Building System Data Health Operations for Performance Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Building systems often operate inefficiently, affecting user health, energy usage, and environmental pollution, with existing technologies failing to effectively integrate external scoring models and occupant feedback to optimize building performance.
Innovation Solution
A building system that integrates external scoring models and occupant feedback to generate scores for building health, space health, and environmental impact, implementing updates to improve scores through updates to operating settings, maintenance, and new system additions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If building systems operate autonomously without external scoring models, then system simplicity is maintained, but building performance optimization and health monitoring are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary building health management system that acts as a mediator between building systems and external scoring models. This intermediary layer processes building data, applies scoring models from multiple entities, generates health scores, and provides recommendations without requiring direct integration between building systems and external models, thus optimizing performance while managing complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The building health management system performs multiple functions including data collection from various building systems, integration of multiple external scoring models, health score generation, recommendation provision, and occupant feedback processing. This multi-functional approach consolidates what would otherwise require separate systems into a single universal platform
2Measurement precision
If comprehensive building monitoring and scoring is implemented, then building health assessment accuracy is improved, but data processing complexity and computational requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the building health assessment into multiple independent scoring models provided by different entities, each focusing on specific aspects (e.g., energy efficiency, environmental impact, occupant comfort). This segmentation allows parallel processing of different data streams and scoring calculations, improving assessment accuracy while distributing computational complexity across multiple specialized modules
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements partial monitoring and scoring for different building aspects based on priority and data availability. Not all building systems are monitored with equal intensity, and scoring models can be selectively applied based on current needs, allowing accurate assessment where critical while reducing processing complexity for less critical parameters
3Adaptability or versatility
If external scoring models from multiple entities are integrated, then scoring comprehensiveness is improved, but system integration complexity and validation requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates occupant feedback as a validation mechanism for scoring model outputs. Occupants can provide feedback on recommended actions and report actual building conditions, creating a feedback loop that validates whether scoring models produce reliable and actionable results. This feedback mechanism helps verify the reliability of scores generated by multiple external entities
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary validation and filtering of external scoring models before full integration. Scoring models are assessed for compatibility, data requirements, and output formats before being incorporated into the building health management system. This preliminary action ensures that only reliable and compatible models are integrated, reducing validation complexity later
4Productivity
If building systems are updated frequently to improve scores, then building health improvement is accelerated, but system stability and operational continuity may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic updates and changes to building systems based on scoring model recommendations and occupant feedback. Rather than continuous modifications, updates are applied at scheduled intervals or when specific thresholds are met, allowing the system to maintain stability between updates while still achieving progressive health improvement over time
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides warnings and preparatory notifications before implementing significant building system updates. Occupants and operators are alerted in advance of scheduled changes, allowing for preparations that minimize disruption. This cushioning approach maintains operational stability during transitions while still enabling health improvements
Data Source
AI summary
A building system operates to receive building data from one or more building data sources associated with the building, wherein at least a portion of the building data is associated with control of the one or more environmental conditions of the building and generate, based on the building data, one or more data quality indicators for the building data received from the one or more building data sources, the one or more data quality indicators indicating quality levels of the building data. The building system operates to generate user interface data configured to cause a user device to display a user interface providing indications of the one or more data quality indicators.