Building Control Point Lists for Simpler BMS Operation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Building management systems are complex and non-intuitive, making it difficult for end-users like facility managers and building owners to efficiently monitor and control building control units, such as HVAC and lighting systems, requiring excessive assistance from contractors.
Innovation Solution
A building energy management system with a user-friendly interface that displays a schematic representation of building control units, allows users to generate and filter points lists, acknowledge alarms, and link favorite points for easy access, enabling non-technical users to manage and control building systems more effectively.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a building management system provides comprehensive monitoring and control of building control units, then the system functionality and control capability are improved, but the system complexity and ease of operation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The building management system is segmented into multiple hierarchical levels: a high-level user interface that presents simplified views and a lower-level complex framework that handles detailed control logic. This segmentation allows comprehensive functionality to be maintained in the backend while presenting an intuitive, simplified interface to end users, resolving the contradiction between system capability and ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
An intermediary layer is introduced between the user and the complex building management system. This intermediary translates simple user actions into comprehensive system responses, providing full control capability while maintaining interface simplicity. The intermediary handles the complexity internally and presents simplified interactions to users.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a building management system provides comprehensive monitoring and control capabilities, then the system functionality is improved, but the time required for management and operation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring control parameters, pre-loading building layouts, and pre-establishing control rules during system setup. This allows users to manage buildings more efficiently during operation, as the complex framework has already processed and organized information, reducing real-time management time while maintaining comprehensive control capability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a building management system provides detailed control options, then the adaptability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The user interface is designed to be dynamic, adapting its complexity based on user needs and context. The interface can present simplified views for routine operations and reveal detailed control options when needed, allowing the system to maintain both high adaptability and low perceived complexity. The interface dynamically adjusts to provide appropriate levels of detail rather than presenting all complexity simultaneously.
Data Source
AI summary
A building energy management system for controlling one or more building control units having points is disclosed. The building energy management system may be configured to display a schematic representation of a building control unit that is bounded to points in accordance with binding information. In response to receiving a point list request, the building energy management system may extract and generate a points list in a list format that includes some or all of the points in the schematic representation of the building control unit. Generating favorite points links, filtering points and batch setting point values are also contemplated.