Interactive navigation environment for building performance visualization
First Claim
1. A system having an interactive navigation environment for building energy performance visualization, comprising:
- a processor;
a display connected to the processor;
heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment having sensors connected to the processor; and
a visualization tool for energy consumption monitoring connected to the processor; and
wherein the visualization tool provides;
an interactive navigation environment for performance observation of a building;
performance observation incorporating energy consumption monitoring of the building according to data from the sensors or a data warehouse;
a hierarchical structure representing a geometry of the building and corresponding HVAC equipment;
oran assessment of the building obtained from energy consumption monitoring of HVAC equipment according to the geometry of the building.
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Abstract
A tool for providing a visualization of a system may reveal an interactive navigation environment for building performance observation and assessment. The tool may be associated with a processor. The environment may incorporate a treemap, a graph pane, a treemap filter, a graph pane selector, a selected units box and a date/time control mechanism. A visualization of the environment, among other things, may be presented on a display. The treemap may exhibit a building geometry and/or equipment units hierarchically, along with some data information. Units may be interactively selected from the treemap and placed in the box for analysis. The graph pane may show a configuration and display of unit analysis. Selection of detailed views for units in the box may be provided by the graph pane selector. Date and time intervals for analysis may be selected by the control mechanism.
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1. A system having an interactive navigation environment for building energy performance visualization, comprising:
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a processor; a display connected to the processor; heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment having sensors connected to the processor; and a visualization tool for energy consumption monitoring connected to the processor; and wherein the visualization tool provides; an interactive navigation environment for performance observation of a building; performance observation incorporating energy consumption monitoring of the building according to data from the sensors or a data warehouse; a hierarchical structure representing a geometry of the building and corresponding HVAC equipment;
oran assessment of the building obtained from energy consumption monitoring of HVAC equipment according to the geometry of the building. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for navigating an interactive environment for a visualization of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) performance within a building, comprising:
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designing a treemap and a graph pane for a visualization tool to display energy consumption monitoring within components of a hierarchal structure of a building; using a treemap filter to choose an analytic and/or system type to determine the hierarchal structure and/or color code of symbols representing the components of the hierarchal structure; choosing units for analysis and placing the units in a selected units box; and
/orusing a graph pane selector to choose detailed or summary views of results from analysis of the units in the selected units box; and wherein one or more elements of the present method are performed by a computer. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. An interactive navigation environment system comprising:
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a processor; a display connected to the processor; heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment having sensors connected to the processor; and a visualization tool for energy consumption monitoring provided by the processor via the display; and wherein the visualization tool provides an interactive navigation environment for performance observation of a building. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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