Cloud Energy App Platform With Shared Data Access Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current energy management systems face inefficiencies in managing multiple applications due to differing hardware implementations and protocols, making maintenance and integration of energy management applications across various domains, such as buildings and districts, challenging, especially in the context of 'smart cities'.
Innovation Solution
A cloud-based system that enables the concurrent execution and management of multiple energy management applications, with a platform storing and processing data, a configuration unit for parameter setup, and a communicative interface for data sharing and module dependencies, facilitating efficient operation and compatibility across applications within the same environment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple energy management applications are deployed with different hardware implementations and protocols, then application functionality and versatility are improved, but system complexity and maintenance difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments applications into isolated containers that can be independently deployed, configured, and maintained. Each application runs in its own environment with dedicated resources, preventing complexity propagation across the system while maintaining versatility through modular architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
A platform layer acts as an intermediary between diverse applications and underlying hardware infrastructure. This mediator provides standardized interfaces, resource management, and coordination mechanisms that simplify integration of multiple applications with different hardware requirements and protocols.
2Productivity
If multiple applications access shared data resources, then application collaboration and efficiency are improved, but data access control and system reliability become more challenging
Solution Approach 1:
The data store implements universal access control mechanisms that serve multiple applications simultaneously. A single data access interface provides authentication, authorization, and data management functions for all applications, ensuring consistent reliability controls while enabling efficient collaboration through shared access to common data resources.
3Adaptability or versatility
If applications are deployed across various domains in smart cities, then system versatility and applicability are improved, but integration complexity and deployment difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables flexible parameter configuration for each application deployment, allowing adaptation to different domains (buildings, districts, cities) through adjustable parameters such as scale, resource allocation, and operational constraints. This parameter-based configuration simplifies deployment across diverse smart city applications without requiring custom development for each domain.
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AI summary
A system and method for managing different applications related to energy flexibility management using cloud services. A platform is provided configured to store and concurrently execute a plurality of applications related to energy management, wherein each application of the plurality of applications comprises one or more modules for processing data. Further, a data store is provided communicatively coupled to the platform wherein each of the plurality of applications has access to the data store. The data store is configured to store data which the plurality of applications use for operation. Further, a configuration unit is provided communicatively coupled to the platform and configured to enable configuration of parameters of the plurality of applications. The data store is configured to store non-shared data used by different applications of the plurality of applications, the non-shared data being accessible by only a single application of the plurality of applications, and shared data accessible by at least a first application and at least one further application of the plurality of applications belonging to a same environment as the first application.