An ontology-based tool for automated configuration and deployment of technical building management services

Abstract

In this work we present the architecture and a reference implementation of a software tool to automate the configuration and deployment of services for fault detection and diagnosis which can assist to improve operational building performance. We use an ontology as an intermediate meta-data layer to integrate the BIM information and the static BMS data required to automate this process. The contribution aspect resides in the demonstration of the approach which is based on the core concept of a tailored pairing of a fault detection and diagnosis service and an ontology query specifically designed by experts. Suggestions for the architecture are provided on how to embed the ontology in the overall framework. We present results from a first prototype to detect faults in real trend data of an air handling unit using rule-based analytics