Building Asset Auto-Configuration Using Existing BMS Points
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Solution Overview
Problem
The initial commissioning of new buildings and spaces is time-intensive and costly, and existing technologies struggle to efficiently generate digital representations of buildings, configure devices, and commission systems automatically.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for visualizing building models by retrieving identifiers from digital representations, converting them into graphical representations, and rendering them on display devices, along with a smart configuration and commissioning system that automates the process of generating digital representations, configuring devices, and commissioning systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual commissioning methods are used for building systems, then configuration accuracy can be maintained, but the process becomes time-intensive and costly
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic self-configuration by having building devices autonomously generate digital representations and configure themselves using pre-defined templates and algorithms, eliminating the need for manual commissioning while maintaining accuracy through automated validation processes
Solution Approach 2:
Pre-defined configuration templates and digital representation schemas are prepared in advance, allowing the system to rapidly instantiate and configure building devices without manual intervention during the actual commissioning process, thereby reducing on-site time requirements
2Productivity
If automated configuration systems are implemented, then commissioning time is reduced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
A centralized building management system acts as an intermediary that coordinates the automatic configuration process, managing the complexity of multiple devices and their interactions through standardized communication protocols and centralized control logic
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses configurable parameters and templates that can be adjusted to match different building types and requirements, allowing the same automated configuration framework to adapt to various scenarios without requiring fundamental system changes, thus managing complexity through flexibility
3Ease of manufacture
If digital representations are generated automatically, then commissioning cost is reduced, but data accuracy may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates automated validation and verification mechanisms that compare generated digital representations against expected schemas and building codes, providing feedback loops that identify and correct errors, thereby ensuring data accuracy without requiring manual review of every element
Solution Approach 2:
Validation rules, data schemas, and configuration templates are pre-configured with accuracy requirements and constraints, ensuring that automatically generated digital representations meet precision standards before being finalized, thus maintaining data integrity through automated checks
Data Source
AI summary
A method for commissioning a building comprises identifying a building asset within a digital representation of a building having one or more parameters describing relationships of the building asset within the building, controlling one or more other building assets included within the digital representation to change an environmental parameter of the building, monitoring a response of at least one of the building asset or one of the one or more other building assets to the change in the environmental parameter, generating a parameter for the digital representation associated with the building asset based on the monitoring, and updating the digital representation using the parameter.