Virtual Laboratory for the dissemination of energy management systems. The case of the metropolitan transport system

In the current context of increasing global energy needs and the depletion of traditional energy sources are particularly relevant management processes and the energy use improving. To contribute to the dissemination of these processes our institution has developed a project that aims to development a set of virtual laboratories to introduce these processes to engineering students. This paper presents an environment designed to illustrate the energy management ideas used in a metropolitan transportation system.