Digital Twin Commissioning for Building Automation Workflows
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing building management systems lack dynamic, scalable, and adjustable solutions for holistic management, leading to inefficiencies in energy savings, environmental impact reduction, and sustainability, with difficulties in installation and configuration of advanced systems.
Innovation Solution
A building automation system utilizing a digital twin and cloud-based platform to automate scans, validate task completion, and populate a digital twin with actual commissioning data, enabling dynamic management and control of building systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If discrete predefined controlling systems are used for each building subsystem, then system simplicity and ease of installation are improved, but holistic management capability and energy savings are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple discrete building subsystems (HVAC, lighting, security, access control) into a unified building management system that operates them collectively. The system integrates these previously separate controlling systems to enable holistic management while maintaining individual subsystem functionality, thereby achieving both ease of installation and comprehensive control.
Solution Approach 2:
The building management system is designed as a universal platform that can control diverse building subsystems through common interfaces and protocols. It provides multi-functional capabilities including monitoring, control, optimization, and reporting across different subsystems, enabling the system to adapt to various building types and requirements while maintaining simplicity.
2Loss of energy
If advanced building automation systems are implemented to achieve holistic management, then energy savings and sustainability are improved, but installation complexity and configuration difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates automated commissioning capabilities that perform self-testing, self-configuration, and self-validation of building subsystems. During installation, the system automatically discovers devices, configures parameters, validates connections, and generates commissioning documentation without requiring extensive manual intervention, thereby reducing installation complexity while achieving advanced automation functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary configuration and validation actions during the commissioning phase before full operation begins. It pre-configures control parameters, establishes communication protocols, validates subsystem integrations, and creates digital twins of building assets in advance, ensuring that the complex automation system is properly set up before deployment and reducing on-site installation complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If manual commissioning processes are used for building systems, then flexibility in customization is improved, but time consumption and productivity are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements automated feedback loops during commissioning that monitor subsystem status, validate configurations, and adjust parameters in real-time. The commissioning process continuously receives feedback from building subsystems about their operational state and uses this information to automatically adjust configurations and verify proper integration, maintaining customization flexibility while accelerating the commissioning process.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical commissioning processes with automated digital systems. Instead of manual testing and configuration, the system uses automated software agents, digital twins, and robotic process automation to perform commissioning tasks. This substitution maintains the ability to customize commissioning workflows while dramatically increasing commissioning speed and productivity through automation.
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AI summary
A method for completing a project to provide a building automation system includes running an automated scan configured to find points and controllers in the building automation system, validating completion of a first subset of planned tasks for providing the building automation system based on the scan, identifying a second subset of the planned tasks for providing the building automation system as not yet completed based on the scan, and causing completion of the second subset of the planned tasks.