Building management system with natural language interface

An HVAC management system configured to control operation of one or more HVAC system components of a building, the HVAC management system comprising:

• an I/O port for operative coupling to a remote user interface;
• a controller operatively coupled to the I/O port, the controller configured to:
• provide a natural language interaction on the remote user interface via the I/O port and to receive one or more HVAC comfort requests from one or more users;
• determine a location of the user within the building that is making one or more of the HVAC comfort requests;
• determine an HVAC operational parameter change for a specific HVAC zone from a plurality of HVAC zones that corresponds to the determined location of the user that is making one or more of the HVAC comfort requests;
• and
• instruct the one or more HVAC system components to institute the determined HVAC operational parameter change in the specific HVAC zone for a period of time, and then to return to a previous setting for the HVAC operational parameter in the specific HVAC zone.

A method for control operation of one or more HVAC system components of a building, the method comprising:

• receiving a natural language utterance from a user;
• determining one or more HVAC comfort requests based at least in part on the natural language utterance;
• determining an HVAC operational parameter change in response to one or more of the HVAC comfort requests;
• determining whether the one or more HVAC comfort requests can be accommodated or not, wherein:
• when a particular HVAC comfort request can be accommodated, instructing the one or more HVAC system components to institute the corresponding HVAC operational parameter change for a period of time, and then to return to a previous setting for the HVAC operational parameter;
• and
• when the particular HVAC comfort request cannot be accommodated, not instructing the one or more HVAC system components to institute the corresponding HVAC operational parameter change for a period of time.