Accenture Helps Metro de Madrid Balance Energy Efficiency and Passenger Comfort with AI-Based Self-Learning Ventilation System
February 19 2019 - 1:59AM
Business Wire
System reduces energy costs and CO2 emissions
for Metro de Madrid
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has helped Metro de Madrid develop and
implement a self-learning AI-based ventilation system that
minimizes energy costs and emissions and ensures high air quality
in metro stations and commuters’ comfort.
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Metro de Madrid’s new self-learning
ventilation system helps passengers stay cool inside stations (©
Metro de Madrid 2019)
The artificial intelligence (AI)-based system has enabled Metro
de Madrid to reduce its energy costs for ventilation by
25 percent and cut CO2 emissions by 1,800 tons annually.
Accenture will present the system at this year’s MWC (formerly
known as Mobile World Congress) in Barcelona, Feb. 25-28.
On average, 2.3 million commuters use Metro de Madrid’s network
of 294 kilometers of track and 301 stations every day. To help
passengers stay cool inside stations, particularly during the hot
summer months, Metro de Madrid operates 891 ventilation fans, which
were consuming as much as 80 gigawatt hours of energy annually.
The Madrid Metro Ventilation experts worked with Accenture
Applied Intelligence to develop a system that took inspiration from
an unusual source: the coordinated foraging behavior of a bee
colony. The system deploys an optimization algorithm that leverages
vast amounts of data to explore every possible combination of air
temperature, station architecture, train frequency, passenger load
and electricity price throughout the day. The algorithm uses both
historic and simulated data, factoring in outside and below-ground
temperatures over the next 72 hours. Because the algorithm uses
machine learning, the system gets better at predicting the optimal
balance for each station on the network over time.
The system also includes a simulation engine and maintenance
module, which allows for, among other things, tracking for failures
in the fans’ operation. This enables Metro de Madrid to easily
monitor and manage energy consumption, identify and respond to
system deficiencies, and proactively conduct equipment
maintenance.
“With the help from Accenture, the innovative ventilation system
has enabled us to achieve the dual benefits of lower energy costs
and a reduced environment impact,” said Isaac Centellas, Head of
Engineering and Maintenance Division at Metro de Madrid. “Ensuring
the comfort of our passengers while being highly energy-efficient
and environmentally friendly is a true win-win outcome.”
Isabel Fernández, managing director for Accenture Applied
Intelligence in Spain, said, “Our self-learning ventilation system
shows how organizations and society can benefit from intelligent
technologies. It’s an important milestone in our work for Metro de
Madrid, and we’re excited to present it to the public at this
year’s MWC, where applied AI will play a bigger role than
ever.”
To schedule a demo of Metro de Madrid’s self-learning
ventilation system at the Accenture MWC booth (Hall 2, 2H20),
contact jens.derksen@accenture.com.
About Accenture
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Jens R. DerksenAccenture Digital+49 175 57
61393jens.derksen@accenture.com
Josè-Luis SanchezAccenture Spain+34 91
5966585jose.l.sanchez@accenture.com
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