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Düsseldorf Airport
Airport – Offices, Terminals, Central building
Area: ca. 430,000 m²
Solutions: mv climate, mv sync
meteoviva has been in use at Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) since 2012. Starting with the Central East Building, meteoviva technology is now in use in 13 buildings at the international hub, including all 3 terminals.
Goal:
Climate-neutral operation of the entire Düsseldorf airport by 2035
Approach:
Predictive control and grid friendly infrastructure with meteoviva technology.
Successful implementation
Since 2012, nearly all of the airport‘s buildings have been gradually equipped with meteoviva solutions. The active, predictive control of individual buildings, mv climate, is supplemented by overarching demand side management with mv sync.
Predictive Control with mv climate:
redictive control enables a building to anticipate the future and act proactively, rather than merely reacting. The building is modelled as a digital twin, which processes essential data such as weather forecasts, building physics, building systems, climate profiles, and usage data to simulate optimised operation. AI-supported processes feed the optimised setpoints back into the building, which in turn reports the actual measured values.
Demand Side Management with mv sync:
Thanks to the airport’s advanced technology, many buildings cannot only be actively controlled but also operated in a way that benefits the grid. Demand side management builds on predictive control and in corporates additional factors—such as load and consumption forecasts, grid signals, and electricity prices—and balances these with the facility’s internal heating, cooling, and electricity generation. Processes are optimised so that affordable, sustainable energy is prioritised, and the supply-side systems are controlled optimally based on cost, efficiency, CO2 emissions, and availability. This allows, for example, the self-consumption of self-generated PV electricity to be maximised. At the airport, buildings and grids also serve as storage for thermal energy.
Cleared for Take-Off
The combination of predictive control with mv climate and demand-side management with mv sync has been a resounding success at Düsseldorf Airport. Significant energy and cost savings are playing a major role in bringing the airport’s goal of becoming climate-neutral by 2035 within reach.
ca. 430,000 m²
actively controlled area
ca. 6,000
tons of CO₂ saved per year
20%
energy savings per year
ca. 14,800
MWh saved per year
“Thanks to meteoviva, we’ve been able to drastically reduce energy consumption in our buildings. This is a huge step towards our goal of becoming climate-neutral by 2035!”
Ralf Mobers – Operations Manager, Building Automation, Low Voltage Systems & Refrigeration, RVG
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