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Final Trial Documentation Ref. Ares(2019)6803787 - 04/11/2019 GAIA - Green Awareness In Action D4.2 – Final Trial Documentation Document Ref. D4.2 Document Type Report Work package WP4 Lead Contractor OVER Georgios Mylonas, Evangelia Boufardea, Pavlos Koulouris, Iraklis Markelis, Nelly Leligou, Emmanouil Zacharioudakis, Jimm Lerch, Joerg Hofstaetter, Author(s) Mariano Leva, Matteo Zaccagnino, Andrea Lanna, Andreas Koskeris, Yannis Garofalakis, Dimitrios Amaxilatis, Lidia Pocero, Konstantina Papageorgiou, Lazaros Kelesidis Contributing Partners CTI, EA, EDOC, OVOS, OVER, CNIT Planned Delivery Date M20 Actual Delivery Date M22 Dissemination Level Public Status Submitted Version V1.1 Reviewed by Theodore Zahariadis, Mariano Leva This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 696029. H2020 - 696029 D4.2 – Final Trial Documentation Disclaimer This document contains material, which is the copyright of certain GAIA contractors, and may not be reproduced or copied without permission. All GAIA consortium partners have agreed to the publication of this document. The commercial use of any information contained in this document may require a license from the proprietor of that information. The GAIA Consortium consists of the following partners: Partner Short Name Country Number Name 1 Computer Technology Institute and Press “Diophantus” CTI Greece 2 Soderhamns Kommun SK Sweden 3 Eurodocs AB EDOC Sweden 4 National Interuniversity Consortium for Telecommunications CNIT Italy 5 Synelixis Solutions Ltd SYN Greece 6 OVER OVER Italy 7 Ellinogermaniki Agogi EA Greece 8 SPARK Works ITC Ltd. SPARK Greece 9 Ovos Media Consulting Gmbh OVOS Austria The information in this document is provided “as is” and no guarantee or warranty is given that the information is fit for any particular purpose. The user thereof uses the information at its sole risk and liability. This document reflects only the authors’ view and the EC and EASME are not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains. Page 2 of 235 H2020 - 696029 D4.2 – Final Trial Documentation Document Revision History Date Issue Author/editor/contributor Summary 11/9/2017 0.1 Evangelia Boufardea, Pavlos Koulouris, Initial draft Konstantina Papageorgiou, Lazaros Kelesidis, Georgios Mylonas, Nelly Leligou, Jimm Lerch, Joerg Hofstaetter, Mariano Leva, Iraklis Markellis 14/9/2017 0.4 Evangelia Boufardea, Pavlos Koulouris, Interim report version Georgios Mylonas, Nelly Leligou, Jimm Lerch, Joerg Hofstaetter, Mariano Leva, Iraklis Markellis 11/11/2017 0.5 Georgios Mylonas Integrated Version 21/11/2017 0.6 Georgios Mylonas, Federica Paganelli, Updated building profiles Nelly Leligou, Mariano Leva, Matteo added Zachanino 27/11/2017 0.7 Georgios Mylonas, Federica Paganelli, Mini trials descriptions Fredrik Lindqvist 1/12/2017 0.8 Georgios Mylonas, Evangelia Updated app integration, Boufardea, Joerg Hofstaetter, Andreas School plans added Friedl, Nelly Leligou, Emmanouil Zacharioudakis 6/12/2017 0.9 Georgios Mylonas, Mariano Leva, Building profiles updated Matteo Zacagnino 13/12/2017 1.0 Georgios Mylonas Final additions 9/10/2019 1.1 Georgios Mylonas Formatting changes and corrections Page 3 of 235 H2020 - 696029 D4.2 – Final Trial Documentation Abbreviations Abbreviation Expression BMS Building Management System DoW Description of Work EC European Commission EPB Ethics and Privacy Board GA General Assembly IoT Internet of Things IPR Intellectual Properties Rights KPI Key Performance Indicator PhC Phone Conference PIR Passive InfraRed (sensor) PM Person Months RoI Return of Investment SC Steering Committee TC Technical Committee TCB Trials Coordination Board Page 4 of 235 H2020 - 696029 D4.2 – Final Trial Documentation TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION - DELIVERABLE CONTEXT AND STRUCTURE ................................................................................ 8 2. GAIA EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES DESIGN AND PHILOSOPHY .............................................................................. 10 THE AIM AND APPROACH ...................................................................................................................................................... 10 EDUCATIONAL SCENARIOS ..................................................................................................................................................... 11 3. THE GAIA GENERIC CORE EDUCATIONAL SCENARIO FOR THE TRIALS IN SCHOOL YEAR 2017-2018 ..................... 19 OVERALL SCHEDULE ............................................................................................................................................................. 19 EXAMPLE DISTRIBUTION OF ACTIVITIES IN A CYCLE ...................................................................................................................... 21 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITIES IN A CYCLE ................................................................................................................. 22 DATA TO OBSERVE AND INVESTIGATE PER THEMATIC AREA ........................................................................................................... 28 STEPS TO FOLLOW IN THE DATA-BASED OBSERVATION AND INVESTIGATION ACTIVITIES ....................................................................... 29 4. OVERVIEW OF PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS AND BUILDING PROFILES .................................................................. 36 LIST OF GAIA SCHOOLS ........................................................................................................................................................ 36 RATIONALE BEHIND THE GAIA ENERGY BUILDING PROFILE .......................................................................................................... 38 5TH PRIMARY SCHOOL NEA SMYRNI, ATHENS ............................................................................................................................ 40 1ST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL NEA PHILADELPHIA, ATHENS .............................................................................................................. 42 ELLINOGERMANIKI AGOGI, ATHENS ......................................................................................................................................... 44 PRIMARY SCHOOL OF MEGISTI, KASTELORIZO ........................................................................................................................... 48 JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL OF PENTAVRYSO, KASTORIA .................................................................................................................... 50 PRIMARY SCHOOL LYGIA, LEFKADA ......................................................................................................................................... 52 2ND PRIMARY SCHOOL OF PARALIA, PATRAS .............................................................................................................................. 54 8TH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PATRAS ......................................................................................................................................... 56 46TH PRIMARY SCHOOL, PATRAS ............................................................................................................................................ 58 EXPERIMENTAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL OF PATRAS (LAGGOURAS) .................................................................................................. 60 GRAMSCI-KEYNES, PRATO ..................................................................................................................................................... 62 SAPIENZA, DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER, CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING ANTONIO RUBERTI, ROME ................................ 64 SAPIENZA, FACULTY OF ECONOMICS, ROME ............................................................................................................................. 66 SAPIENZA, ORTHOPAEDICS BUILDING, ROME ............................................................................................................................ 68 TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL OF SODERHAMM, STAFFANGYMNASIET, SODERHAMN ............................................................................. 70 NEW SCHOOLS IN GREECE WITHOUT BUILDING ENERGY PROFILES .................................................................................................. 72 5. NEW SCHOOLS IN GREECE ................................................................................................................................ 76 1ST PRIMARY SCHOOL OF PSYCHIKO, GREECE ........................................................................................................................... 76 EKPAIDEFTIRIA PANOU ......................................................................................................................................................... 78 NEW SCHOOLS IN GREECE WITHOUT INSTALLATION .................................................................................................................... 80 6. MINI TRIALS AND TRIAL-ORIENTED ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................. 81 ACTIVITIES DURING MINI TRIALS .............................................................................................................................................. 92 EVALUATION OF THE USE OF BMS ........................................................................................................................................ 101 GAIA CHALLENGE STATISTICS
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