Smart Control System for Sustainable Swimming Pools.

Specific research programs, legislation and funding intend to protect, conserve and enhance the EU's natural capital, transforming the EU into a green, competitive, low-carbon and resource-efficient economy. These guidelines aim at protecting European citizens from health and environmental risks. Indeed, there is an increasing interest on decarbonization of the electricity generation, with a special focus on the introduction of Renewable Energy Resources (RES). This paper is a preliminary insight into a new control approach from where smart decision is made based on predictions returned by models of sustainable thermal systems (local renewable sources generation devices) and on information gathered from an array of sensors in order to regulate swimming pool’s water temperature. The information (ambient variables and sub-systems internal transfer function modelling) is then combined with an optimization framework which goal is to ultimately, reduce the requirements for human intervention in the swimming pool maintenance and provide resources savings for the final user in terms of financial and natural resources, contributing to a sustainable environment. The research work is developed within the scope of the Ecopool+++ project: Innovative heated pools with reduced thermal losses.