Automated Building Automation Analysis Server

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current building automation systems lack the ability to efficiently analyze and optimize operating parameters, leading to high energy consumption, maintenance costs, and inadequate thermal comfort, due to the absence of tools that can analyze and optimize the quality of building control systems without requiring detailed knowledge of system programming or manufacturer cooperation.

Innovation Solution

A system for automated analysis and optimization of building automation systems, which connects building control systems to an analysis server via a data module that reads raw operating data and uses statistical methods and machine learning to assign data to specific physical parameters and systems, allowing for quality checking and optimization without prior knowledge of the building control or systems, and enables data collection across different manufacturers and systems.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If detailed knowledge of system programming and manufacturer cooperation is required to analyze building control systems, then analysis accuracy can be improved, but system complexity and ease of operation deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveanalysis accuracyVSAvoidease of operation
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The analysis server automatically analyzes building control system data without requiring manual intervention, expert knowledge, or manufacturer cooperation. The system self-services by autonomously processing raw operating data, identifying optimization potentials, and generating analysis results independently.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The analysis server acts as an intermediary between the building control system and the user. It receives raw operating data from the building control system, performs comprehensive analysis, and delivers interpreted results without requiring the user to have specialized knowledge or contact manufacturers directly.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If comprehensive data analysis is performed on building automation systems, then energy efficiency and system optimization improve, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenergy efficiencyVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The analysis function is extracted from the building control system itself and placed in a separate, independent analysis server. This externalization allows comprehensive data analysis without increasing the complexity of the original building control system, as the analysis is performed by a dedicated external component.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The analysis server is designed as a universal platform that can analyze multiple different building control systems and various building systems (HVAC, lighting, security) through a single interface. This multi-functionality approach avoids the need for separate specialized analysis tools for each system type, thereby reducing overall complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Ease of operation

If real-time data analysis is implemented without manufacturer cooperation, then ease of operation improves, but measurement precision may deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of operationVSAvoidmeasurement precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The analysis server autonomously processes and interprets raw operating data without requiring manufacturer intervention. It self-services by automatically identifying data patterns, optimization potentials, and system states, thereby maintaining ease of operation while achieving sufficient analysis precision for practical applications.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentEP3267629B1System for automated analysis and optimization of building automation systems
Publication Date: 2024.08.07 AEDIFION GMBH
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AI summary

The invention relates to a system (10) for the automated analysis and optimization of building automation systems (1) comprising at least one building automation system (1) with at least one building controller (2) and several building systems (3) which are connected to the building controller (2) by means of a data connection (4) for control by the building controller (2), wherein a data module (5) is subsequently connected to the respective previously existing building automation system (1) in a suitable manner in order to automatically read in at least the raw operating data (B) of the building systems (3) communicated in the building automation system (1) and transmit it to an analysis server (6), wherein the analysis server (6) is provided forWithout further knowledge of the building control system (2) and the building systems (3), to assign individual raw operating data (B) to individual physical parameters and individual building systems (3) from a total set of transmitted raw operating data (BR) using an analysis program (61) executed on the analysis server, on the basis of which the quality of the control of the building systems (3) by the building control system (2) is checked; and a corresponding procedure (100) for controlling this system (10).