Information sharing between buildings

A system comprising:

• a first sensor network in or in association with a first building, the first sensor network including one or more sensors coupled to one or more respective local controllers for controlling operation of equipment in or associated with the first building by way of respective actuators;
• a different, second sensor network in or in association with a second building;
• a first supervisory controller in or associated with the first building coupled directly to individual sensors in the first sensor network or indirectly through respective local controllers, the first supervisory controller including one or more rules and a communication channel for communicating with a second supervisory controller in the second building;
• wherein:
• each sensor network is operable to sense one or more of environmental indications in or associated with a respective first or second building, use or occupancy of the first or second building, or configuration of one or more systems in or associated with the first or second building;
• and
• the first supervisory controller is configured to
• receive data related to a condition detected in or associated with the second building, the data indicating sensed data from the second building based on data generated by sensors in the second sensor network;
• and
• automatically determine a response to the received data including initiating one or more of the respective actuators associated with the first building to make a change in configuration, use or operation of the first building.

A computer storage medium having instructions stored thereon that cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

• determining, in a building information modelling (BIM) system of a first building, a set of rules defining actions to be taken by a building automation system of the first building in response to a defined set of remote information received from a BIM system of a second building, the set of remote information corresponding to one or more sensors in or associated with the second building;
• receiving data, over a communication channel, from the BIM system of the second building in accordance with the set of remote information;
• and
• using the building automation system of the first building to automatically change configuration, use, or operation of the first building in response to the received data in accordance with the set of rules.