System and Method for predicting short cycling of HVAC systems and generating alerts for remediation

A method, comprising:

• accessing sensor data, a set of cycling times, and operating conditions data associated with one or more of a first heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system or a second HVAC system, wherein the first HVAC system is configured to regulate temperature of one of a first space or a second space of a building and the second HVAC system is configured to regulate temperature of a different one of the first space or the second space of the building;
• preprocessing the set of cycling times, wherein preprocessing the set of cycling times comprises normalizing the set of cycling times to scale for temperature variations and physical dimensions of the one or more of the first HVAC system or the second HVAC system;
• training a predictive algorithm based at least in part on a training data set of historical sensor data, historical cycling time data, and historical operating conditions data associated with the one or more of the first HVAC system or the second HVAC system and a plurality of other HVAC systems;
• executing, based at least in part on the sensor data, the preprocessed set of cycling times, and the operating conditions data, and, in response to the training of the predictive algorithm, a predictive model to generate an expected cycling time for the one or more of the first HVAC system or the second HVAC system;
• outputting, by the predictive model, the expected cycling time for the one or more of the first HVAC system or the second HVAC system;
• computing a difference between the expected cycling time and one or more cycling times of the set of cycling times;
• and
• in response to determining that the difference between the expected cycling time and the one or more cycling times is greater than or equal to a predetermined cycling time threshold, generating an alert comprising an indication of a short cycling of the one or more of the first HVAC system or the second HVAC system and instructions for remediating the one or more of the first HVAC system or the second HVAC system.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

• access sensor data, a set of cycling times, and operating conditions data associated with one or more of a first heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system or a second HVAC system, wherein the first HVAC system is configured to regulate temperature of one of a first space or a second space of a building and the second HVAC system is configured to regulate temperature of a different one of the first space or the second space of the building;
• preprocess the set of cycling times, wherein preprocessing the set of cycling times comprises normalizing the set of cycling times to scale for temperature variations and physical dimensions of the one or more of the first HVAC system or the second HVAC system;
• train a predictive algorithm based at least in part on a training data set of historical sensor data, historical cycling time data, and historical operating conditions data associated with the one or more of the first HVAC system or the second HVAC system and a plurality of other HVAC systems;
• execute, based at least in part on the sensor data, the preprocessed set of cycling times, and the operating conditions data, and, in response to the training of the predictive algorithm, a predictive model to generate an expected cycling time for the one or more of the first HVAC system or the second HVAC system;
• output, by the predictive model, the expected cycling time for the one or more of the first HVAC system or the second HVAC system;
• compute a difference between the expected cycling time and one or more cycling times of the set of cycling times;
• and
• in response to determining that the difference between the expected cycling time and the one or more cycling times is greater than or equal to a predetermined cycling time threshold, generate an alert comprising an indication of a short cycling of the one or more of the first HVAC system or the second HVAC system and instructions for remediating the one or more of the first HVAC system or the second HVAC system.