A data model for energy decision support systems for smart cities: The case of BESOS common information model

Integrating Energy Management Systems is a necessary task in order to be able to offer a range of services for citizens and public authorities. This task requires integration at the data level in order to expose data coming from different systems in a unified way. In this paper we describe the creation of a Common Information Model to unify disparate Energy Management Systems in the context of the BESOS project. We identify related work, describe design decisions and methodology and give an outline of the data model itself, based on profiling and extending the IEC 61970 standard.