VET4SBO Level 2 module 6 - unit 3 - v1.0 en

ECVET Training for Operatorsof IoT-enabledSmart Buildings (VET4SBO)
2018-1-RS01-KA202-000411
Level 2
Module 6: Enhanced automation and reduction of
human intervention
Unit 6.3: Examples of commercial solutions (simple
cases)

Outline
1. Examples of existing and emerging IoT-enabled building
monitoring and control solutions
– Type of analytics and subsequent decision-making intelligence
provided by IoT-enabled platforms
2. Demonstration of operation of the IoT-enabled platforms and
solutions
– Reducing human intervention, however,
– Building operator intervening and making decisions where
necessary

OptiNergy™ from SmartGreen [1]
“An innovative cloud-based platform that applies advanced IoT technology,
machine learning and big data analytics to detect equipment failures and
energy waste in real-time and automatically adjust system parameters to
optimize performance”
[1] https://www.smartgreen.co/

OptiNergy™ Features
• Automated Fault Detection, enabling predictive maintenance and
detecting energy waste events
– detect and adjust equipment failures and energy waste
• Automatic monitoring and optimisation of energy consumption and
performance
• Automatic adjustment and optimisation of air quality and room
temperature
• Monitoring and delivering of insights on system performance and space
utilisation

OptiNergy™ SMART FEEL and SMART IoT KIT
SmartFeel is a mobile app that enables
users to control their immediate
environment, such as
room temperature and humidity.
The Smart IoT Kit is a hardwareand software
sensor kit that can be used to automatically
monitor a building’s room temperature,
humidity, air quality, space utilisation and
more.

OptiNergy™ Software Platform
1. Administration menu, listing
functionalities
2. Configuration panel, where
user can define parameters
and obtain information on
visuals, for the specific menu
selection
3. Main content area, visualising
the menu selection, based on
configuration in the top
panel. The picture illustrates
the overview of all
equipment and visualisation
of pre-defined levels on the
measurements
1
2
3

• Optimisation
functionality, where
the user configures
operation based on
preference of
optimisation
parameters

• Graphical
visualisationof
comfort levels for
temperature,
humidity, etc.

• Fault-detection
visualisations,based
on specific selection
of site and zone

• Energy consumption
visualisation

COBUNDUTM IoT cloud platform [2]
• Monitors ambient conditions usage for occupants satisfaction
• Provides seamless experiences based on real-time data
• Manages big data through analytics, towards improved
performance
• Offers big data storage, processing and analytics through a
cloud service
[2] https://www.cobundu.com/

COBUNDUTM IoT cloud platform [2]
• Easily configurableand scalable, allowing adaptation,as the
needs of the building change
• Offers device management, data visualisationand prediction
analytics
– captures and manages data from dispersed devices, visualises
through rich reports and dashboards and performs predictions
through optimisation modelling for user experience and resource
usage
[2] https://www.cobundu.com/

COBUNDUTM IoT cloud platform
1. Integrated data
sources, either through
IoT gateways or
through other
communication
protocols, including
Web APIs
2. Data analysis and API
for input/output of
data and visualisations
3. Integration with third-
party data and services
1 2 3

DavraTM [3] - Overview
1. Administration
menu
2. Main content area
for data and
visualisations, with
detailed views at
the bottom
3. Details about
selected things in
the main content
area
1 2
[3] https://davra.com/
3

DavraTM - Building Maintenance
• Energy, facilities
and maintenance
management
• HVAC and building
control solutions

DavraTM - Safety & Security
• Building safety and
security
monitoring using
video, audio, and
sensor
technologies

DavraTM - Building Utilities
• Water usage,
lighting usage, gas,
and electricity
monitoring for
industrial and
enterprise
buildings

DavraTM - Smart Parking
• Single deck, multi-deck
and outside parking
monitoring based on the
latest IoT
technology and sensors

DavraTM - Smart Environment
• Temperature,
humidity and other
environment
parameters
monitoring and
visualisation

DavraTM - Occupants safety
• Cameras performing
surveillance and
analysis of image data
for the detection of
anomalies and
incidents

DavraTM - Analytics
• Implementation of
real-time analytics
• Also allows coding
for the processing
of the data and
the manipulation
of the visual
graphs

IOT FACTORY - Smart Building Solutions [4]
IOT Software Platform
• Open and documented IOT platform, allowing the integration of any
type of IOT sensor, through communication networks like LORAWAN,
NB-IOT, M2M, SigFox, Wi-Fi, BLE
• Completely configurable by its users
• Allows treatments/processing on the collected data, creation of custom
reports and dashboards, definition of rules for the generation of
notifications and alerts
[4] https://iotfactory.eu/products/software-platform/

IOT FACTORY - Smart Building Solutions [4]
IOT Software Platform
• Allows integration through documented APIs (MQTT, JSON, FTP, etc.)
• Accompanied by a mobile application (iOS, Android), which is available
for field users
• Offers the possibility to operate it from a secure cloud environment or
on-premise provided that the required hardware is purchased and
installed
[4] https://iotfactory.eu/products/software-platform/

IOT FACTORY - Smart Building Solutions
• Management of air quality, optimisation of workspace usage, securing of places
• Monitoring of building equipment to limit breakdowns, reduce intervention times
and extend their service life
• Measurement of energy consumption:Electricity, Gas, Water, Air Conditioning, etc.
• Data analysis based on user configurable rules. Generation of relevant information
and accurate alerts
• Offers more than 50 widgets allowing the user to build its own reports and custom
dashboards

1. Administration menu
to select functionality
2. Sub-menu allowing
more granularity in the
selection
3. Main contentof
selections with options
for configuration and
selection/visualisation
of details
1
2
3

IOT Data Processing& Alerts
• Allowsdefining the rules of
processing of the datathrough an
editor, using simple or complex
formulas
• Offers configurableaggregation
and data consolidation
• Configurablegenerationof alerts
based on rules. Classifying alerts
based on their level of urgency
and type and distributionat pre-
defined intervals
• Offers management of the life
cycle of an alert (read status,
acknowledgment, closure of an
alert)

Dashboards & Reports
• Contains more than 50
widgets allowing to
configure own
dashboards and reports
• Graphs, gauges, tables,
list of alerts, images,
videos, PDF documents,
notes, SCADA
representation, map or
plan view
• Reports are available on
the web / mobile, or in
PDF or CSV format

Maps & Geolocation Services
• Allows mapping of sensors and
associated resources
• Powerful Geofencing capabilities,
with overlays of other geolocated
data and custom maps.
• Supports many geolocation
sources, such as GPS geolocation,
geolocation of the antenna used
for data communication, LBS
position estimation, declarative
static location

Open API for Easy Integrations
• Integrate IoT data into
own ERP, BMS (Building
Management System)
or WMS (Warehouse
Management System)
• Develop own web/mobile
applications. APIs are
documented, provided with
sample source code and
interactive tests
• Integration solutions based
on JSON, MQTT, FTP, as well
as standard integrations with
Network Servers on the
market

BuildingIQ Solutions [5]
• BuildingIQ’s 5i Platform uses energy intelligence to optimize energy,
improve operations, and increase tenant comfort in a wide range of
buildings
• Offers services like ticket management, retro-commissioning, closed
loop control that tunes building’s HVAC settings every four hours
• Data capture and analysis, modelling, measurement & verification,
control and human expertise
[5] https://buildingiq.com/solutions/

BuildingIQ Solutions [5]
• BuildingIQ collaborates with the building operators to build customised
solutions. They follow the “You know your building, we know data”
• Capabilities in data ingestion, aggregation, monitoring, trending,
predictive analytics, visualization, automation and optimization of HVAC
energy usage and consumption
• Human expertise is used together with data analytics to provide the
basis for identifying operational and equipment anomalies
[5] https://buildingiq.com/solutions/

BuildingIQ Solutions - Features
• Visualisation: understanding where the energy is used, or misused.
Deep metering, DOE modelling and analysis offers a SaaS solution that
quickly identifies outliers and helps measure the impact of work
• Big data, AI driven re-commissioning and managed continuous
commissioning help tune and operate buildings

BuildingIQ Solutions - Features
• Operations: deep analytics and diagnosing issues, offering actionable
decisions. From data-driven project work to smart monitored
commissioning based on deep analytics
• 24/7 optimised control, in-built measurement & verification and
demand response. Usage of forward looking models for predictive
analytics and increase in comfort
• Predictive control: Use of AI to optimise energy efficiency and building
operations automatically

BuildingIQ Solutions
• Administrationof
building

• Event diagnosis and
visualisation
• Demand – Response example

Digging into the graphicalrepresentations,
to make sense of events, analyticsand
diagnostics

75fi Solutions [6]
• 75F® Occupant App™ offers zone control functionality to the user
• Occupants can tailor their space with zone-specific controls for
temperature and lighting
• Available for iPhone and Android
[6] https://www.75f.io/solutions

75fi Solutions
Occupant lighting control: turn lights on and off, or adjust
dimming settings from 0-100%
Occupant temperature control: check the current
temperature and adjust to desired temperature

75fi Solutions
Occupant feedback: users are able to rate and provide text message feedback
about comfort levelsin their environment,complete with photo uploads,
allowingquick and easy remote insightsfor buildingowners and facility
managers to be responsive in the event of equipmentissues or other
workspace environmentissues.
Geofencing: sense occupants approachinga defined area,
anticipatetheir arrival and pre-conditiontheir space to meet
individualpreferences. Geofencing may also be used to
measure and manage occupancy within facilities.

Control Envy [7]
• Monitor, analyse, and control anything, from single rooms to smart
buildings, with Control Envy Dashboard and Control App for web and
mobile
• Niche IoT applications offer deep features, but do not work outside a
limited set of components
• Control Envy solution provides an attractive user interface, focusing on
usability
[7] https://www.controlenvy.com/

Control Envy [7]
• It is also informative, with simple graphs, as well as detailed line reports
and data visualisations
• The solution is customisable and allows building on top of the
dashboard and the control app
• Offers a full audit rail to track problems when they appear
• The app is secure with all components being protected with end-to-end
encryption
[7] https://www.controlenvy.com/

Control Envy
• 3D visualisations
• Mobile app
interface with
graphical
representationof
data
• Dashboard for
easy access to
summaries of
information
• Control panel

BLUE PILLAR [8]
• THE ENERGY THINGS® platform, which provides tools to integrate devices and follow
energy patterns
[8] http://www.bluepillar.com/aurora-energy-network-of-things-platform

eSightenergy [9]
Energy Monitoring Dashboard Software
• Displays energy-related data in an engaging, graphical format to simplify
energy monitoring and present key information at a glance
• Highlights exceptions and trends in energy data
• Simplifies the navigation of multiple site locations into one graphical
interactive screen with Maps
• Customise the dashboard to focus on own responsibilities
• Dashboards are web based and can be accessed via any browser
[9] https://www.esightenergy.com/esight-platform-2/dashboards-2/

eSightenergy - eSight ENVI Solution
• The ENVI (Energy Visualisation)
dashboard is good also for display
in public areas in big screens, but
also highly functional to be used
from a PC or tablet
• Allows users to toggle through
meters, sites, usage, savings and
carbon emissions data to ensure
to easily track performance

Map Navigation
• eSight uses mapping technology to enable
users to easily navigate between corporate
sites and buildings in a user-friendly, visual
format
• Users can save locations as a dropped pin and
zoom in to individual sites
• Map Navigation can be used to create map
views across the entire property portfolio,
e.g. across global sites or on a single campus
• View alarms and scaled consumption bubbles
to quickly identify the highest consuming
sites

Dashboards for building operators
• User specific visualisation of data
at a more detailed level
• The building operator chooses
what to see with customisable
layouts and content
• Multiple dashboards can be set
up and update regularly to allow
the user to monitor energy
performance at a glance

Domognostics™ from PHOEBE Innovations [10]
• The Domognostics™ Platform is an edge-to-cloud solution, able to
support the implementation of monitoring and control solutions, as well
as the setup and execution of pilots for the evaluation and verification
of research prototypes (TRL5-7) in the smart buildings area
• The platform uses state-of-the-art web technologies and open
standards, making it easy to interface with different types of sensors to
collect data, communication protocols to transfer data and
programming languages to execute algorithms
[10] phoebeinnovations.com/domognostics, www.domognostics.eu

Domognostics™ from PHOEBE Innovations [10]
• Key characteristics:
– Visualization of time-series data and configuration of sensors on the Web
– Dataretrieval from multiple sources and communication using MQTT or RESTful API using open
standards
– Storage of time-series data in NoSQL databases
– Convenient exchange of data (e.g. virtual measurements, alert signals)with researchers’
prototyping tool (MATLAB®, PYTHON, R) through dedicated libraries
– Ability to connect to hardware prototyping platforms, such as RaspberryPi™, ESP-8266, Arduino®,
etc.
– Ability to connect to commercial smart building sensors implementing different protocols (e.g. Z-
Wave)
– Integration of semantic metadatain the platform (rooms, zones, physical properties, etc.)
[10] phoebeinnovations.com/domognostics, www.domognostics.eu

Domognostics™ Features
• Integrate directly with heterogeneous sensor types, such as IoT devices,
mobile sensors, wearables, etc.
• Intelligent event diagnosis, machine learning, semantically-enhanced
(AI) reasoning, re-configuration of monitoring and control structures
• Detect hidden events, HVAC deficiencies, low air quality, valve failures,
etc. Detection within minutes/hours instead of days/months
• Allows for plug-and-play of sensors, actuators, controllers, and other
processing functions

Domognostics™ Features
• Combine with building models and smart algorithms, to detect anomalies and
learn of unknown occurring events
• Provide remedial reconfiguration actions, aiming to improve operational
efficiency
• Make use of machine learning and artificial intelligence, to learn from
experience
• Smart algorithms – combine with building models and smart algorithms to
detect anomalies and learn the dynamics of unknown occurring events
• Use semanticallyenhanced reasoning to facilitatethe flexibility of adding new
sensors or replacing faulty components, as needed

Domognostics™ Architecture
Smart Building Apps may
include:
– Machine-learning based
state estimation(e.g. zone
temperature, air quality)
– Model-based anomaly
detection and diagnosis in
HVAC or other automation
systems
– Model-free anomaly
detection and diagnosis
using machine learning
– Create building model &
HVAC (gbXML/SensorML,
other RDF/OWL
ontologies)

Domognostics™ - Dashboard
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1. Administration /
Navigation menu,
where user selects
functionality
2. Main contentarea
- Dashboard
visualisations,
providing selected
summary graphs
and alerts
1 2

Domognostics™ - Dashboard with alerts
• Different
Domognostics
dashboard, offering
immediate insights
on statistics and
also direct
alerts/notifications
of detected
anomalies

Domognostics™ - Manage topology and devices
56
• Manage buildings,
zones, rooms,
sensors
• Register the
topology of the
building, as well as
the IoT components
participating in the
measurements

Domognostics™ - Detailed room configuration
57
• On top of the
building map,
define the area of a
room and/or zone,
using interactive
visualisations

Domognostics™ - Detailed sensors configuration
58
• On the building
map, place the
sensors where they
are located

Domognostics™ - Sensors listing

Domognostics™ - Data analytics at floor level
60
• Execute analytics
algorithm and
view results
directly on the
building map
• Different layers,
providing details
and visuals on a
floor, zone/room
level and/or on
sensor level

61
• Detailed visualisation of floor-
plan, with option to select
buildings, zones, rooms

• Detailed graphs
visualising data streams,
either as produced or
after analysis
• Model-based residual
calculation with dynamic
thresholds, for advance
anomaly detection on
time-series

Domognostics™ - Data analytics at room level

Domognostics™ - Data analytics at room level
64
• Going into a specific
room, the user is
able to see details of
collected time-series,
as well as outputs of
data processing/
analytics algorithms
• Per-sensor or per-
algorithm
visualisations

Domognostics™ - Pilot deployments
• PHOEBE developed Domognostics™ in collaborationwith the KIOS
Research and Innovation Center of Excellence (http://kios.ucy.ac.cy), at the
University of Cyprus, in the framework of EU and Nationalresearch and
innovationprojects
• In order to demonstrate intelligentevent detectionmethods for smart
buildings,an experimentaldeployment has been created within the KIOS
Testbeds Laboratory,a large open-planarea segmented into 13 zones
• A network of Z-Wave sensors has been installedto collect real-time
environmental datafrom the different zones
• The dataare being routed through a Z-Wave gatewaydesigned by PHOEBE,
sending the informationto the platform via MQTT
• External weather data are collectedusing an Open Data API
• Algorithms for HVAC monitoringand contamination detection,designed by
KIOS researchers in MATLAB®, are executed every few minutes, to
determine the existence of faults
• The algorithmsproduce data in the form of virtual sensors and alerts,
which are sent via MQTT to the platform, for storage, further processing
and visualisation

Domognostics™ - Pilot deployments

Domognostics™ - Custom-built hardware
components
Main sensor integrationboard, with Wi-Fi
communicationcapabilities
Temperature and humidity sensing integrated
on PHOEBE IoT board

Domognostics+ [11] - Beyond Domognostics
• Domognostics+ is built on top of Domognostics Platform, adding a module for
“Semantically-enhanced IoT-enabled Building Analytics and Diagnostics”
• BAS solutions typically require pre-deployed devices and pre-designed monitoring and
control intelligence. However, the emerging level of maturity of the IoT paradigm and the
subsequent proliferation and high penetration of smart portable and embedded devices (i.e.
sensors, mobile devices, etc.) that can be deployed in buildings turn the BAS market into a
rapidly growing market.
• Domognostics+ project develops and evaluates an innovative low-cost intelligent
software/hardware solution designed for building operators to better monitor and control
their building systems and reduce their operational expenses due to systems' inefficiencies
or previously undetected events (i.e. water leakages, energy losses), based on state-of-the-
art data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence methods.
[11] http://www.domognostics.eu/

Domognostics+ - Beyond Domognostics
• Domognostics+ is bridging the gap
between research on IoT-enabled
smart building automation systems
and relevant industrial applications
• Domognostics+ utilises technologies
from machine learning, IoT, semantic
reasoning
• The back-end system will use a RESTful
API and open standards, which will
facilitate the integration of the
platform with other platforms,
supporting the creation of ecosystems
of services.
[12] https://zenodo.org/record/1053854

Domognostics+ - Beyond Domognostics
• The platform will integrate the SEMIoTICS
[12] Architecture and its semantically-
enhanced supervisor, that will be built on
top of an ontological knowledge Graph to
facilitate the devices' semantic annotation
through dedicated Prolog queries
• The Supervisor will offer logic-based
semantic reasoning capabilities to achieve
monitoring and control system re-
configuration towards energy efficiency
and increase of occupants' comfort
[12] https://zenodo.org/record/1053854

Outline
1. Examples of existing and emerging IoT-enabled building
monitoring and control solutions
– Type of analytics and subsequent decision-making intelligence
provided by IoT-enabled platforms
2. Demonstration of operation of the IoT-enabled platforms and
solutions
– reducing human intervention, however,
– building operator intervening and making decisions where
necessary

Hands-on part
• Get access to as many of the presented solutions as possible and run
experimental deployments, with real or virtual components and time-
series
• See how to configure the building and the devices, as well as how to
view ad interpret the information presented to the building operator.

Resources
• https://blog.senseware.co/2018/12/11/10-iot-smart-building-trends-watch-2019
• https://www.buildings.com/news/industry-news/articleid/21603/title/iot-smart-
building-technology
• http://www.smartbuildingsmagazine.com/features/iot-and-its-uses-in-buildings
• https://www.iotworldtoday.com/subject/homes-buildings/
• https://bosscontrols.com/iot-devices-commercial-buildings/
• https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/three-surprising-iot-trends-in-smart-
buildings/
• https://www.telecomstechnews.com/news/2019/apr/01/how-iot-technology-
drives-smart-building-innovation/
• https://data-flair.training/blogs/internet-of-things-applications-in-building/

Disclaimer
For further information, relatedto the VET4SBO project, please visit the project’swebsite at https://smart-building-
operator.euor visit us at https://www.facebook.com/Vet4sbo.
Downloadour mobile app at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vet4sbo.mobile.
This project (2018-1-RS01-KA202-000411) has been funded with support from the European Commission (Erasmus+
Programme). Thispublicationreflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible
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