EveryBuilding: web-based building energy modeling with live data

EveryBuilding  Gilman Tolle  University of California, Berkeley  Summer 2010 LoCal Retreat 

In April 2010,   how much energy  did this building use?  How much energy  did you expect it  to use?  If you compared the  two numbers,  what could you  learn?  How much work does  it take to make the   comparison?  ﬂickr: AlmusaiL 

ULlity Website – Monthly Data,  available everywhere  Smart Meter – Hourly Data with  one‐day delay, available some places  Networked Submeters + sMAP/IS4  Real‐Lme data and breakdown  early adopters and researchers only 

In April 2010,   how much energy  did this building use?  How much energy  did you expect it  to use?  If you compared the  two numbers,  what could you  learn?  How much work does  it take to make the   comparison?  ﬂickr: AlmusaiL 

Your building runs   all the Lme –   day and night.  ﬂickr: Jeremy Levine Design  Why doesn’t your  building model   run all the Lme too?  ﬂickr: quapan 

vs.  •  Always on  •  Open and close  •  In the “cloud”   •  On your computer   •  Many people  •  One person  •  Live updates  •  Send files  •  NoLfied of changes  •  Track changes  How can we make building models   less like Microso4 Office and more like Google Docs? 

vs.  `  •  Always on  •  Open and close  •  In the “cloud”   •  On your computer   •  Many people  •  One person  •  Live updates  •  Send files  •  NoLfied of changes  •  Track changes  How can we make building models   less like Microso4 Office and more like Google Docs? 

EveryBuilding: trying to make the “virtual building” real 

EveryBuilding  Architecture  Database  EveryBuilding   Server  Webapp Server  sMAP Data   sMAP/IS4 Data   (Model Data,  (HTML, XML, JSON)  Servers  Servers  Sensor Data)   Weather  EnergyPlus   Underground  Third‐Party Apps (e.g.  Model ExecuLon  Poller  Third‐Party Apps   mobile phone)  (e.g. mobile phone)  Weather  Underground  Servers 

Building  ThermostatSetpoint:DualSetpoint  Zone  ZoneControl:Thermostat  Lights  Schedule:Compact  BuildingSurface:Detailed  Boundary CondiLon  (Floor, Wall, Roof)  ZoneHVAC:EquipmentConnecLons  FenestraLonSurface:Detailed  ZoneHVAC:EquipmentList  ConstrucLon  ZoneHVAC:IdealLoadsAirSystem  Material:NoMass  Material  EnergyPlusEnEty‐RelaEonship  Diagram ‐ Excerpt 

Campus  Green Building XML   EnEty‐RelaEonship Diagram ‐ Excerpt  Building  Zone  Space  ShellGeometry  SurfaceSpace  ClosedShell  AnalyLcalShell  Adjacency  Surface  ShellSurface  (ExteriorWall, InteriorWall,  (Ceiling, Floor,   RaisedFloor, Air, SlabOnGrade)   Wall, Air)  Opening  ShellOpening  (NonSlidingDoor, FixedWindow,    (Door, Window) 

EveryBuilding  User  EnEty‐RelaEonship Diagram  Checkin  created‐by – also applies to ahachment and sensor  Space  space graph  SpaceRelaLonship  Note: A “space” can also be a “thing”.  sensor connecLon  Ahachment  Sensor  SubscripLon  SensorReading 

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EveryBuilding: web-based building energy modeling with live data

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