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Deliverable 3.4. The re-MODULEES user’s guide Part B: Visitor April 2024/ IVE Content 01. Introduction 3 02. One-click 4 02.1. Diagnosis 4 02.1.1. Home 5 02.2. Success stories 11 02.2.1. Home 12 03. Solution Store 16 03.1. Search 17 03.2. Combine 20 04. Activity hub 21 04.1. News 21 01. Introduction...

Deliverable 3.4. The re-MODULEES user’s guide Part B: Visitor April 2024/ IVE Content 01. Introduction 3 02. One-click 4 02.1. Diagnosis 4 02.1.1. Home 5 02.2. Success stories 11 02.2.1. Home 12 03. Solution Store 16 03.1. Search 17 03.2. Combine 20 04. Activity hub 21 04.1. News 21 01. Introduction This document is the user manual for the reMODULEES platform, which is designed for different types of users. Depending on the profile of each user, the platform integrates different functionalities, which are described below. Specifically, this document will provide the user manual intended for unregistered users or visitors. The platform also includes various spaces and features that offer differentiated uses depending on the type of user, which will be described in the following sections. The visitor profile cannot access the "Personal dashboard" functionality, so it will not be described below. The main interface of the application has different spaces/functionalities, as shown in image 1. Image 1. Main interface 02. One-click The One-Click functionality allows users to view different layers of information on a map. It can be accessed from the main page. Image 2. One-click functionalities There are two different functionalities within One-Click: Diagnosis. It allows a diagnosis to be made of the residential building on its current state and 2 levels of improvement, through health, economic and energy indicators. Success stories. It collects and represents on the map good practices of energy retrofitting. 02.1. Diagnosis To access the diagnosis the user must be on the main page of reMODULEES and click on "Go to diagnosis" (1, see image 2). Image 3- Functionalities in One-click diagnosis map The user can navigate the map using the mouse and the + and – buttons (zoom in/out) located in the upper right corner, or with the mouse and scroll wheel. Furthermore, by clicking the layers icon they can select the type of map and the layers to display. The 'dashboard' and 'saved' functions are only available to registered and professional users. 02.1.1. Home The search and selection of the property to diagnose can be done by entering the address in the enabled search bar ('Search your address') or by clicking on the building on the map. For a valid diagnosis, the building must be residential. This will display a card on the right side where user can check some of the building features: the exterior image of the building, the address, the surface area, the cadastral reference, the construction year, the main use... i.e. all the information that is automatically available for the chosen location. Image 4- Building selection. All parameters are predefined If the cadastre or the data source used to identify buildings in each country does not include some of the information used by the tool to perform the diagnosis, it prompts the user to select it. Image 5- Building Selection. Parameters to be defined by the user To continue the diagnosis, the user must click on 'Calculate the energy cost.' (see image 6) The card changes and provides and request more detailed information about the building, with three different sections: 1. Typology, 2. Building data, 3. System data (see image 7). Image 6. Access to the calculation of the energy cost The '1. Typology' tab indicate the construction typology, according to the classification established in TABULA: multi-family house, apartment block, terraced house, and single-family house. If there is a connection with the cadastre or other data source that provide this information, this option cannot be modified; on the contrary, if it is not available in the cadastre or an equivalent source, the user can choose the typology that better suits the building to be diagnosed by clicking on the typology image (see image 7). Image 7. Definition of the building. 1.Typology tab. Automatically defined (left) and to be defined (right) Once the typology is defined, the '2. Building data' tab gathers information about the main construction characteristics of the building envelope. By clicking on floor, building, wall, window, and door, the user can explore these solutions. Image 8. Building Definition: Tab 2. Building data- roof and wall In the '3. System data' section, the user must choose which systems or equipment are present in the home to diagnose. System data depends on the typology and country (see image 12). Image 9. Building definition. Tab 3. System data. User selection of systems Once the systems are selected, the user can click on the right arrow (∨) located on the right (see image 9). Then, information related to the selection of systems appears at the bottom, and the user can explore different description of the dwelling’s facilities by clicking on heating, domestic hot water, and ventilation (see image 10). Image 10. Building definition. Tab 3. System data. System description – DHW and ventilation To access the diagnosis, once all the information has been completed, the user must click on 'Next'. At the top right of the diagnosis, there is a summary indicating the total final energy consumed (kWh/m2·year) and the reduction in energy consumption resulting from standard or advanced renovation (energy indicators, see image 11). Image 11. Diagnosis; building information, energy indicators on renovations and three sections of information In the diagnosis, there are three sections that the user can check: energy efficiency, building data, and system data, which expand and collapse with the arrow located on the right (∨). Expanding the ‘Energy efficiency’ menu allows the user to check: Demand per year (kWh/m2·year), for the current situation and standard and advanced renovations. Final energy consumption (kWh/m2·year), for the current situation and standard and advanced renovations. Emissions and energy savings (kgCo2/m2·year and kWh/m2·year), for the current situation and standard and advanced renovations. Percentage of renewable energy, for the current situation and standard and advanced renovations. Energy cost (€/m2·year), for the current situation and standard and advanced renovations. Image 12. Diagnosis. Tab Energy Efficiency – Energy efficiency indicators Additionally, the graphs in the Energy Efficiency tab are dynamic, and more information can be obtained by hovering over them. Expanding the ‘Building Data’ tab allows the user to check the following construction solutions: Floor, for the current situation and standard and advanced renovations. Roof, for the current situation and standard and advanced renovations. Wall, for the current situation and standard and advanced renovations. Window, for the current situation and standard and advanced renovations. Image 13- Tab Building data- Floor, roof, wall, and window data In the ‘System Data’ menu, the user can check the facilities Heating, for the current situation and standard and advanced renovations. Domestic hot water, for the current situation and standard and advanced renovations. Ventilation, for the current situation and standard and advanced renovations. Renewables, for the current situation and standard and advanced renovations. Image 14- Tab System data- Heating, DHW, ventilation and renewables 02.2. Success stories The user can access the success stories through the homepage by clicking on 'Success stories' (1), which will take the user to the bottom of the homepage, and they must click on 'See map' (2, see Image 15). Image 15- Access to Success Stories Once the user is on the Success Stories map, they will find a space like the one in Image 28. The user can navigate the map using the mouse and the + and – buttons (zoom in/out) located in the upper right corner, or with the mouse and scroll wheel, and also select the type of map and layers to display. Image 16- Interface One-click- Success Stories Unregistered users or visitors cannot access the 'Save' and ‘All buildings’ spaces, so these functionalities will not be described below. 02.2.1. Home The user can search for a best practice by entering the address in the 'Search address' tab or through the map. The best practices appear as aggregated markers on the map, and as the user zooms in, they disaggregate into specific markers (see image 17). Image 17- One-click success stories. Success story selection Image 18. One-click Success stories. Compact card A summary of the success story is available by clicking on the marker. This compact card of the story provides the following information: The address The surface Year of construction The building typology Whether the renovation was of the entire building or a single unit Achieved energy savings CO2 emissions and non-renewable primary energy consumption before and after the intervention. To obtain more information about the renovation process, the user must click on 'More information.' (see image 18) Then, the user accesses the complete success story, which follows the structure below: Image 19. Success story information The building information (image, address, description) aims to characterize the building where the intervention has taken place. The energy efficiency indicators collect the savings achieved through rehabilitation operations, the years in which the pre- and post-renovation Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) were issued, and their results in terms of CO2 emissions and non-renewable primary energy consumption. The user can access various sections of additional information ‘Success stories sections’ about the renovation process and expand or collapse them using the arrow (∨) on the right. Image 20. Success story- Renovation. Building/dwelling information The 'Renovation' section, in turn, contains three sub-sections that can be accessed by clicking on them: Building/dwelling information. It includes details about the characteristics of the renovated building or dwelling. Measures implemented. It specifies which measures have been implemented in the renovation (window, insulation, renewables, heating, and/or domestic hot water) and describes the intervention more concretely. Additionally, images of the solutions can also be found. Cost and financing. It includes the total cost of the intervention, the financial aid obtained, and the estimated funds for the whole building or per dwelling depending on the scope of the intervention. It is expressed as a percentage, cost per square meter, and monthly cost. In the 'Experience' section, the aim is to capture the users' experience of the process. It also contains three sub-sections that can be accessed by clicking on them: Video. If there is any video capturing the residents' experience. Testimonies. If there are any statements from the residents about the renovation. Photographs. If there are any photos of the renovation process. Image 21. Success stories. Experience The last section labelled 'Data,' compiles information from before and after the rehabilitation. It encompasses several types of information organized into three sub-sections: EPC (Energy Performance Certificate). It compares the EPCs from the pre- and post-rehabilitation states. It also includes the calculation of savings in non-renewable primary energy and CO2 emissions between the two states. IEQ (Indoor Environmental Quality). It captures the monitoring of pre- and/or post-rehabilitation states of parameters such as indoor and outdoor temperature, indoor and outdoor humidity, lighting, noise, VOC’s (Volatile Organic Compounds), Formaldehyde, PM2.5 and PM10. Energy. It contains information on the consumption of electricity, fossil fuels and/or self-generated energy before and after the renovation. Comfort. It gathers the set of symptoms, stressors, and states of thermal comfort experienced or previously experienced by the residents. Image 22- Success stories. Data 03. Solution Store The user can access the Solution Store by clicking on "Solution Store" in the top options bar and also via the homepage by clicking on "See all solutions" (see image 23). Image 23. Access to Solution Store On the homepage it is already possible to explore the different solutions implemented through the menu "Most popular tools", where three sections of solutions are organised according to the criteria of: Recently added Most visited Popular in Europe With the 'Previous' and 'Next' buttons, the user can navigate to the next most popular tools, and with 'First' and 'Last', they can move to the beginning or end of the list. The tools are presented in the form of compact cards that contain the information indicated in image 25. Image 24. Homepage. Recently added tools Image 25- Homepage. Most visited tools The unregistered user or visitor cannot save or rate the tools. Image 26- Solution store menus Once the user has accessed the Solution Store, there are three different sub-menus (see image 26): 1. Search: Tool search for building retrofitting. 2. Combine: Displays combinations of tools for a specific purpose. 3. Propose: Propose new tools for energy rehabilitation. The unregistered user or visitor cannot propose new tools, so they can only access search (1) and combine (2) menus. 03.1. Search It is the first tab in the Solution Store and appears by default when accessing this section. The user can navigate through all implemented tools, presented as semi-compact cards. Image 27. Solution Store - Search Navigation between the different solutions is possible by using the filters at the top of the solution cards (see image 29) and the controls at the bottom to move forward or backward through the list provided. Image 28- Semi-compact cards in the Solution Store Two types of filters can be distinguished, which are displayed by clicking on 'Constraints' and/or 'Filters' (see image 29). Image 29- Search tool. Filters Constraints filters. These filters are for users who are looking for one or several tools without specifically knowing which ones they need. They should identify the barriers or challenges they face based on user’s profile. Profile: demand, supply, institutional and/or financial. Constraints category: cultural, social, technical, processual and/or financial. Constraints class Standard filters. These are for users with a greater understanding of the available tools and can define some more specific aspects to find the one that best meets their needs. Country Solution: envelope, system, RES, behaviour, financing, innovations. Stop: onboarding, evaluation, design and selection, realization, validation Step1 Typology: multi-family house, apartment block, single-family house, terraced house For visitor users, the default profile they receive is 'demand', although the filter can be removed to allow for unrestricted search. Clicking on any of the filters displays a list of possible solutions that the user can select as desired. Both types of filters can be used simultaneously and complemented with keywords (in the 'Search Tool' bar, see image 29), and with the alphabetic order (A-Z or Z-A) to refine the search. On the Solution Store page, the information cards are presented in a semi-compact format and containing the following information: Image 30- Information on semi-compact cards On semi-compact cards, the visitor user cannot save or rate the solution. When the user clicks on any of them, a larger card is displayed that contains more information about the tool. Image 31- Expanded tool card The information on each expanded card is as follows: Image 32- Information included in the expanded card 03.2. Combine It is the second tab in the Solution Store, accessed by clicking on 'Combine’ (see image 33). In this section, the user can access tools grouped by administrators and professional users for a specific purpose. They follow a sequential order within the renovation process and serve as a guide for the user in the retrofitting process. Image 33- Access to Combine For example, the menu presented in the image bellow consists of a roadmap of tools can be used to obtain Next Gen grants at each stage of the retrofitting process. Tool cards are presented in a compact format, showing the application's name, its main photo and rating and saving functionalities. By clicking on them, the user is redirected directly to the tool. Image 34- Combine. Example of a menu The unregistered user or visitors cannot save or rate the tools; they can only view and visit them. 04. Activity hub To access this function, the user must click on 'Re-HUB' located in the top toolbar. The activity hub serves as a meeting portal for members of the platform community. Image 35- Access to re-HUB and sub-menus There are three different menus in this section: 1. News: Collects all news, best practices, solutions, and experiences proposed by registered users or professionals and approved by administrators. 2. Members: A space where the user can find all registered members of the community. 3. Propose: A space to propose new articles to integrate into the 'News' section. These articles must be verified and validated by an administrator. Unregistered users or visitors cannot access the members and propose menus. 04.1. News The user can access this section by clicking on the "News" sub-menu (see image 36). Image 36. Re-HUB. News Clicking on 'Filters' displays the two possible filters (A) for searching news. Users can filter by country or by news category (news, best practices, solutions, or experiences). They can also use the search (B) to filter or search for keywords (see image 38). Image 37- News. Filters for search The news is collected in form of compact cards, which include the following information: Image 38. News- Information on compact news cards Unregistered users or visitors cannot rate or save the new. If the user clicks on the compact card, it expands, and they can access the full news. These expanded news cards contain the following information: Image 39- News. Information on expanded news cards Options shown in this filter depend on the stop selected. Onboarding: raising awareness, interaction Evaluation: auto-evaluation, assisted evaluation Design and realization: design, selection, formalization Realization: training, assessment, mediation, quality assurance Validation: feedback, comparison, monitoring, certification↩