METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENTERPRISE BUILDING AUTOMATION

• US 20110161124A1
• Filed: 12/31/2009
• Published: 06/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GE Capital US Holdings, Inc. (General Electric Company)
• Original Assignee: GE Capital US Holdings, Inc. (General Electric Company)
• Inventors: Lappinga, Duane, Ivey, Brian K., Bryan, James
• Application Number:
  US12/650,700
• Publication Number:
  US 20110161124A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.11
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/163 Real estate management

Abstract

A method and system for an enterprise-level building automation system, the method includes providing building level building data to a building level building automation system (BAS) associated with a property, the building level building data including a status of building equipment; communicating building level building data provided to a plurality of different building level building automation systems (BASs), each of the plurality of different building level BASs being associated with a distinct property to an enterprise level BAS; providing energy utility data to the enterprise level BAS; monitoring the building level data associated with each distinct property in real time by the enterprise level BAS; and generating, based on the building level data and the energy utility data, a report including a graphical visualization of the building level data and the energy utility data associated with each distinct property by the enterprise level BAS.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for an enterprise level building automation system, the method comprising:

providing building level data to a building level building automation system (BAS) associated with a property, the building level data including a status of building equipment associated with the property;

communicating building level building data provided to a plurality of different building level building automation systems (BASs) to an enterprise level BAS, each of the plurality of different building level BASs being associated with a distinct property;

providing energy utility data to the enterprise level BAS;

monitoring the building level building data associated with each distinct property in real time by the enterprise level BAS; and

generating, based on the building level building data and the energy utility data, a report including a graphical visualization of the building level data and the energy utility data associated with each distinct property by the enterprise level BAS.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising analyzing the building level building data and the energy utility data associated with each distinct property by the enterprise level BAS, wherein the analysis includes at least one of the following:

determining building benchmarking, determining portfolio benchmarking, performance determination and evaluation, and determining building retro-commissioning action plans.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein at least two of the plurality of different building level BASs communicate using different communication protocols.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating of the report by the enterprise level BAS includes a graphical visualization of the building level building data and the energy utility data associated with a subset of all of the distinct properties.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the subset is defined based on at least one of a property type, a property characteristic, and a property location.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the enterprise level BAS automatically identifies energy inefficiencies based on the building level data provided by the plurality of different building level BASs and the energy utility data.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the enterprise level BAS further automatically determines a financial impact corresponding to the identified energy inefficiencies.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing weather data associated with the distinct properties to the enterprise level BAS.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the report graphical visualization is customizable for tiered reporting to different users based on at least one of user type and user authorization.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the report graphical visualization provides a graphical representation of equipment at the property and a corresponding indication of a status of the building equipment.

11. An enterprise level building automation system, the system comprising:

a plurality of different building level building automation systems (BASs), each for collecting building level building data associated with a distinct property and the building level data including a status of building equipment associated with each distinct property; and

an enterprise level BAS comprising a processor and a storage device in communication with the processor and storing instructions adapted to be executed by the processor to;

receive the building level build data collected by the plurality of different building level BASs;

receive energy utility data associated with the distinct properties associated with the plurality of different building level BASs;

monitor the building level data associated with each distinct property in real time by the enterprise level BAS; and

generate, based on the building level data and the energy utility data, a report including a graphical visualization of the building level data and the energy utility data associated with each distinct property by the enterprise level BAS.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the storage device further stores instructions adapted to be executed by the processor to:

analyze the building level building data and the energy utility data associated with each distinct property by the enterprise level BAS, wherein the analysis includes at least one of the following;

determining building benchmarking, determining portfolio benchmarking, performance determination and evaluation, and determining building retro-commissioning action plans.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein at least two of the plurality of different building level BASs communicate using different communication protocols.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the report by the enterprise level BAS includes a graphical visualization of building level building data and the energy utility data associated with a subset of all of the distinct properties.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the subset is defined based on at least one of a property type, a property characteristic, and a property location.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the enterprise level BAS further automatically identifies energy inefficiencies based on the building level data provided by the plurality of different building level BASs and the energy utility data.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the enterprise level BAS further automatically determines a financial impact corresponding to the identified energy inefficiencies.

18. The system of claim 11, further comprising providing weather data associated with the distinct properties to the enterprise level BAS.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the report graphical visualization is customizable for tiered reporting to different users based on at least one of user type and user authorization.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the report graphical visualization provides a graphical representation of equipment at the distinct properties and a corresponding indication of a status of the equipment.