Information sharing between buildings to trigger actions in a receiving building
First Claim
1. A method for passing actionable information between different buildings to facilitate building management without human intervention, the method comprising:
- accessing, in a building information modelling (BIM) system of a first building, a set of predefined rules defining different actions to be taken by a building automation system of the first building in response to different types of remote information received from at least a BIM system of a second building;
receiving an energy sharing request, over a communication channel, from the BIM system of the second building in accordance with the set of remote information, wherein the energy sharing request is sent based on the BIM system of the second building having determined that one or more predefined environmental conditions for sending local data to the BIM system of the first building have been satisfied;
determining, in response to the received energy sharing request, a matching predefined rule in the set of predefined rules that specifies an energy sharing action to perform when an energy sharing request is received; and
using the building automation system of the first building to automatically perform the energy sharing action to send one or more energy resources from the first building to the second building in response to the received energy sharing request, in accordance with the set of rules.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for passing actionable information between different buildings to facilitate building management without human intervention include, in one aspect, a method including: 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 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.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for passing actionable information between different buildings to facilitate building management without human intervention, the method comprising:
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accessing, in a building information modelling (BIM) system of a first building, a set of predefined rules defining different actions to be taken by a building automation system of the first building in response to different types of remote information received from at least a BIM system of a second building; receiving an energy sharing request, over a communication channel, from the BIM system of the second building in accordance with the set of remote information, wherein the energy sharing request is sent based on the BIM system of the second building having determined that one or more predefined environmental conditions for sending local data to the BIM system of the first building have been satisfied; determining, in response to the received energy sharing request, a matching predefined rule in the set of predefined rules that specifies an energy sharing action to perform when an energy sharing request is received; and using the building automation system of the first building to automatically perform the energy sharing action to send one or more energy resources from the first building to the second building in response to the received energy sharing request, in accordance with the set of rules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A non-transitory computer storage medium having instructions stored thereon that cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:
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accessing, in a building information modelling (BIM) system of a first building, a set of predefined rules defining different actions to be taken by a building automation system of the first building in response to different types of remote information received from at least a BIM system of a second building; receiving an energy sharing request, over a communication channel, from the BIM system of the second building in accordance with the set of remote information, wherein the energy sharing request is sent based on the BIM system of the second building having determined that one or more predefined environmental conditions for sending local data to the BIM system of the first building have been satisfied; determining, in response to the received energy sharing request, a matching predefined rule in the set of predefined rules that specifies an energy sharing action to perform when an energy sharing request is received; and using the building automation system of the first building to automatically perform the energy sharing action to send one or more energy resources from the first building to the second building in response to the received energy sharing request, in accordance with the set of rules. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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