Building Devices

All electronic (and presumably energy consuming) devices. Also, energy storage devices and generators. This does not include data generated by devices, for example sensor measurements, device state data, etc. (for these see Building Data)

Examples of the type of data (open to extension)

• HVAC
  • Chillers, Boilers (Water Heating), Air Handling Units (AHU), Rooftop Units (RTU), Fan coil Units (FCU), Heat Pump Units (HPU), Variable Air Volume Boxes (VAVs), underfloor heating, radiators...
• Artificial Lighting
• Actuators - Electronic Façade/Blinds/Shutters, Electronic doors, windows
• Sensors – temperature, humidity, CO2, lux, presence, energy meters, sensor middleware and sensor fusion, weather stations (wind, solar radiation, humidity, temperature, rain fall)
• Appliances - fridge, coffee, laundry, PCs, servers, laptops, smartphones (charging portables), etc.
• Dehumidifiers, humidifiers, desiccant air flow.
• Energy storage –
  • Thermal – heat exchangers
  • Fuel cells, Batteries,
• Energy generators
  • Diesel, combined heat and power (CHP plants)
  • Green – solar (PV), wind, hydro, biomass
• Device Cost (see – EnRiMa)
  • Energy Cost - time, cost
  • Power cost - time, cast, building capacity
  • Technology cost – time, installation, decommissioning, co2, intermittence, availability, capacity, investment
  • Cost rate – time, emission cost, inflation, interest, discount, credit

Data Models

Non-RDF-based

• Industry Foundation Classes IFC-EXPRESS, IFCXML
• Sensor Modelling Language (sensorML)

RDF-based

• ifcOWL
• DogOnt - Ontology Modeling for Intelligent Domotic Environments
• EnOcean
• SAREF
• W3C Review of Sensor and Observations Ontologies
• Semantic Sensor Network Ontology

Open Data Silos