Portfolio | Beia Grid Institut

BEIA-GRID INSTITUT Association is a nongovernmental, nonprofit, apolitical and independent organization established under Ordinance no. 26/2000. The associations’ aim is to adjoin the development of innovative projects. To achieve its objectives, the association has conducted RDI activities (Research, Development, and Innovation); organized training courses, seminars, conferences, public debates; provided advice and counseling; conducted, published and distributed books, flyers, brochures, software and developed its own programs.

BEIA-GRID INSTITUT aims to implement applications regarding telemonitoring agriculture (warnings on frost detection, diseases occurring at plants, evapotranspiration calculation, ground level humidity calculation, remote control of irrigation systems), hydro energy (telemonitoring water level and flow), environment (water and air quality monitoring) and health (tele-diagnosis of diabetes, emergency communications systems for patients, nurses and doctors).

Relevant projects:

NEVERFLAT – “iNnovative EV-charging EnviRonment for Future Low-cost mAss deploymenT” aims to develop and demonstrate in real-life settings an innovative, efficient, and user-friendly pervasive low-cost smart bi-directional charging infrastructure for electric vehicles (EVs), directly contributing to a specific strategic objective of the 2Zero Partnership – developing affordable, inclusive, user-friendly charging infrastructure concepts and technologies that include vehicle and grid interaction. It will bring crucial advancements in core hardware and software applied infrastructure innovation (using cutting edge technologies like ML predictive models and simulation, or WBG semiconductors), optimization in deployment and placement of the novel charging solutions, their strategic orchestration improving operative performance, grid stability and RES utilization, and social and business model innovations and incentivisation involving relevant SSH expertise in the consortium, together with major industry partners, innovative SMEs and research organizations. The complete integrated and deployed charging solution will be validated in extensive operational urban and peri-urban environments on pilot sites in Germany, Romania and Spain, showcasing the potential for widespread massive adoption, user acceptance and seamless coverage interoperable across European country borders, contributing to removing barriers to EV user acceptability.
Website: NEVERFLAT

“Nature Based Smart Water Grids for Integrated water and drougth management” – WATERGRID’s objective is to develop and demonstrate the Smart Water Grid (SWG) concept for more climate resilient water management, particularly targeting extreme drought, but framed within Integrated Catchment Management, addressing the whole catchment in a holistic approach. The resource efficiency of Nature Based Solutions (NBS) previously established in eight sites will be analysed alongside the academic literature, forming an Evidence portfolio (Project Result 1 – PR1). Of these eight sites, five will be demonstrators, spread across the Atlantic, Continental, Mountain and Mediterranean biogeographical areas, with specific water scarcity challenges, NBS types and scales, in which 58 additional innovative and locally attuned NBS will be implemented to slow, move and actively store water for reuse as part of locally designed SWGs. Three validation sites will mainstream potential of the SWG approach and demonstrate replicability of the Project Results (PRs) that have been co-created and co-deployed with 138 stakeholders in a participatory approach. Protocols and standards will be developed, providing a step-by-step guide for the design, maintenance and operation of the SWG (PR2). A digital Platform (PR3) will display models of the catchment and a Design App will provide guidance to users on designing NBS into their SWGs. This Platform will be linked to a Monitoring programme (PR4) to display real time information via a Digital Twin to support long term maintenance of SWGs. An Operationalising toolkit (PR5) will create enabling social, governance and economic environments for sustainable SWGs. Finally, at least three Policy briefs (PR6) will display SWG benefits to various policies, from the EU to the local scale. By 2035, WATERGRID expects to increase by 20% the water available for usage to compensate scarcity, decreasing 7 types of water pollutants and saving 10.6M €/year through 37 SWGs across Europe.

“Increasing awareness and education for usage of M2M (Machine 2 Machine) telemetry systems for environmental and biodiversity monitoring”; June-August 2014; promoting concepts of M2M and telemetry at various conferences and workshops; dissemination and communication partner.

“Unified Intelligent WATER Management”; September 2014 – present; development of a platform for integrated water management based on real-time and historical data; partner market research, interviews, and questionnaires.

“Monitoring system for water level using radar sensors and GPRS transmission”, September 2014 – March 2015; consulting on water level monitoring systems with radar and transmission GPRS and their installation in two locations on the Danube for the National Administration “Romanian Waters”; technical solution consultant, advocacy campaign, development of cross-border initiatives on water management and environmental protection.