Multi-site building management system
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsHimanshu Khurana, John Cronin, Michael Baker, Jared P. Faber
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Abstract
Methods and systems for controlling a building. An illustrative method includes receiving sensor data from one or more sensors of the building, using the received sensor data to control one or more building management components to control one or more environmental conditions within the building, normalizing the sensor data and storing the normalized sensor data, comparing the normalized sensor data with normalized sensor data from one or more other buildings to identify one or more anomalies associated the building, and providing a recommended action to improve at least one of the one or more identified anomalies of the building.
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A method for controlling a building, the method comprising:
- receiving sensor data from one or more sensors of the building;
- using the received sensor data to control one or more building management components of the building to control one or more environmental conditions within the building;
- normalizing the sensor data and storing the normalized sensor data;
- comparing the normalized sensor data with normalized sensor data from one or more other buildings to identify one or more anomalies associated with the building;
- determining when the one or more anomalies are caused by an activity of one or more occupants of the building;
- ignoring any of the one or more anomalies that are determined to be caused by the activity of one or more occupants of the building;
- and
- providing a recommended action to improve at least one of the one or more identified anomalies of the building.
A method for controlling a building, the method comprising:
- receiving sensor data from one or more sensors of the building;
- using the received sensor data to control one or more building management components of the building to control one or more environmental conditions within the building, the one or more building management components using one or more energy resources;
- receiving one or more operating parameters of one or more building management components of the building;
- comparing the sensor data and the one or more operating parameters against a database of sensor data and one or more of operating parameters collected from one more other buildings to identify one or more anomalies associated with the building;
- determining when the one or more anomalies are caused by an activity of one or more occupants of the building, the activity causing a change in energy resource usage by one or more of the building management components;
- and
- providing a recommended action to improve at least one of the one or more identified anomalies of the building.
A system for controlling a building, the system comprising:
- a local building controller configured to control one or more building management components of the building to control one or more environmental conditions within the building, the local building controller configured to:
- receive sensor data from one or more sensors of the building;
- use the received sensor data to control the one or more building management components of the building to control the one or more environmental conditions within the building;
- a cloud server comprising a processor, the cloud server configured to:
- receive the sensor data from the local building controller;
- normalize the sensor data using the processor, wherein the sensor data is normalized based on:
- one or more characteristics of the one or more building management components including one or more of BTU, TONS, and efficiency rating;
- and/or
- a number of times a door of the building is opened and/or closed;
- compare the normalized sensor data with normalized sensor data from one more other buildings to identify one or more anomalies associated the building;
- and
- provide a recommended action to improve at least one of the one or more identified anomalies of the building.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.