Building Fault Emissions Tracking for Energy Waste Response
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Solution Overview
Problem
Building management systems (BMS) lack the capability to effectively determine and address energy wastage and associated costs due to fault conditions in building equipment, leading to inefficiencies and increased emissions.
Innovation Solution
A BMS that evaluates fault detection rules to identify faulty equipment, calculates energy wastage and emissions, and initiates automated responses, including work orders and alerts, to correct faults and minimize energy loss.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a BMS monitors and controls building subsystems to improve efficiency, then building operations are improved and operating costs decrease, but the system cannot determine energy wasted due to fault conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback by continuously monitoring building equipment status and comparing it against fault detection rules. When faults are detected, the system calculates energy waste and provides feedback to operators through alerts and reports, enabling corrective actions to reduce energy waste from faulty equipment
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary layer between equipment monitoring and energy management. This intermediary calculates energy waste based on fault conditions and equipment operating parameters, translating raw monitoring data into actionable energy efficiency insights without requiring direct modification of the monitored equipment
2Object-generated harmful factors
If the BMS determines energy waste and emissions from fault conditions, then carbon emissions can be calculated and addressed, but additional complexity is introduced to the system
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies multi-functionality by enabling the BMS to perform multiple functions: fault detection, energy waste calculation, emissions calculation, and automated response generation. This consolidates what could be separate systems into a unified platform, reducing overall system complexity while providing comprehensive environmental monitoring and management capabilities
3Loss of energy
If automated responses are initiated to correct fault conditions, then energy wastage and emissions are reduced, but the system requires sophisticated fault detection and response mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service through automated response mechanisms that can autonomously address fault conditions. The system automatically generates corrective actions, schedules maintenance tasks, or adjusts equipment operations without requiring manual intervention, reducing energy waste while maintaining manageable system complexity through automation
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary action by proactively detecting faults and calculating potential energy waste before significant energy loss occurs. The system prepares and initiates corrective responses in advance, preventing or minimizing energy wastage rather than reacting after problems have fully developed
Data Source
AI summary
A building management system (BMS) includes one or more memory devices having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including using the operating data to evaluate one or more fault detection rules to determine whether at least one of the plurality of building devices is experiencing a fault condition, in response to determining that at least one of the plurality of building devices is experiencing the fault condition, determining an amount of carbon emissions generated due to the fault condition based on a fault emissions model associated with the fault condition and initiating an automated response based on the amount of carbon emissions associated with the fault condition.