Or, as author Marc Goodman points out in his new book, Future Crimes, our future cities could be ones where these same dynamics trample over privacy, ethics and local cultural differences. Where fast-failing systems backed by venture capitalists leach value from urban economies; where automation halves the number of jobs available to humans; and where surveillance-driven governance replaces open, deliberative policy and planning. ver más... Informe sobre el hogar conectado: Tendencias de futuro en los mercados del 'Internet de las cosas' Publicada en www.businessinsider.com, 16/03/2015. Homes around the world are going to become smarter and more connected over the next five years. Overall, a fair number of mainstream consumers still don't fully understand what connected-home devices are and how they work, and so demand hasn't reached its full potential. However, adoption and awareness is still high for such a new category. We expect the devices to become more prevalent in the next two years, when growth will peak. In a recent report on the connected home, BI Intelligence takes a closer look at this market, and forecasts shipments and revenue growth for connected-home devices over the next five years. We also examine current consumer sentiment about these new devices, the potential opportunities and barriers the Internet of Things will face on its way to mainstream adoption, and the leading companies currently in the market. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 4 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities "Eficiencia Energética no es sólo ahorrar energía": Harry Verhaar, Philips Lighting Publicada en www.theclimategroup.org, 12/03/2015. After the publication of the 2015 Energy Productivity and Economic Prosperity Index, authored by The Lisbon Council, Ecofys and Quintel Intelligence and commissioned by Philips, we interviewed Harry Verhaar, Head of Global Public & Government Affairs, Philips Lighting, about the specific role of energy efficiency and the future of the lighting sector. The 2015 Energy Productivity and Economic Prosperity Index report, which Philips commissioned, highlights that 98% of all energy produced globally is wasted through inefficiency. How energy efficient is the lighting sector? Take the classic example of the incandescent light bulb. Only 5% of the electricity it consumes turns into light. But taking the whole energy chain into account, from energy generation to the actual service, the average productivity of an incandescent light bulb is only 1%. ver más... Los cuatro principales argumentos en contra del coche eléctrico y en qué se equivocan Publicada en http://www.fool.com, 08/03/2015. Here are the facts: Americans have purchased more than 290,000 electric vehicles since the end of 2010, when the Electric cars have been around for more than a century, and optimists have predicted their dominance for nearly as long. So far, those predictions have been very wrong. Is it really different this time?. Nissan (NASDAQOTH: NSANY ) Leaf became the first "affordable" EV to ply American roadways since General Motors (NYSE: GM ) discontinued its infamous EV1. Nearly 140,000 of those vehicles have been battery-only, eschewing any combustion engine for a ride powered exclusively by electricity. ver más... El centro de investigación finlandés VTT Research desarrolla paneles OLED de gran superfície Publicada en LEDinside LED, LED Lighting, LED Price Trends, Global LED News and Market Research - Industry Info, 06/03/2015. Based on OLED technology and implemented by means of a printing machine, this method developed by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd provides an opportunity to create patterned and flexible light-emitting surfaces on advertising displays, info signs and lighting fixtures, for instance. The method also enables transparent smart surfaces to be attached to window panels or packaging. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 5 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities El instituto alemán Fraunhofer presenta nuevas tecnologías OLED en LOPEC 2015 Publicada en LEDinside LED, LED Lighting, LED Price Trends, Global LED News and Market Research - Industry Info, 05/03/2015. Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technologies FEP introduces the world's first color changing transparent OLED. From March 4-5, Dresden researchers and entrepreneurs will be attending LOPEC 2015, the 7th international exhibition and conference for the printed electronics industry. The joint booth of the Saxon network Organic Electronics Saxony (OES) will represent the companies Adenso, CreaPHys, DTF Technology, Heliatek, Plastic Logic Germany and VON ARDENNE (Hall BO/booth 320). Together with Fraunhofer Institute Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technologies (FEP) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Materials and Beam Technology (IWS), the companies will present innovative technologies and processes in OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes), 3-D printing, PED (Pulsed Electron Deposition) and thin film technologies. The Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems (IKTS) will have its own booth in Hall E0/booth 105.) ver más... El Salvador inaugura la primera factoría de módulos fotovoltaicos y leds en Centroamérica. Publicada en Suelo Solar, 04/03/2015. Alba Tech Green Energy invertirá 21 millones de U$D en los dos primeros años para impulsar la producción de 15 Megawatios (MW) anuales en paneles solares y 4 millones de luminarias led. La empresa taiwanesa Speedtech Energy, encargada de proporcionar conocimientos sobre alta tecnología, el Grupo Sam Li y el petrolero Grupo Alba lanzaron la empresa salvadoreña Alba Tech Green Energy, con la creación de una planta de producción de paneles solares y luces LED. La planta, única en la región latinoamericana, se encuenta ubicada en San Juan Opico, se convierte en la primera maquila de dispositivos de alta tecnología en El Salvador. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 6 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities Ropa generadora de energía podria reemplazar baterías en dispositivos wearables Publicada en Phys.org_Light emitting diode, 04/03/2015. From light-up shoes to smart watches, wearable electronics are gaining traction among consumers, but these gadgets' versatility is still held back by the stiff, short-lived batteries that are required. These limitations, however, could soon be overcome. In the journal ACS Nano, scientists report the first durable, flexible cloth that harnesses human motion to generate energy. It can also self-charge batteries or supercapacitors without an external power source and make new commercial and medical applications possible. ver más... Nuevos estándares de equipamiento para iluminación de carreteras y áreas en EE.UU. Publicada en LEDinside LED, LED Lighting, LED Price Trends, Global LED News and Market Research - Industry Info, 04/03/2015. The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has recently published two new standards for Roadways and Area Lighting Equipment. The first is ANSI C136.16-2014 American National Standard for Roadway and Area Lighting Equipment—Enclosed, Post Top-mounted Luminaires. This standard is useful to roadway and area lighting manufacturers, municipalities, and utilities; and provides requirements to allow for the interchangeability of enclosed, post top-mounted luminaires.ANSI C136.16 was developed by ANSI Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) 136. It covers dimensional, maintenance, and light distribution features that permit the interchange of enclosed, post topmounted high-intensity discharge lamps, solid-state light sources (i.e., light-emitting diode), compact fluorescent lamps, and induction luminaires whose center of mass is approximately over the mounting tenon. ver más... Tendencias en LEDs de baja potencia Publicada en LEDinside LED, LED Lighting, LED Price Trends, Global LED News and Market Research - Industry Info, 04/03/2015. This is Part II in our five part series that takes a big picture look at today's lowpower LED lighting trends. In Part I we reviewed the worldwide market for LED lighting and predictions for the potential of high-brightness LEDs. In this installment we will look at some of the many driver standards and governmental agency requirements designers need to be aware of. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 7 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities LEDs eficientes enérgicamente podrían aliviar el Smog de China Publicada en LEDinside LED, LED Lighting, LED Price Trends, Global LED News and Market Research - Industry Info, 03/03/2015. A mother’s “personal grudge” against China’s haze issues gave birth to the trending environmental documentary 'China's Haze: Under the Dome.’ The country’s serious air pollution became very personal for former State TV Reporter Chai Jing, when she became pregnant with her daughter. Concerned about her daughter’s health, the former environmental issue investigative reporter probed into the causes behind China’s serious air pollution. The documentary has gone viral online and has received more than millions of views on major online video websites. The video might be forgotten by the masses within a week, but the hazards of smog will not simply drift away. Environmental friendly LEDs just might offer a solution to China’s thick haze. ver más... La Oficina de Patentes de Estados Unidos deniega la solicitud de GE de reexamen de las patentes de Smart meters de TransData Publicada en PR Newswire: Energy, 03/03/2015. DALLAS, March 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- TransData, Inc., announced today that it received notification from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("Patent Office") that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board has denied three Inter Partes Review ("IPR") requests filed by General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) attempting to challenge the validity of TransData's Smart Electric Meter Patent portfolio. TransData's Smart Meter Patents (US Patents 6,181,294; 6,462,713 and 6,903,699) relate to the Company's development of the first digital electric meter equipped with an internal "under-glass" wireless communication module and antenna. This technology is key to enabling the electric meter circuitry within the digital electric meter to communicate wirelessly. Current licensees include Sensus USA, Sensus Metering, M2M Technologies and Telensa Ltd., among others. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 8 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities Instalaciones Solares en la India alcanzan los 883 MW en 2014 (un 12% menos que el año anterior) Publicada en Global Solar Technology_ Industry News, 03/03/2015. Indian solar installations in calendar year 2014 totaled 883 MW, down 12 percent compared to 1,004 MW installed in 2013. Mercom’s 2015 forecast is unchanged at approximately 1,800 MW with some upside. The Indian solar industry remains positive as solar programs are being announced with increased frequency and the installation goal continues to grow. The 100 GW solar installation goal set recently by the Modi government has thrilled the sector, but the industry is pragmatic and realizes that while 100 GW looks great on paper, the last five years have resulted in only 3,000 MW in solar installations, with last year’s installations at less than 1 GW. “Most of the industry is confused as they are constantly bombarded with new policies, goals, drafts and revisions,” commented Raj Prabhu, CEO and CoFounder of Mercom Capital Group. “The last time the National Solar Mission (NSM) conducted a solar auction was in October 2013 - the industry just wants to see execution.” “The two most impactful steps the government can take to help the solar industry take off and bring substantial investments into the sector would be to: 1) fix the financial health of DISCOM’s [utilities] and thereby improve the credit rating of offtakers, and 2) classify ‘renewables’ as a priority lending sector in India, making more funds available for solar,” continued Prabhu. ver más... Ecobuild: La Energía Solar se incluirá en el programa de eficiencia energética del Reino Unido Publicada en PV Magazine, 03/03/2015. U.K. Energy Secretary Ed Davey called for bolder solar PV targets as a part of the Green Deal. Davey made his remarks while delivering the Ecobuild keynote speech today in London, clearly enunciating part of his party's 2015 General Election campaign. The context for Energy Secretary Ed Davey’s remarks on solar PV, delivered today at Ecobuild, was as the U.K.'s current and future energy efficiency policies. The energy efficiency market, said Davey, has changed in nature, developing many more aspects than purely providing insulation for homes. It now includes all technologies concerning the various ways to reduce homes energy needs and also generate energy on site. Thus, the current energy efficiency policy framework is to include various tools such as solar PV feed-in tariffs (FITs) and renewable heat incentives. ver más... La Universidad de California desarrolla bolígrafo con tinta de alta tecnología capaz de fabricar Sensores in-situ Publicada en DeviceSpace, 02/03/2015. San Diego, Calif., March 2, 2015 -- A new simple tool developed by nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego, is opening the door to an era when anyone will be able to build sensors, anywhere, including physicians in the clinic, patients in their home and soldiers in the field. The team from the University of California, San Diego, developed high-tech bio-inks that react with several... ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 9 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities Ingeniero Industrial de la Universidad pública de Navarra desarrolla un modelo que podría ayudar a aumentar la Eficiencia Energética Publicada en Google noticias, 02/03/2015. Iñigo de la Parra Laita, an industrial engineer of the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre, has focussed his PhD thesis on the grid integration of large photovoltaic power stations. Among the contributions of his research he has developed a model that has been patented and which is capable of simulating fluctuations in photovoltaic power. As he explains, “just by knowing the irradiance recorded in one spot, the number of grouped power stations and the average surface area they occupy, we can simulate what fluctuations may take place in photovoltaic power". Right now, one of the problems the operator is facing is the impossibility of knowing the power variations that may take place in different points of the system in which various photovoltaic power stations converge. “To find out this information one could fit power loggers at all the stations, but that is a very costly solution and, what is more, difficult because the power stations tend to have different owners”. ver más... Mayor concienciación sobre el Hogar Inteligente pero no para canales de instalación personalizados Publicada en CePro, 02/03/2015. By Jason Knott, March 02, 2015. Did the custom electronics industry sign up for a life-long membership in the federal witness protection program? Is recognition for this industry buried with Jimmy Hoffa? Yet another study has been released that unveils the obscurity of the industry, despite the growing popularity of smart home systems. This is the same mantra that has been repeated over the past decades about “hot” technologies such as home theater, audio systems, flat panel TVs and home automation.According to a new study from Parks Associates entitled “Key Competitive Elements for Smart Home Service Providers,” three out of every four U.S. broadband households has absolutely no idea whatsoever where to turn to get a “smart home system” installed. Likewise, about 70 percent of consumers have no idea where to purchase a “smart home system.” ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 10 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities Un desgolse de los retos que supone el IoT (infografia) Publicada en MEDCity News, 02/03/2015. It’s National Consumer Protection Week, so an infographic by Laird Technologies highlighting some of the security challenges with the Internet of Things seems appropriate. The infographic highlights both consumer technologies such as fitness wearables and apps that connect to homes to do tasks such as remotely adjusting home thermostats and enterprise technology, such as medical devices that can be located and tracked.Connecting, authenticating and securing Internet of Things communications is critical to prevent untrusted devices from gaining access. Another challenge is the need for alternative distributed computing models to handle the high volume of data. Earlier this year a Federal Trade Commission report called for tougher laws to shore up consumer privacy and security concerns they identified with The Internet of Things. It called for device developers do a better job of building security into their devices from the start. It also recommended that companies consider measures to keep unauthorized users from accessing a consumer’s device, data, or personal information stored on the network. ver más... Un gran salto en tecnología OLED Publicada en Phys.org_Light emitting diode, 02/03/2015. Organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), which are made from carbon-containing materials, have the potential to revolutionize future display technologies, making low-power displays so thin they'll wrap or fold around other structures, for instance.Conventional LCD displays must be backlit by either fluorescent light bulbs or conventional LEDs whereas OLEDs don't require back lighting. An even greater technological breakthrough will be OLED-based laser diodes, and researchers have long dreamed of building organic lasers, but they have been hindered by the organic materials' tendency to operate inefficiently at the high currents required for lasing. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 11 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities Los beneficios en el mercado de la gestión energética del hogar superaran los 22 mil millones de Dólares entre 2014 y 2023, según Navigant Research Publicada en Home Toys, 02/03/2015. The global market is expected to peak in 2020 following Great Britain's government-mandated smart meter rollout, report finds. Shortly after Google purchased Nest Labs in January 2014, HEM stakeholders began reporting increased market activity, as the acquisition signaled to vendors, utilities, service providers, and retailers that the value in home energy management and automation was finally gaining recognition. Similarly, consumer awareness began to increase, bringing into focus products and services that can help better manage and control home energy consumption. Click to tweet: According to a recent report from Navigant Research, cumulative HEM revenue is expected to exceed $22 billion from 2014 to 2023. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 12 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities EMPRESAS Y MERCADOS El coche no tripulado de Google puede incorporar airbags por fuera para protejer a los peatones Publicada en www.qz.com, 25/03/2015. Most cars have airbags that are designed to protect passengers in a crash, but Google’s driverless cars may go a step further, with airbags designed to protect nearby pedestrians.Google is working on a driverless car that already has spent countless test hours learning the rules of the road. In a new patent awarded today to Google today (March 24), the company outlined a system for external airbags and bumpers that could deploy in the event of an accident. One idea suggested in the patent is to mount airbags on the outside of the cars, to create a buffer for pedestrians. These airbags would deploy when the car senses that a collision with another vehicle is imminent. ver más... Tencent, Foxconn y China Harmony se unen para construir coches inteligentes Publicada en http://finance.yahoo.com, 24/03/2015. Chinese Internet giant Tencent Holdings TCEHY recently signed an agreement with Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology -a major Apple AAPL supplier -- to develop smart electric cars.Zhengzhou-based China Harmony Auto will also join forces with Tencent and Foxconn. Notably, Foxconn invested HK$600 million in China Harmony in December last year.The collaboration will bring together Tencent’s Internet platform, Foxconn’s manufacturing competence and China Harmony’s dealership network.None of the companies provided any further details. ver más... NXP Lanza solución de Hogar e Iluminación inteligentes Publicada en LEDinside LED, LED Lighting, LED Price Trends, Global LED News and Market Research - Industry Info, 19/03/2015. NXP Semiconductors has announced the launch of its new best-in-class, low power and long range JN5169 wireless microcontroller and accompanying smart home and smart lighting solutions, featuring certified ZigBee LightLink, Home Automation, GreenPower software stacks and, the first in the market, a NFC-commissioning option that allows users to connect systems intuitively with just one tap. An on-chip +10dBm power amplifier within JN5169 doubles the connectivity range of NXP’s existing smart home products. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 13 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities Los principales rivales de Tesla en almacenamiento de energía Publicada en www.marketwatch.com, 19/03/2015. By ClaudiaAssis Energy reporter SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch)—Tesla Motors Inc. may be taking its time to become a virtual power plant offering batteries to home and businesses, but that doesn’t mean investors with an eye on the sector have to wait. Storage is widely viewed as a key to more widespread use of renewable energy. Batteries could pick up where renewables sometimes leave off—the sun does not always shine, and the wind does not always blow. What many fail to take into account, however, is that storage already plays a role in our century-old power grid. Companies big and small, old and new have waded into the arena of energy storage. Storage smooths out fluctuations in the grid and decouples generation and consumption, said Matt Roberts, executive director of the Energy Storage Association. It helps the grid run more efficiently and more cheaply.The power grid is finicky—tiny fluctuations in frequency, for instance, can make transformers explode. And then there are fluctuations in demand—such as those caused by a heat wave, or the evening spike as more people flip their switches. ver más... On Controls en alianza con CentraLite para Programa de Control Cooperativo Publicada en Home Toys, 11/03/2015. Detroit, MI March 11, 2015 - On Controls(www.oncontrols.com), a leader in cloud-based smart home and commercial control solutions for professional installers, has announced today the addition of CentraLite to their Partners in Control cooperative program. The Partners in Control program has been created to achieve seamless compatibility between the On Controls platform and a vast array of connected device manufacturers from related residential and commercial market applications such as audio, video, HVAC, security, lighting control and others. ver más... General Electric lanza luminarias LED para dormir mejor Publicada en LEDinside LED, LED Lighting, LED Price Trends, Global LED News and Market Research - Industry Info, 06/03/2015. GE Lighting’s new Align™ technology harnesses the power of lighting to help regulate melatonin, the “sleep hormone”, production, promoting the body’s natural sleep-wake cycle. An estimated 50-70 million Americans suffer from chronic sleep issues, according to the National Institute of Health. In honor of National Sleep Awareness Week, GE Lighting has developed a light bulb to help promote the body’s natural sleep cycle; GE Align™ lighting is available on Amazon.com. “Aren’t we all tuned to the good feelings on a bright and sunny day, or the feelings we have on a gloomy day? Light impacts not only our mood and wellness, but our ability to fall asleep,” says Dr. Gary Allen, Physicist, LED Innovations Principal Engineer at GE Lighting. “By changing the timing, amount, spectral quality of light exposure, we can avoid disrupting the body’s natural circadian rhythms.” ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 14 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities SunEdison adquiere startup de almacenamiento de energía Publicada en PVTech_PV Module, 05/03/2015. UPDATE: SunEdison has made a significant first step into the grid-scale energy storage market, confirming the acquisition of US startup Solar Grid Storage. The company, which recently disclosed that it had reached its 2014 solar installation target of 1GW, was reported this morning to have closed the deal in January, with the news agency quoting an interview with the company’s vice president of energy storage deployment, Tom Leyden. SunEdison later issued a confirmation of the news and said it had acquired "the energy storage project origination team, project pipeline, and subject to customary consents and assignments, four operating storage projects from Solar Grid Storage". ver más... Tridonic lanza nuevo driver LED Publicada en LEDinside LED, LED Lighting, LED Price Trends, Global LED News and Market Research - Industry Info, 05/03/2015. The PREMIUM TALEXXdriver series has been designed to keep pace with rapid developments in LED technology and offers an extremely high degree of flexibility. It features the new digital “ready2mains” interface which uses the existing mains cable for data transfer. Different casing versions and output classes with application-optimised operating ranges make the LED Drivers ideal for a wide range of professional LED solutions. ver más... Últimas tendencias en seguridad y automatización del hogar: Auto instalación y monitoreo proactivo Publicada en CePro, 04/03/2015. By Julie Jacobson, March 04, 2015. CES 2015 shed some major light on the future of professionally monitored security and home automation systems: They’re heading to DIY land. Selling professionally monitored systems direct-toconsumers has been a fruitful business model for many companies such as LifeShield (now owned by DirecTV), FrontPoint and Protect America. Customers configure their systems online, and the dealer ships out a pre-programmed solution for self-installation. The dealer enjoys the recurring revenue with nary a truck roll. At CES, we saw several pro-oriented companies come out with new products at the show that could fit this model well. Also new business models for security monitoring were revealed. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 15 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities Conectando con el Coche Conectado en el MWC Publicada en http://www.wirelessweek.com, 04/03/2015. Barcelona, Spain – You think you know what a connected car is and then you actually experience one and it’s something else altogether. That was my experience at Mobile World Congress after taking the driver’s seat in a concept vehicle based on an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) platform that supports VoLTE and Rich Communications Services (RCS). Summit Tech brought the stack to Alcatel Lucent’s (ALU) IMS platform, resulting in a vehicle that showcases the possibilities inherent in an all-IP world. Whereas AT&T has said that its technology path envisions the smartphone as the hub for the connected life, the model Summit and ALU are following sees the car and the home, among an array of other items, as secondary devices that can function autonomously. In other words, the car becomes a smartphone with wheels. ver más... Ford quiere solucionar los atascos de tráfico con bicicletas eléctricas conectadas Publicada en Techworld.com networking, 03/03/2015. MWC [Barcelona] US automotive giant Ford has launched two new electric bikes that connect to a mobile app to help riders get from A to B more efficiently. The MoDe:Me and MoDe:Pro, unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, are currently both in the prototype stage. Both ebikes have a 200-watt motor with 9amp-hour battery that provides electric pedal assistance for speeds of up to 25 kmh. Ford said the bikes have been designed to help improve the flow of traffic around cities. Both bikes are foldable so they can be taken on trains and put into the boot of a car. Finish car manufacturer Volvo also announced its own ebike at the show, while others such as Audi, BMW, Mercedes and Peugeot have also either launched electronic bikes or revealed concepts. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 16 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities Audi y AT&T conectarán inalámbricamente sus nuevos modelos de vehículos Publicada en Telecompaper Mobile & Wireless, 03/03/2015. AT&T and Audi of America have announced an agreement in which all 2016 model-year Audi vehicles equipped with Audi connect will come with AT&T LTE or 3G coverage. AT&T and Audi enabled the first-ever-in-vehicle LTE data connection in North America with the all-new Audi A3 models released in 2014. Under the agreement, all 2016 models with Audi connect will be delivered to customers with an AT&T SIM card providing connectivity to AT&T's wireless network. Audi has previously said it plans to deploy LTE network connectivity across its model lineup as new or refreshed models come to the market. The new A6, A7 and TT models coming this year will feature the most advanced version of Audi connect including up-to-the-minute traffic information, semi-dynamic route guidance, over the air map updates, and internet radio, in addition to picture navigation, social media and personalised RSS news feeds with read-aloud functionality. The new Audi connect LTE service will allow faster Google Earth and Google Street View enhancements to Audi MMI navigation plus. The LTE connectivity will also provide faster downloads and HD video streaming over the in-vehicle Wi-Fi hotspot to A6, A7 and TT customers. ver más... Viper Networks y Apollo Metro entregan luminarias urbanas LED inteligentes para proyecto piloto en el Líbano Publicada en LEDinside LED, LED Lighting, LED Price Trends, Global LED News and Market Research - Industry Info, 03/03/2015. Viper Networks is pleased to announce that the Company (in partnership with Apollo Metro Solutions, Inc.) received an order for their Intelligent LED Streetlights for a Pilot project in Lebanon from the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities of the Lebanese Republic. The estimated time period to complete the short-term pilot project is 2 to 4 weeks, which is slated to confirm the LED Street Lights operational reliability with the smart grid wireless control units for LED Street Lighting. Several years of testing with various domestic and foreign municipalities have already proven that Apollo Metro's Intelligent LED Street lighting technology with Wireless Street Light Controller consumes 65 to 80 percent less energy than traditional lamps. ver más... Toshiba presentará LEDs blancos en Electronica China 2015 Publicada en LEDinside LED, LED Lighting, LED Price Trends, Global LED News and Market Research - Industry Info, 03/03/2015. Toshiba Corporation’s Semiconductor & Storage Products Company today announced that it will exhibit its latest semiconductor and storage products and technologies at electronica China 2015. The trade fair for electronic components, systems and applications will be held at Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) from March 17 to 19. Toshiba will highlight solutions in four areas; “Energy & Life”, “Automotive”, “Memory & Storage” and “Mobile & Connectivity”, under the unifying concept of creating a safe, secure and comfortable “Human Smart Community.” ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 17 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities Huawei comparte su visión para la industria de la TIC, "Open ROADS to a Better Connected World", en el Congreso Mundial de la Telefonía Móvil 2015 Publicada en PR Newswire: Telecommunication, 02/03/2015. BARCELONA, España, 2 de marzo de 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Huawei anunció hoy que compartirá su visión para la industria de la TIC, , "Open ROADS to a Better Connected World", ("Caminos abiertos para un mundo mejor conectado"), a través de diversas plataformas que incluyen conferencias, exposiciones y diálogos en el Congreso Mundial de la Telefonía Móvil (Mobile World Congress, MWC) 2015 en Barcelona. Abarcando cinco características fundamentales de las últimas experiencias de usuario en un mundo totalmente conectado, la visión "ROADS" de Huawei (por Real-time, On-demand, All-online, DIY y Social: tiempo real, a pedido, todo online, hágalo usted mismo y social) impulsará un ecosistema abierto de la industria que posibilita innovaciones ágiles, fomentando la industria de la TIC y a todos los sectores sociales en la era digital. En el MWC, Huawei exhibirá además SoftCOM, su arquitectura para redes de telecomunicaciones orientada al futuro, diseñada para reformular la industria de las telecomunicaciones en términos de arquitectura, red, operación y servicio para ayudar a los operadores a lograr una exitosa transformación del negocio. ver más... Lighting Science Group iluminará la ciudad de México con Luminarias urbanas LED Solares Publicada en LEDinside LED, LED Lighting, LED Price Trends, Global LED News and Market Research - Industry Info, 02/03/2015. Lighting Science Group Corporation (OTCQB:LSCG) today announced the introduction of the FreeLED™ solar roadway system to the global market. A sleek, intelligent and powerful street lighting solution using solar energy as its power source, FreeLED™ will provide a reliable, affordable and sustainable roadway illumination solution for the general public, including those rural or remote communities with limited access to the electric grid. Developed by the innovative engineering team at Lighting Science Group, the FreeLED™ high efficiency luminaire system has an integrated solar panel, battery pack, complete power management system and the self-learning capability to automatically adapt to its operating environment. It integrates high energy density, solar panels, compact battery cells, and a complete battery management system for quick and efficient installation. The system’s minimum 120 lm/W efficacy permits optimized energy utilization from the battery packs, which are designed for extensive operating time periods. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 18 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities AT&T prepara servicios integrados de automatización del hogar y coches conectados Publicada en TelecomEngine.com, 02/03/2015. NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc will link its connected car and smart home technologies to bolster its foothold in the fast-growing market for Internet-connected devices, a new battleground for the company and rivals ranging from Verizon to Google Inc. The wireless company's home security and automation service "Digital Life" and connected car service "Drive" will be integrated so users can control their homes from a dashboard in their vehicles, Glenn Lurie, chief executive of AT&T Mobility told Reuters last week ahead of the company's announcement at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. "Once you’ve told your home when the car is (for instance)within 20 feet of the house to please open the garage door, put the lights on, turn the alarm off, move the thermostat up, you can have those inanimate objects, the home and your car, really taking care of you," Lurie said. ver más... Huawei lanza reloj inteligente con display de AMOLED Publicada en LEDinside LED, LED Lighting, LED Price Trends, Global LED News and Market Research - Industry Info, 02/03/2015. Huawei continues to break new ground in the wearables space by unveiling today the Huawei Watch, powered by Android Wear™ at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015. The fully circular watch features a 1.4-inch touch-sensitive AMOLED display, scratch-proof sapphire crystal lens, cold-forged stainless steel frame, and comes with a built-in heart rate monitor and 6-Axis motion sensors. The Huawei Watch is the first smartwatch in the Huawei wearable family. "We have responded to consumers' requests from around the world asking for a smartwatch featuring a timeless design that is truly smart from within. Through Huawei's continued commitment to 'Make It Possible,' the Huawei Watch delivers on that promise and gives the consumer a premium smartwatch that is technologically innovative," said Richard Yu, CEO, Huawei Consumer Business Group. "As the first smartwatch in our expanding line of premium wearable products, the Huawei Watch was designed and created to enhance and be part of the consumer's everyday lives." ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 19 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities Xiaomi lanza nueva serie de productos domóticos gestionados mediante plataforma para Internet de las Cosas de Marvell Publicada en Home Toys, 02/03/2015. SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 2, 2015 -- Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) - a worldwide leader in providing complete silicon solutions from mobile communications to storage, Internet of Things (IoT), cloud infrastructure, digital entertainment and in-home content delivery and Kinoma software enabling the "Smart Life and Smart Lifestyle," - today announced that Xiaomi has launched a smart module built on the Marvell IoT chipset; the module also has been integrated into Xiaomi's smart air purifier and smart hub, part of its portfolio of smart home product offerings. The new design wins build on the previously announced Xiaomi's smart-plug and extends the partnership between two leading companies in the Smart Home industry. Powered by the Marvell IoT chipset, the Xiaomi smart module integrates Wi-Fi connection and complete communication protocol with Xiaomi Cloud, which enables third-party manufacturers to upgrade to smart devices from traditional devices. This module supports multiple functions, including power on device detect, firmware upgrades, network reliability and consistency maintenance of the connection status indication. ver más... Peel incursiona en el control domótico Publicada en Home Toys, 02/03/2015. Barcelona, Spain, 2nd March 2015 -- Peel, the Alibaba backed mobile software company that has racked up more than 100 million users of its Smart Remote app in just 30 months, has today announced that it is expanding the range of devices controlled by its app to include a variety of smart home electronics, including smart thermostats, lighting, air conditioners, locks, and other home appliances. This announcement follows the unveiling of two flagship smartphones in Barcelona yesterday, the Samsung Galaxy S6 and the HTC One M9, both of which will come preloaded with the Peel branded "Peel Smart Remote". "Our customers have pushed us to extend our universal remote capabilities beyond TVs, set-top boxes and other entertainment devices to include additional categories of home electronics," said Peel co-founder and chief product officer Bala Krishnan. "What they are looking for, and what we will provide, is a unified, multi-device, intelligent home experience controlled from a single smart remote app." ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 20 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities SK Telecom apunta al mercado global del IoT con Lifeware Publicada en PR Newswire: Telecommunication, 01/03/2015. BARCELONA, Spain, March 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM) has unveiled a variety of consumer-centric smart devices, or 'Lifeware*', at the Mobile World Congress 2015 with the aim to create opportunities in the global market for the Internet of Things (IoT).* Lifeware is a newly-coined word that combines "life" and "hardware/software", and refers to smart devices that add value to people's lives. At its booth located in Hall 3 (3J30), SK Telecom is introducing diverse Lifeware developed to enhance customers' well-being, health and safety, including Smart Band, Smart Hearing Aid, Smart Beam HD, Linkage, Solar Skin and T Kids Phone JooN. Smart Band. Smart Band is a chic-looking wearable watch that comes with a range of innovative functionalities. Set on a sleek and slim bracelet strap to satisfy young and stylish customers, Smart Band not only notifies users of incoming calls, SMS-MMS, emails and SNS updates, but also enhances their health by recommending different levels of physical exercise depending on the user's condition. It also provides fun features like daily horoscopes, selfie remote control and anniversary reminder. Armed with sophisticated design, differentiated features and affordable price, Smart Band is expected to make a strong impression in the market. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 21 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities PATENTES US8981207 (B1) Celda solar de película delgada sensibilizada con puntos cuánticos de alta eficiencia con capa absorvente Publicada en Espacenet_Patentes sobre energía solar fotovoltaica, 16/03/2015. PETHURAJA GOPAL G[US]; WELSER ROGER E[US]; SOOD ASHOK K[US] + A photovoltaic (PV) device having a quantum dot sensitized interface includes a first conductor layer and a second conductor layer. At least one of the conductor layers is transparent to solar radiation. A quantum dot (nanoparticle) sensitized photo-harvesting interface comprises a photo-absorber layer, a quantum dot layer and a buffer layer, placed between the two conductors. The absorber layer is a p-type material and the buffer layer is an n-type material. The quantum dot layer has a tunable bandgap to cover infrared (IR), visible light and ultraviolet (UV) bands of solar spectrum. ver más... US2015069431 (A1) Hojas de luz 3D dobladas con LEDs impresos Publicada en Espacenet_LED, 11/03/2015. Solicitante(s): NTHDEGREE TECH WORLDWIDE INC[US] + A method of forming a light sheet includes printing a layer of inorganic LEDs on a first conductive surface of a substrate, depositing a first dielectric layer, and depositing a second conductor layer over the LEDs so that the LEDs are connected in parallel. At least one of the first conductive surface or the second conductor layer is transparent to allow light to escape. A phosphor layer may be formed over the light sheet so that the LED light mixed with the phosphor light creates white light. The flat light sheet is then folded, such as by molding, to form a three-dimensional structure with angled light emitting walls and reflective surfaces to control a directionality of the emitted light and improve the mixing of light. The folds may form rows of angled walls or polygons. ver más... WO2015034367 (A1) Método para mejorar la eficiencia de las celdas solares Publicada en Espacenet_Patentes sobre energía solar fotovoltaica, 11/03/2015. Solicitante(s): ELKEM SOLAR AS[NO] + The present invention relates to a method for minimizing or removing the red zone in multicrystalline silicon ingots. This is obtained by adding one or more Group II elements in an amount between 10 and 500 ppmw to the silicon before the silicon is subjected to directional solidification in a crucible. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 22 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities US2015068239 (A1) Sistema de refrigeración solar integrada en recubrimiento de edificio Publicada en Espacenet_Patentes sobre energía solar fotovoltaica, 11/03/2015. Solicitante(s): GUPTA SHISHIR[IN]; SHARMA SUMIT[US]; SINGH RAHUL[IN] + The present invention provides a solar cooling system which is so small in size so that it can be used as a building material. The design based on absorption and adsorption refrigeration cycle has been developed to fulfill this objective. The design has been developed such that the system is completely independent and does not require any other source of energy apart from solar heat. Also an effort is made to design the system so that the cooling capacity is automatically increased or decreased based on available solar heat energy. ver más... US2015068514 (A1) Receptor de la radiación solar Publicada en Espacenet_Patentes sobre energía solar fotovoltaica, 11/03/2015. Solicitante(s): GALDON CABRERA CARLOS[ES]; NUNEZ GONZALEZ CARLOS[ES] + A solar radiation panel that has inlet and outlet collectors and a series of conduits that run from the inlet collector to the outlet collector. A working fluid that is heated by solar radiation flows inside the conduits. The panel is a single piece and includes an upper layer, at least one intermediate layer, and a lower layer. The upper layer receives the solar radiation. The at least one intermediate layer is located under the upper layer, and contains the conduits through which the working fluid flows. The lower layer is located under the intermediate layer, and the working fluid inlet and outlet collectors are coupled in said lower layer. The working fluid that is heated in the panel subsequently proceeds to a combustion engine that produces electricity by means of an alternator. ver más... US2015068588 (A1) Sistemas y métodos para estructura mejorada de módulo fotovoltaico Publicada en Espacenet_Patentes sobre energía solar fotovoltaica, 11/03/2015. Solicitante(s): DIRECT SOLAR LLC[US] + A system and method for improved photovoltaic module structure is described. One embodiment includes a photovoltaic module comprising a front substrate, a photovoltaic structure attached to the front substrate, wherein the photovoltaic structure comprises at least one photovoltaic cell, a back substrate, wherein the back substrate is spaced apart from the photovoltaic structure, and a structural component, wherein the structural component is located between the back substrate and the photovoltaic structure. In some embodiments, the structural component may be configured to provide thermal conduction between the front substrate and the back substrate, and/or the structural component may be configured to retain the front substrate and/or back substrate during breakage. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 23 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities US2015069443 (A1) LED con cristales fotónicos locales Publicada en Espacenet_LED, 11/03/2015. Solicitante(s): COMMISSARIAT ENERGIE ATOMIQUE[FR] + The light-emitting diode includes first and second layers of semiconductor material, having opposite conductivity types, an active light-emitting area located between the first and second layers of semiconductor material, an electrode arranged on the first layer of semiconductor material and a photonic crystal formed in the first layer of semiconductor material. The photonic crystal and the electrode are separated by a distance optimized to simultaneously promote the electric injection and minimize the light absorption in the LED. ver más... US2015069832 (A1) Sistema conversor de energía para vehículos eléctricos Publicada en Espacenet_Power Electronic, 11/03/2015. Solicitante(s): SAMSUNG SDI CO LTD[KR] + A power conversion system including a DC main power supply for supplying a DC voltage, boosting circuits for performing a retrogression operation of boosting the DC voltage and comprising driving circuits, an inverter circuit for converting the DC voltage into an AC voltage, a motor/generator for receiving the AC voltage, and a control circuit for outputting a control signal to the driving circuits and stopping an operation of a faulty boosting circuit of the boosting circuits when one of the boosting circuits is faulty, for setting power control values depending on a number of remaining non-faulty boosting circuits of the boosting circuits, and for controlling the remaining non-faulty boosting circuits and the inverter circuit based on the power control values, wherein the inverter circuit and the boosting circuits perform a regeneration operation of supplying regeneration power to the DC main power supply, peripheral equipment, and/or a DC auxiliary power supply. ver más... US2015069841 (A1) Sistema fotovoltaico y método para operarlo y alimentar con energía eléctrica en red de media potencia Publicada en Espacenet_Patentes sobre energía solar fotovoltaica, 11/03/2015. Inventor(s): FALK ANDREAS[DE]; BECK BERNHARD[DE]; GERDEMANN AARON PHILIPP[DE]; NIEBLING FRANK[DE] + The disclosure relates to a method for operating a photovoltaic system for feeding a medium-voltage grid, wherein the photovoltaic system has a photovoltaic generator including a plurality of photovoltaic modules, at least one inverter and at least one medium-voltage transformer. The medium-voltage transformer is connected on the primary side directly to a low-voltage AC output of the inverter, the inverter is connected to the photovoltaic generator via a DC input, and the inverter permits reverse currents from the low-voltage AC output to the DC input. The method is characterized by the fact that in the event that there is insufficient generation of electric power for the feed by the photovoltaic modules, the inverter remains connected on the AC side to the medium-voltage grid via the medium-voltage transformer, and remains connected on the DC side to the photovoltaic generator. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 24 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities US2015069930 (A1) Métodos y aparatos para operar grupos de LEDs de alta potencia Publicada en Espacenet_LED, 11/03/2015. Solicitante(s): ELDOLAB HOLDING BV[NL] + An energy-efficient, compact and cost-effective solution for driving a number of high-power LED groups for lighting applications includes using a single switching power supply together with LEDs connected in series and/or in parallel and pulse width-controlled switches in parallel across the individually controllable LED groups. If the switch of an LED group is ON, the LED group will not light up. If the switch is in the OFF position, the full current of the power supply will pass through the corresponding LED group. ver más... US2015070755 (A1) Control acristalamiento solar Publicada en Espacenet_Patentes sobre energía solar fotovoltaica, 11/03/2015. Solicitante (s): SAINT GOBAIN[FR] + The invention relates to a solar control glazing comprising a glass substrate provided, on one of its faces, with a stack of layers having a solar protection function, in which the stack comprises the sequence of the following layers, starting from the surface of the glass substrate: a lower layer for protecting the upper layers against the migration of the alkali metal ions resulting from the glass substrate, a layer of an indium tin oxide (ITO), an upper layer for protecting the ITO layer against atmospheric oxygen, said glazing being characterized in that said upper and lower layers are essentially composed of a dielectric material chosen from a silicon nitride, an aluminum nitride or their mixture and in that intermediate layers made of a chromium-comprising metal, which layers are optionally partially or completely oxidized and/or nitrided, are positioned on either side of and in contact with said ITO layer, the thickness of said intermediate layers being between 0.5 and 3 nanometers. ver más... US2015070872 (A1) Método y sistema para formar emisores de Luz LED Publicada en Espacenet_Power Electronic, 11/03/2015. Solicitante(s): LEDENGIN INC[US] + A flexible sheet of light-emitting diode (LED) light emitters includes a support substrate having a thermally conductive material. The flexible sheet of LED light emitters also has a ceramic substrate sheet overlying support substrate, and the ceramic substrate sheet including a plurality of LED light emitters. The flexible sheet of LED light emitters also has a flexible circuit sheet overlying the ceramic substrate sheet, and a phosphor sheet overlying the flexible circuit sheet. The phosphor sheet includes a wave-length converting material. The flexible sheet of LED light emitters also has a lens sheet overlying the phosphor sheet. The lens sheet includes a plurality of lenses. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 25 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities US2015070883 (A1) Dispositivo y sistema de Luminaria LED Publicada en Espacenet_Power Electronic, 11/03/2015. Solicitante(s): CLARK WALTER BLUE[US]; TOALE JOHANNES DALE[US]; FINELITE INC[US] + A lighting device is disclosed that includes one or more master circuit boards configured to power light emitting diodes. The lighting device also includes modular light boards with arrays of light emitting diodes that interchangeably couple to the matched connectors on the master circuit board. The master circuit boards and the modular light boards are positioned within a housing with one or more diffuser lenses. In accordance with the embodiments of the invention, master circuit boards and modular light boards are mounted in a stacked arrangement to emit light from opposed sides of the housing. In further embodiments of the invention, the lighting device includes a controller for independently controlling light output from each master circuit board. ver más... US2015070902 (A1) Sistema para dispersar luminancia Publicada en Espacenet_LED, 11/03/2015. Solicitante(s): YU SCOTT S[US]; VODE LIGHTING INC[US] + A device with a housing with a compartment formed with a first channel abutting one side of said compartment and a second channel, disposed opposite said first channel and abutting said compartment. A first light control is disposed in the first channel and has a portion extending from the first channel over the compartment and a second light control with a portion extending from said second channel over said compartment. A light source is disposed in the compartment and shines light through said first and second light control. The light source may be either a light emitting diode or a fluorescent lamp. The second light control may include a pattern disposed on said second light control which operates to disperse the light. ver más... US2015070926 (A1) Lente de proyección para uso en módulo LED para luminaria de vehículo a motor Publicada en Espacenet_LED, 11/03/2015. Solicitante(s): AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING REUTLINGEN[DE] + The invention relates to a projection lens for use in an LED module of a motor vehicle headlamp. The LED module has a light source in the form of an LED matrix including numerous LED chips disposed in a matrix adjacent to and/or above one another, a primary lens including numerous primary lens elements disposed in a matrix adjacent to and/or above one another for bundling light emitted from the light source, and a projection lens. The projection lens projects a light exit surface of the primary lens to generate a predefined light distribution on a surface in front of the vehicle. The projection lens is designed such that it generates at least two separate images of the light exit surface of the primary lens on its image side, which are offset to one another in the horizontal direction. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 26 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities US2015072156 (A1) Lámina de vidrio con transmisión de energía Publicada en Espacenet_Patentes sobre energía solar fotovoltaica, 11/03/2015. Solicitante(s): AGC GLASS EUROPE[BE] + The invention concerns an ultra-clear glass sheet, i.e. a sheet of glass with high energy transmission, that can be used, in particular, in the solar and architectural fields. More specifically, the invention concerns a sheet of glass having a composition which comprises, in an amount expressed as percentages of the total weight of the glass: SiO2 60-78%; Al2O3 0-10%; B2O3 0-5%; CaO 0-15%; MgO 0-10%; Na2O 5-20%; K2O 0-10%; BaO 0-5%; total iron (expressed in the form of Fe2O3) 0.002-0.03%, the composition comprises a copper content of 0.001 to 0.15% by weight relative to the total weight of the glass, the copper content being expressed in the form of Cu as a percentage by weight relative to the total weight of the glass. ver más... US2015072462(A1) Celdas fotovoltaicas de nanopelícula tandem unidas por unión de sustrato semiconductor Publicada en Espacenet_Patentes sobre energía solar fotovoltaica, 11/03/2015. Solicitante(s): IBM[US] + An energy conversion device comprises at least two thin film photovoltaic cells fabricated separately and joined by wafer bonding. The cells are arranged in a hierarchical stack of decreasing order of their energy bandgap from top to bottom. Each of the thin film cells has a thickness in the range from about 0.5 [mu]m to about 10 [mu]m. The photovoltaic cell stack is mounted upon a thick substrate composed of a material selected from silicon, glass, quartz, silica, alumina, ceramic, metal, graphite, and plastic. Each of the interfaces between the cells comprises a structure selected from a tunnel junction, a heterojunction, a transparent conducting oxide, and an alloying metal grid; and the top surface and/or the lower surface of the energy conversion device may contain lighttrapping means. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 27 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities US2015072467 (A1) Dispositivos fotovoltaicos con junta superficial Publicada en Espacenet_Patentes sobre energía solar fotovoltaica, 11/03/2015. Solicitante(s): IBM[US] + A method for fabricating a photovoltaic device includes forming a first contact on a crystalline substrate, by epitaxially growing a first doped layer having a doping concentration of 1019 cm-3 or greater, a dislocation density of 105 cm-2 or smaller, a hydrogen content of 0.1 atomic percent or smaller, and a thickness configured to reduce Auger recombination in the epitaxially grown doped layer. A first passivation layer is formed on the first doped layer. A second contact is formed on the crystalline substrate on a side opposite the first contact by epitaxially growing a second doped layer having a doping concentration of 1019 cm-3 or greater, a dislocation density of 105 cm-2 or smaller, a hydrogen content of 0.1 atomic percent or smaller and a thickness configured to reduce Auger recombination in the second epitaxially grown doped layer. A second passivation layer is formed on the second doped layer. ver más... US2015074582 (A1) Sistemas y métodos para monitoreo de automatización del hogar Publicada en Espacenet_Patentes, 11/03/2015. Solicitante(s): VIVINT INC[US] + Methods, systems, and devices are described for an improved graphical user interfaces suitable for monitoring home automation, security, and/or energy management systems. In some embodiments, the graphical user interface may include a summary list of device states, including a security device state. In some embodiments, one or more configurable lists of context-associated state types may be provided. The summary list of device states may include, for example, one or more device state list items associated with a detected context. In some instances, the system may include configuration of meta-devices. Meta-devices may include a combination of multiple devices, multiple meta-devices, or both. In some embodiments, meta-devices may be associated with one or more sensors, feature controllers, and/or security systems. A meta-device may indicate any type of relationship between sensor and/or feature controllers such as, for example, a property feature, a physical location, and/or an area associated with a property. ver más... US2015067762 (A1) Método y sistema para la configuración de firewall para hogar inteligente Publicada en Espacenet_Patentes, 04/03/2015. Solicitante(s): SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD[KR] + A secured smart home system having (a) a smart-home gateway with a firewall protection; (b) plurality of appliances connected to the gateway and located at a secured side of the firewall; and (c) a remote environment classification server located at a non-secured side of the firewall, for providing a firewall policy to the gateway. The gateway submits a list of the appliances to the remote environment classification server, and the classification server provides in response the firewall policy to the gateway. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 28 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities WO2015029078 (A2) Cargador portátil y método para recargar dispositivos electrónicos Publicada en Espacenet_electrónica de potencia, 04/03/2015. Solicitante(s): CHORDIA SWAPNIL[IN] + The present invention provides a portable charger and a method of powering electronic devices by the portable charger. The portable charger includes at least one antenna for receiving a radio frequency signal, a rectifier for converting the received radio frequency signal into DC voltage, and an output unit for outputting the DC voltage to power electronic devices. The method of the invention includes the step of storing DC voltage in a battery for powering electronic devices. ver más... WO2015029974 (A1) Material de control térmico flexible Publicada en Espacenet_Patentes sobre energía solar fotovoltaica, 04/03/2015. Solicitante(s): MITSUBISHI HEAVY IND LTD[JP] + This flexible thermal-control material (10A) is obtaining by stacking: a reflective layer (12) which reflects sunlight; and an infrared-ray emission layer (13) which emits infrared rays. The infrared-ray emission layer (13) is configured from a silicone material. Accordingly, a flexible thermal-control material is achieved which exhibits excellent optical characteristics such as solar absorption ([alpha]). ver más... WO2015030465 (A1) Luminaria urbana LED Publicada en Espacenet_LED, 04/03/2015. Solicitante(s): KMW INC[KR] + The present invention relates to an LED streetlamp comprising: an integral housing having a light-emitting opening from which light is emitted at a bottom surface thereof and provided with an accommodation space at an inner side thereof; a power supply unit inserted into and fixed to the accommodation space through the light-emitting opening of the housing; a reflecting part inserted into and fixed to the accommodation space through the light-emitting opening of the housing to separate one part of the accommodation space at which the power supply unit is located from the accommodation space of the lower part of the one part, and reflecting light from a bottom surface thereof; a substrate for supplying power to multiple LEDs provided by being coupled and fixed to an inner side surface of the housing of a lower side of the reflecting part; and a cover part for covering the light-emitting opening of the housing. The present invention manufactures a case with a single structure and provides parts such as the power supply unit, the substrate having the LEDs provided thereon, and the reflecting plate so as to be assembled in the case through the light emitting opening, thereby minimizing a manufacturing cost, and thus speeding up commercialization of LED lamps. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 29 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities US8967825 (B2) Luminaria LED con chip soportada por miembro disipador de calor Publicada en Espacenet_LED, 02/03/2015. Solicitante(s): FUKUI HIROYUKI[JP]; ROHM CO LTD[JP] + An LED lamp (A1) includes LED chips (21) and a heat dissipation member (3) that supports the LED chips (21), and the heat dissipation member (3) includes an LED mount (31) on which the LED chips (21) are mounted, and a slope portion (32) extending from the LED mount (31) opposite a main emission direction of the LED chips (21) and in a direction inclined with respect to the main emission direction. Such a configuration allows a wider range to be illuminated. ver más... US8971236 (B2) Sistema y método para interconección a tiempo real de elementos de una amplia área de monitoreo, sistema de medición o recolección de datos mediante sistema de multiplexación de radiodifusión de satélite digfital directo Publicada en Espacenet_TELECO, 02/03/2015. Solicitante(s): DUNAS ETIENNE[FR]; ROGHI PHILIPPE[FR]; ALCATEL LUCENT[FR] + System and a method for timely interconnecting elements of a wide spread remote measurement, monitoring or data collection system through multiplexing in a satellite system. The invention provides multiplexing features of a satellite system using on-board processing features to gather data from a plurality of remote monitoring stations (4) on any global navigation reference time and multiplex them into a single stream towards one or more computation centers. Each of said computation centers (3) has a down-link adapter (7) capable of extracting a channel from a down-link transmission of a satellite. The data from each of said remote monitoring stations (4) is also passed through an up-link adapter (5) so as to make it suitable for uplink transmission towards a DDBS satellite.; Up-link and down-link adapters can be interconnected together to enable loop-back of information such as timing data to monitor transit times ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 30 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities PUBLICACIONES CIENTÍFICAS High-efficiency luminescent solar concentrators for flexible waveguiding photovoltaics Publicada en Science Direct, 18/03/2015. Here we present a new concept on lightweight and mechanically flexible high-performance waveguiding photovoltaics through the fabrication of cylindrical luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) of commercial poly(methyl methacrylate)-based plastic optical fibers coated with an Eu3+-doped organic–inorganic hybrid layer. Our optimized fiber LSC displays an effective optical conversion efficiency of 20.7±1.3% and a power conversion efficiency of 2.5±0.2% in the absorbing spectral region of the active layer (300–380 nm), values that are among the larger ones reported so far for UV-absorbing devices. Moreover, the measured optical conversion efficiency was used to calculate the self-absorption and transport efficiencies of the LSCs yielding values close to the unit. Conventional LSCs are usually made of rigid glass or plastics with limited flexibility, hampering its applicability. The approach proposed here might then open new opportunities for cost-effective sunlight collection and wearable solar-harvesting fabrics for mobile energy with negligible self-absorption and transport losses. ver más... Short-term smart learning electrical load prediction algorithm for home energy management systems Publicada en ScienceDirect_Publications, 11/03/2015. Energy management system (EMS) within buildings has always been one of the main approaches for an automated demand side management (DSM). These energy management systems are supposed to increase load flexibility to fit more the generation from renewable energies and micro co-generation devices. For EMS to operate efficiently, it must learn ahead about the available supply and demand so that it can work on supply–demand matching and minimizing the imports from the grid and running costs. This article presents a simple efficient day-ahead electrical load prediction approach for any EMS. In comparison to other approaches, the presented algorithm was designed to be apart of any generic EMS and it does not require to be associated with a prepared statistical or historical databases, or even to get connected to any kinds of sensors. The proposed algorithm was tested over the data of 25 households in Austria and the results have shown an error range that goes down to 8.2% as an initial prediction. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 31 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities Single layer deep blue polymer light emitting diodes with chlorinated Indium Tin Oxide after surface modification for high performance Publicada en ScienceDirect_LED, 06/03/2015. Chlorinated-Indium Tin Oxide (Cl-ITO) has been found to have higher work function than the pristine ITO. When used as anode for polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs) with deep blue emitting -phase poly(9,9-di-n-octylfluorene) (PFO) as the emitting layer, it allows hole injection without barrier. However, the presence of chlorine free radical on the surface of Cl-ITO leads to an exciton quenching effect. The surface modification on anode by dipping into 1% ammonium (NH4OH) aqueous solution to remove free chlorine radicals on surface can enhance device performance significantly. The single layer device Cl-ITO (treated)/-PFO/CsF/Al gives the maximum brightness 16773 cd/m2 and maximum luminance efficiency 2.40 cd/A, which are higher than those with untreated Cl-ITO, (2519; 0.27) and CFx treated ITO, (7800; 1.8) and PEDOT:PSS coated ITO, (12884; 1.43). The ease of the present anode treatment allows the one-layer-only device to be a promising candidate for practical application. ver más... A room-temperature process for fabricating a nano-Pt counter electrode on a plastic substrate for efficient dye-sensitized cells Publicada en Science Direct_Publicaciones Fotovoltaica, 04/03/2015. We present a method for depositing polyvinylpyrrolidone-capped platinum nanoparticles (PVP-nPt) on a plastic substrate as the counter electrode (CE) for dye-sensitized cells. This method was implemented using a modified twostep dip-coating process performed under ambient conditions. In particular, a short UV-ozone exposure period was adopted to replace conventional annealing, rendering the whole process feasible for plastic substrates. The surfactant required for deposition was confirmed by analyzing a Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy spectrum; however, we discovered that the surfactant jeopardized charge transfer between the PVP-nPt CE and the substrate. Furthermore, the UV-ozone treatment efficiently decomposed the surfactant, and the electrochemical-catalytic property improved considerably. When the CE was combined with a dye-sensitized photoanode fabricated on a plastic substrate, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) reached 6.24%. To further prove that the PCE is limited by the plastic photoanode instead of the proposed plastic PVP-nPt CE, a photoanode fabricated on FTO glass and the proposed plastic PVP-nPt CE with a PCE of 8.80% was demonstrated. Finally, thermal aging (conducted at 60 °C, 1000 h) test on this device indicated excellent durability, and the PCE was only 1% lower than its initial value. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 32 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities Control and synchronization algorithms for a grid-connected photovoltaic system under harmonic distortions, frequency variations and unbalances Publicada en Science Direct_Publicaciones Fotovoltaica, 04/03/2015. In this paper, an implementation of the control and the synchronization algorithms for a Voltage Source Inverter used as the power conditioner for Photovoltaic renewable energy in a grid-connected structure is carried out. Its main purpose is to show, in a simple manner, the design and combined operation of the control and synchronization algorithms for attaining the proper behaviour of the Grid Inverter when the 3-phase utility grid is disturbed by voltage unbalances, frequency variations and harmonic distortions, according to power quality standards. In order to obtain a high efficiency of the system during perturbations, a Proportional Resonant controller with a Harmonic Compensator structure is designed for the control algorithm, whereas a Dual Second Order Generalized Integrator FrequencyLocked Loop (DSOGI-FLL) is used as the synchronization algorithm. In order to validate both the control and the synchronization algorithms, some simulations using MATLAB/SIMULINK from The MathWorks, Inc. are shown firstly, and secondly, some real-time digital simulations are carried out. ver más... Efficient blue organic light-emitting diodes based on triphenylimidazole substituted anthracene derivatives Publicada en ScienceDirect_LED, 03/03/2015. A series of new blue emissive materials based on the conjugates of highly fluorescent diaryl anthracene and electrontransporting triphenylimidazole moieties: were designed and synthesized successfully. These materials exhibit good film-forming properties and excellent thermal stabilities. With respect to the three layer device 2 using 1-NaCBI as the emitting layer, its maximum current efficiency reaches 3.06 cd A1 with Commission Internationale del’Eclairage (CIE) coordinates of (0.149, 0.092). More interestingly, sky blue doped device 5 based on 1-NaCPI achieved a maximum current efficiency of 15.53 cd A1 and a maximum external quantum efficiency of 8.15%, high EQE has been proved to be induced by the up-conversion of a triplet excited state. ver más... Growth and characterization of phosphor-free white light-emitting diodes based on InGaN blue quantum wells and green–yellow quantum dots Publicada en ScienceDirect_LED, 03/03/2015. Phosphor-free white light-emitting diodes consisting of 4 layers of InGaN/GaN quantum dots and 4 layers of quantum wells have been grown by metal organic chemical vapor deposition. A white emission was demonstrated under electrical injection by mixing the green–yellow light from quantum dots and the blue light from quantum wells. At the injection current of 5 mA, the electroluminescence peak wavelengths of quantum dots and quantum wells were 548 nm and 450 nm, respectively, resulting in the color-rendering index Ra of 62. As the injection current increased, a faster emission enhancement of quantum well and an emission blue shift of the quantum dots were observed, which led to the decrease of Ra. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 33 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities Improved light outcoupling of organic light-emitting diodes by randomly embossed nanostructure Publicada en ScienceDirect_LED, 03/03/2015. In this paper, we proposed a very economical and simple method to fabricate the randomly structured organic light emitting diode (OLED) to enhance light outcoupling efficiency. The random pattern is obtained by directly spin-coating the mixture solution of polystyrene (PS) nanospheres and PEDOT:PSS on an ITO/glass substrate and then removing PS nanospheres. The results demonstrate that using such a randomly embossed PEDOT:PSS as the hole injection layer in Alq3-based OLED produces the maximum current efficiency of 3.34 cd/A with the enhancement factor of 18.0% and the maximum power efficiency of 2.16 lm/W with the enhancement factor of 67.9% compared with the typical planar Alq3-based OLED (with no PEDOT:PSS layer). On one hand, the enhanced efficiency is associated with the enhanced injection/transport of holes. On the other hand, the enhanced efficiency is also attributed to the extraction of some trapped optical modes over a broad range of wavelengths. This work offers a promising method for the fabrication of high performance, low-cost and large area OLEDs. ver más... Solution processed multi-color organic light emitting diodes for application in telecommunications Publicada en ScienceDirect_LED, 03/03/2015. In this work we present an all solution processing scheme for the fabrication of the three primary colors, (R–G–B), emitting organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) via efficient color tuning of a blue organic semiconducting (OSC) thin film, in particular the poly[9,9-di-(2-ethylhexyl)fluorenyl-2,7-diyl] (PF), in which different color fluorescent emitters are dispersed to define the final emitting color and thus to simplify the different color device fabrication. The transmission speed of the fabricated OLEDs was also examined for possible application in interactive telecommunications. To increase the response speed of the different color devices we altered both the device geometry and the electron injection efficiency. To this end we increased the emissive layer thickness and decreased the device emissive area and we also performed engineering of the cathode interfaces through the incorporation of solution processed porphyrin interlayers in order to lower the electron injection barrier height. The final devices exhibited improved operational characteristics and, consequently, modulation speeds. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 34 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities Occupant Centered Lighting Control for Comfort and Energy Efficient Building Operation Publicada en ScienceDirect_Publications, 03/03/2015. We present an adaptive control strategy for lighting control in office spaces, with the aim to reduce energy consumption and provide occupant comfort. Based on the premise that each occupant is unique, yet consistent in his actions, the setpoints for switching the artificial lights on and off are derived dynamically from statistical analysis of the occupancy sensor data, and from interaction with the occupant. We present a 6-week case study in 10 offices, where we achieved 37.9% and 73.2% energy savings compared to a standard setting control baseline and a worst-case scenario, respectively. We show that individual offices determine individual set-points and discuss their adaptive nature. ver más... Synthesis and luminescence properties of NaLa(MoO4)2xAGx:Eu3+ (AG=SO42, BO33) red phosphors for white light emitting diodes Publicada en ScienceDirect_LED, 02/03/2015. NaLa(MoO4)2x(SO4)x:Eu3+ and NaLa(MoO4)2x(BO3)x:Eu3+ red phosphors, are prepared by a high temperature solid state reaction. These doubled molybdate phosphors have scheelite isostructure, which hardly be affected by SO42 and BO33 partial substitution for MoO42. Infrared spectra of obtained phosphors show strong absorption peaks between 1000 and 1300 cm1 which are assigned to the vibration of O–S in SO42 groups and O–B in BO33 groups. Due to the 5D0 7F1–3 transitions of Eu3+ ions, photoluminescence spectra show a strong red emission at 618 nm under excitation of near UV light at 395 nm and blue light at 465 nm, respectively. The luminescent intensity of NaLa(MoO4)2x(SO4)x:Eu3+ and NaLa(MoO4)2x(BO3)x:Eu3+ are obviously improved comparing with those of NaLa(MoO4)2:Eu3+ and commercial red phosphor Y2O3:Eu3+ by several times. And the lifetime values of NaLa(MoO4)2xAGx:Eu3+ with SO42 and BO33 substitution are extended to 0.461 ms and 0.468 ms from 0.459 ms of NaLa(MoO4)2:Eu3+, respectively. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 35 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities PUBLICACIONES SECTORIALES El mercado global del Vehículo Eléctrico alcanza los 740.000 coches Publicada en http://www.pv-magazine.com, 23/03/2015. Analysis by the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research (ZSW) reveals 320,000 new electric vehicle registrations in 2014 as car battery suppliers hit $2.17 billion in revenue. Germany’s Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemburg (ZSW) has released a report today revealing that the global market for electric vehicles (EV) now stands at 740,000 cars, with almost half (320,000) being registered in 2014. This rapid growth has been spearheaded by a handful of market leaders, including the Nissan Leaf, Tesla’s Model S, the Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In and the Honda Fit EV, which dominated new registrations in 2014. ver más... Mercado Global de los Dispositivos de Seguridad Conectados 2015 - 2020 Publicada en PR Newswire: Internet Technology, 16/03/2015. A connected consumer device consists of physical and software for various purposes including entertainment, news, information, and general lifestyle enhancement. Home Security and Monitoring represents a major segment of the consumer connected device marketplace. This research evaluates the connected consumer device ecosystem, market drivers, constraints, and opportunities for value chain constituents. This Mind Commerce report includes market strategy analysis, competitive assessment, and forecast for consumer connected devices for security and monitoring 2015 to 2020. Interested parties in this report will also be interested in the more comprehensive edition of our connected consumer device research entitled: Global Connected Consumer Devices: Key Trends, Opportunities and Market Forecasts 2015 - 2020. All purchases of Mind Commerce reports includes time with an expert analyst who will help you link key findings in the report to the business issues you're addressing. This needs to be used within three months of purchasing the report. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 36 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities Mercado Global de los Hogares Inteligentes y Edificios Energéticamente Eficientes y automatizados 2013-2020 Publicada en SOLAR PLAZA_Press releases, 12/03/2015. The global smart homes and buildings market is expected to grow at a significant CAGR of 29.5% between 2013 and 2020. This is attributed to rising energy costs and government initiatives. Some of the key government initiatives include regulations such as Commercial Buildings Initiatives(CBI) by the U.S. government which aims at making all commercial buildings completely energy independent till 2025. This implies that commercial buildings should have facilities to generate onsite power. Energy efficiency has become the need of the hour as it is expected that energy demand would increase by 40% between 2010 and 2040. The key restraint for the growth is the high upfront investment that is required for well-integrated smart technologies. Perceived value versus the cost issue is still a concern that is impacting the adoption rates. Increasing smart homes and buildings with well-integrated and applied technologies will precisely lead to envisioned concept of “Smart Cities” ver más... Mercado Global de los dispositivos Wearable inteligentes para el cuidado de la Salud 2015-2019 Publicada en Market Research, 11/03/2015. Global Smart Wearable Healthcare Devices and Services Market 2015-2019 About Smart Wearable Healthcare Devices and Services Smart wearable healthcare devices are defined as those devices that are worn or attached to a user's body to monitor the changes in various organs and body parts. Some of the healthcare devices include smart watches, wearable hand, smart diapers, wristband, pedometer, and bionic suit. Important features of these devices include heart rate monitoring, sleep statistics, counting the amount of calorie burnt and taken, monitor body temperature and sleep statistics of babies, remote cardiac monitoring, and monitor and track daily activity of users. These devices easily sync with user's smartphones and tablets. TechNavio's analysts forecast the Global Smart Wearable Healthcare Devices and Services market to grow at a CAGR of 30.42 percent over the period 2015-2019. Covered in this Report The report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the Global Smart Wearable Healthcare Devices and Services market for the period 2015-2019. The market is segmented into two: Smart Wearable Healthcare Devices and Smart Wearable Healthcare Services. TechNavio's report, the Global Smart Wearable Healthcare Devices and Services Market 2015-2019, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. It covers ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 37 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities Mercado de los sistemas de paneles fotovoltaicos cristalinos Publicada en SOLAR PLAZA_Press releases, 04/03/2015. was a professional and depth research report on Global Crystalline Solar Photovoltaics PV Panel Systems industry that you would know the world's major regional market conditions of Crystalline Solar Photovoltaics PV Panel Systems industry, the main region including North American, Europe and Asia etc, and the main country including United States ,Germany ,Japan and China etc. The report firstly introduced Crystalline Solar Photovoltaics PV Panel Systems basic information including Crystalline Solar Photovoltaics PV Panel Systems definition, classification, application and industry chain overview; Crystalline Solar Photovoltaics PV Panel Systems industry policy and plan, Crystalline Solar Photovoltaics PV Panel Systems product specification, manufacturing process, cost structure etc. Then we deeply analyzed the world's main region market conditions that including the product price, profit, capacity, production, capacity utilization, supply, demand and industry growth rate etc. ver más... Mercado Global del Almacenamiento de Energía Grid-Scale. Tendencias y Previsiones2015-2019 Publicada en SOLAR PLAZA_Press releases, 03/03/2015. Grid-scale energy storage system generally refers to the technologies that are being used for the purpose of energy storage, and this energy can be utilized in the future during power shortages, blackouts, or during high demand for power supply. This system mainly includes pumped hydro storage systems, advanced batteries, flywheel, and other evolving technologies such as compressed air energy storage (CAES). Grid energy storage is a technique used in the large-scale storage of electricity in a power grid. Such electricity storage is required when the amount of electricity generated is greater than the electricity demand. The surplus electricity saved in energy storage systems is supplied to customers when the demand is higher than the generation. Grid storage is a mechanism of storing electricity during the off-peak period and supplying the stored electricity during the on-peak period. TechNavio’s analysts forecast the Global Grid-scale Energy Storage System market to grow at a CAGR of 35.5 percent over the period 2014-2019. ver más... Mercado de las energías Renovables en la Region Oriente Medio y Africa 2015-2019 Publicada en SOLAR PLAZA_Press releases, 03/03/2015. Global Cloud Security Software Market 2015-2019, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the Americas, and the APAC and EMEA regions; it also covers the Global Cloud Security Software market landscape and its growth prospects over the coming years. The report includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 38 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities Mercado de las Energías Renovables en Europa 2014-2018 Publicada en SOLAR PLAZA_Press releases, 03/03/2015. Renewable Energy Market in Europe 2014-2018, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers Europe; it also covers the Renewable Energy market landscape and its growth prospects in the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market. ver más... Mercado Global de la Nanotecnología en aplicaciones de Energía 2014-2018 Publicada en SOLAR PLAZA_Press releases, 03/03/2015. The study and control of substance and processes at the nanoscale is known as nanotechnology. This field is crossdisciplinary in nature with applications in medicine, biology, material science, chemistry and physics. This technology is quite useful in utilizing conventional energy sources in a more efficient, safe and environment friendly manner. It also helps to tap into the full potential of renewable energy sources including biomass, solar, wind and geothermal power. Nanotechnology can be used in other energy applications such as reduction in losses during power transmission and managing complex power grids with frequently changing loads and decentralized feed-in stations. ver más... Mercado Global de los Smart Energy Meters : Tamaño, Tendencias, Share y Previsiones de Crecimiento 2015-2019 Publicada en SOLAR PLAZA_Press releases, 03/03/2015. Smart energy meters are the next-generation meters that provide more precise and exact amount of electricity consumption. They are generally installed at households or in enterprise infrastructure to maintain detailed statistics about energy consumption. A smart energy meter works as an electrical meter that measures and provides feedback of the power consumed to the electricity supplier. It is also useful for customers as they too can monitor the amount of power used. ver más... Mercado Global de las Tecnologías de Generación de Energía Distribuida 2015-2019 Publicada en SOLAR PLAZA_Press releases, 02/03/2015. Global Distributed Energy Generation Technologies Market 2015-2019, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the Americas, and the EMEA and APAC regions; it also covers the Global Distributed Energy Generation Technologies market landscape and its growth prospects in the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 39 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities Mercado Global de los sistemas de automatización del hogar 2015, según Solar Energy News Publicada en SOLAR PLAZA_Press releases, 02/03/2015. A home automation system is a computer-based control system generally installed in buildings to control and monitor several items of mechanical and electrical equipment such as ventilation, lighting, power systems, fire systems, and security systems. Building automation systems include hardware as well as software, which are configured using various protocols. The automation of home and household activities includes centralized lighting control, HVAC control system, security and access control system, entertainment control system, and the control of other appliances in the home. It involves the integration of electrical devices with each other, and these integrated devices are managed and controlled through a computer network with remote internet access. Home automation systems are increasingly being adopted because of benefits such as increased comfort, safety and security, and efficient energy management. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 40 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities EVENTOS, FERIAS Y JORNADAS IoT Day - Construmat (20 de Mayo) El futuro de los sistemas de control en la construcción Publicada en www.secartys.org, 30/03/2015. El IoT Day se celebrará el próximo 20 de mayo en el marco de la feria Beyond Building Barcelona-Construmat. Fira de Barcelona, sede del Salón Internacional de la Construcción Beyond Building Barcelona-Construmat acogerá el próximo 20 de mayo de 2015 el IoT Day, una jornada organizada por el Clúster de la Domótica, Inmótica y Ciudades inteligentes, Domotys, junto a Fira de Barcelona, KNX España y LonWorks, en la que se tratarán los conceptos generales del Internet de las cosas en soluciones verticales para la construcción. El evento, en el que también colaboran Secartys y la plataforma tecnológica SmartLivingPlat, estará dirigido por los grandes expertos del sector y reunirá entre sus participantes a profesionales de las empresas CISCO, Telefónica, IDP, Tecnalia, Siemens, Think Big Lab, Schneider-Electric, Simon, Amaisys, Nechi Ingeniería, e-Controls, Carriots, Worldsensing y Afeisa. ver más... Metropolitan Solutions 20-22 Mayo de 2015 Berlin (Alemania) Publicada en www.metropolitansolutions.de, 30/03/2015. Perfectly interconnected. Integrated urban projects consist of a variety of technical components sourced from different suppliers. The conferences at Metropolitan Solutions will focus on examples of best practice presented by municipal representatives. Simultaneously, the exhibition will foster matchmaking between suppliers and users. Each of the keynote themes of Metropolitan Solutions will be complemented by a program of conferences, seminars and workshops held at the Exhibition Grounds. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 41 Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities Beyond Building Barcelona Reenginering CONSTRUMAT 19-23 Mayo 2015 Publicada en www.construmat.com, 01/03/2015. Beyond Building Barcelona Reenginering CONSTRUMAT. Más allá de las ideas. Preparados para liderar y acelerar un cambio de paradigma. Vamos más allá del negocio, del liderazgo, de las relaciones y del conocimiento. 19-23 Mayo 2015. Barcelona. Recinto Gran Via ver más... Smart Energy 22-25 de Marzo de 2015 Alemania Publicada en http://www.smartenergy-messe.de/, 01/03/2015. Smart Energy : Eighth edition in March with new concept Rhein-Kreis Neuss, 10.28.2014 . The green lettering and standing for authoritative information "i" in the logo show the way : With a new concept, the Smart Energy , the Energy Fair of Kreishandwerkerschaft Niederrhein presented . On 21 and 22 March 2015 this share will open its doors at the Stadthalle Neuss. It is the eighth edition of the exhibition , which has become the biggest energy fair in the Lower Rhine . ver más... Smart to Future Cities 28-29 Abril 2015 Waldorf Hilton, Londres (Reino Unido) Publicada en smarttofuture.com, 01/03/2015. Now in its 4th year, Urban IoT / Smart to Future Cities 2015 has a proven track record of delivering decision makers in their hundreds, and we are proud to boast an audience that is 70% end-user driven. What’s the secret of our success? Our customers tell us it lies in topical content, engagement of all the relevant market players PLUS a relationship-building focussed event format to make those valuable conversations and connections happen. 50+ global thought-leaders and innovators, 19 case studies, 250+ of your peers in attendance will provide you with the expertise at the heart of urban IoT through carefully curated sessions, interactive formats and plenty of networking. Take a whirlwind tour of global smart city projects and innovation – from Tianjin City to Singapore, Bilbao, Turin, Copenhagen, Yanbu, Glasgow and many more – join us at Urban IoT / Smart to Future Cities 2015. ver más... Marzo de 2015 Página 42