Guru Verify: real-time, cloud-based, machine-learning commissioning tools to radically improve performance of heat networks

热网通过输送热水的绝缘管道网络将热源（如热电厂、地热或工业废热）与家庭和企业连接起来。它们在欧洲是一项成熟的技术，虽然它们只提供英国总热量需求的2%，但据估计，到2050年，这一比例可能会上升到43%。实现这一增长是英国建筑库存脱碳的重要组成部分，这是2017年清洁增长战略的关键目标，也是《气候变化法案》的法律要求。在英国，几乎一半的最终能源消耗被用作热能。据估计，热网可以将家庭住宅的碳排放量减少多达42%，到2030年，所有建筑的二氧化碳排放量将减少570万吨。除了减少碳排放，热网还有助于解决燃料短缺问题，客户平均每年比使用单独燃气锅炉的客户少支付100英镑；通过减少进口天然气的需求，为英国的能源安全做出贡献；而且，除了其他好处之外，还为当地创造了一个重要的就业机会。然而，即使在设计良好的网络中，它们也很少进行适当的调试，从而导致高热量损失，增加燃料使用，增加网络运营商和最终消费者的成本，以及极其糟糕的客户体验。目前的调试实践很差，因为正确地进行调试既昂贵又耗时，而且由于承包商没有动力投入所需的资源，因此没有在新网络中统一进行- esco可能在采用之前手动采样10%的住宅，允许未经调试的网络投入运行。Guru Verify项目旨在通过提供数据驱动的调试工具来改进调试过程，该工具允许承包商和网络运营商快速、廉价地实时验证网络上100%终端客户的性能。该项目建立在Guru System之前与SBRI的合作、他们现有的实时数据分析以及Fairheat在现场提供调试服务的丰富经验的基础上，开发了一种调试方法、现场工具和基于云的软件，使低技能技术人员的100%验证变得简单而廉价。我们在SBRI项目上的实际结果表明，仅适当的调试就可以将网络的热损失减少近70%。如果与适当的设计相结合，改进的调试预计将在10年内节省2亿英镑。1. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/7m-boost-to-heat-industry-innovation

Heat networks connect heat sources (such as combined heat and power plants, geothermal or industrial waste heat) with homes and businesses through a network of insulated pipes carrying hot water. They are a well-established technology in Europe and, while they only provide 2% of the overall UK heat demand, it is estimated that this could rise to 43% by 2050.1 Achieving this growth is an essential part of decarbonising the UK's building stock, which is a key target in the 2017 Clean Growth Strategy and a legal requirement under the Climate Change Act. Almost half the final energy consumed in the UK is used as heat. It is estimated that heat networks can reduce carbon emissions by up to 42% for domestic dwellings, and provide an overall reduction of 5.7 MtCO2 from all buildings by 2030\. Alongside carbon savings, heat networks also help combat fuel poverty, with customers paying on average £100 p.a. less than those using individual gas boilers; contribute to the UK's energy security by reducing the need to import gas; and, provide an important source of local job creation, among other benefits. However, even where networks are well-designed, they are rarely commissioned properly, resulting in high heat loss, increased fuel use, increased costs for both the network operator and final consumer, and extremely poor customer experience. Current commissioning practices are poor as doing it properly is expensive and time consuming, and as contractors are not incentivised to invest the required resources it is not undertaken uniformly across new networks - ESCOs might manually sample 10% of dwellings before adoption, allowing un-commissioned networks into operation. The Guru Verify project is designed to improve the commissioning process by providing a data-driven commissioning tool that allows contractors and network operators to quickly and cheaply verify performance in real-time on 100% of end customers on a network. The project builds on Guru System's previous work with SBRI, their existing real-time data analysis, and Fairheat's extensive experience delivering commissioning services on site, to develop a commissioning methodology, site tools and cloud-based software to make 100% verification simple and cheap for low-skilled technicians. Our real-world results on the SBRI project showed that proper commissioning alone can reduce heat losses on networks by nearly 70%. When combined with proper design, improved commissioning is projected to result in £200m in savings over 10 years. 1. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/7m-boost-to-heat-industry-innovation