Granted Patent B2

US 12,380,517 · App. 17/404,799 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Inventors: Vineet Binodshanker Sinha (Brookfield, WI); Corey A. Poquette (Milwaukee, WI); Rachel D. M. Ellerman (Shorewood, WI); Rajesh Nayak (Vidyaratna Nagar Manipal, IN); Alan S. Schwegler (Shorewood, WI)

Assignee: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH

G06Q50/06G05B13/028G05B15/02G06F3/04815G06F3/0482

Abstract

Claims (96)

1. A building system including one or more memory devices that store instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

receive a plurality of recommendations from a recommendation engine, the plurality of recommendations generated based on building data of building equipment of a building and indicating one or more control updates to change performance of the building equipment;

generate a user interface including a plurality of user interface elements, wherein:

a first user interface element of the plurality of user interface elements is associated with a first category and includes one or more first recommendations of the plurality of recommendations that are associated with the first category and one or more first selection fields allowing a user to select recommendations for implementation from among the one or more first recommendations, wherein the one or more first recommendations include a predicted impact on a score associated with the first category; and

a second user interface element of the plurality of user interface elements is associated with a second category and includes one or more second recommendations of the plurality of recommendations that are associated with the second category and one or more second selection fields allowing the user to select recommendations for implementation from among the one or more second recommendations, wherein the one or more second recommendations include a predicted impact on a score associated with the second category;

receive an indication to accept one recommendation via at least one of the plurality of user interface elements;

responsive to receiving the indication to accept the one recommendation, automatically take an action to implement the one recommendation;

cause the user interface to include a trend element including a first trend of a first component of the score associated with the first category and a second trend of a second component of the score associated with the second category, an axis of the trend element identifying a plurality of times that indicate when one or more recommendations including the one recommendation were implemented, wherein the first trend and the second trend indicate impacts on the score of the first category and the score of the second category that resulted from implementation of one or more particular recommendations of the one or more recommendations, wherein the score of the first category and the score of the second category are determined based on one or more measured characteristics of the building;

receive a second indication declining a second recommendation of the plurality of recommendations;

train one or more machine learning models based on the indication to accept the one recommendation and the indication declining the second recommendation; and

generate one or more additional recommendations based on the one or more machine learning models.

2. The building system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more first recommendations include a first plurality of recommendations;

wherein the first user interface element includes a list comprising:

indications of the first plurality of recommendations; and

the one or more first selection fields allowing the user to accept or decline each of the first plurality of recommendations.

3. The building system of claim 2 , wherein the list further includes:

a plurality of observations based on the building data that indicates a situation or event triggering a recommendation of the first plurality of recommendations to be generated; and

indications of the one or more control updates to change the performance of the building equipment.

4. The building system of claim 1 , wherein the first category and the second category are at least one of:

one or more space categories indicating health levels of spaces of the building;

one or more planet health categories relating to an effect of the building on environmental pollution; or

one or more people categories relating to at least one of physical or mental health of occupants of the building.

5. The building system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:

generate a graphical building interface including a three dimensional graphical representation of the building and display the graphical building interface on a display device of a user device;

display a first space of the building in the three dimensional graphical representation of the building;

display a first set of recommendations in the graphical building interface associated with the first space in response to the first space of the building being displayed in the three dimensional graphical representation of the building;

receive a user input from the user device navigating in the three dimensional graphical representation of the building from the first space to a second space of the building; and

display a second set of recommendations in the user interface associated with the second space in response to navigating in the three dimensional graphical representation of the building from the first space to the second space.

6. The building system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:

update the user interface to include a plurality of trend elements indicating one or more trends of the score of the first category and the score of the second category over time;

wherein the plurality of trend elements indicate impacts that the one or more particular recommendations of the one or more recommendations had on the score of the first category and the score of the second category.

7. The building system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:

receive a target energy bill amount from the user via a user device; and

generate the plurality of recommendations that, when implemented, cause the building equipment to consume an amount of energy that meets the target energy bill amount.

8. The building system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:

receive a selection of the one recommendation;

receive a comment from the user via a user device; and

display the comment in the user interface in association with the one recommendation.

9. The building system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:

receive a selection of the one recommendation, wherein the one recommendation is of a particular type;

receive approval to automatically implement the one or more particular recommendations of the particular type from the user via a user device; and

responsive to receiving the approval to automatically implement the one or more particular recommendations of the particular type, automatically take actions to implement the one or more particular recommendations of the particular type.

10. A method comprising:

receiving, by a processing circuit, a plurality of recommendations from a recommendation engine, the plurality of recommendations generated based on building data of building equipment of a building and indicating one or more control updates to change performance of the building equipment;

generating, by the processing circuit, a user interface including a plurality of user interface elements, wherein:

a first user interface element of the plurality of user interface elements is associated with a first category and includes one or more first recommendations of the plurality of recommendations that are associated with the first category and one or more first selection fields allowing a user to select recommendations for implementation from among the one or more first recommendations, wherein the one or more first recommendations include a predicted impact on a score associated with the first category; and

a second user interface element of the plurality of user interface elements is associated with a second category and includes one or more second recommendations of the plurality of recommendations that are associated with the second category and one or more second selection fields allowing the user to select recommendations for implementation from among the one or more second recommendations, wherein the one or more second recommendations include a predicted impact on a score associated with the second category;

receiving, by the processing circuit, an indication to accept one recommendation via at least one of the plurality of user interface elements;

responsive to receiving the indication to accept the one recommendation, automatically taking an action, by the processing circuit, to implement the one recommendation;

causing, by the processing circuit, the user interface to include a trend element including a first trend of a first component of the score associated with the first category and a second trend of a second component of the score associated with the second category, an axis of the trend element identifying a plurality of times that indicate when one or more recommendations including the one recommendation were implemented, wherein the first trend and the second trend indicate impacts on the score of the first category and the score of the second category that resulted from implementation of one or more particular recommendations of the one or more recommendations, wherein the score of the first category and the score of the second category are determined based on one or more measured characteristics of the building;

receiving, by the processing circuit, a second indication declining a second recommendation of the plurality of recommendations;

training, by the processing circuit, one or more machine learning models based on the indication to accept the one recommendation and the indication declining the second recommendation; and

generating, by the processing circuit, one or more additional recommendations based on the one or more machine learning models.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first category and the second category are at least one of:

one or more space categories indicating health levels of spaces of the building;

one or more planet health categories relating to an effect of the building on environmental pollution; or

one or more people categories relating to at least one of physical or mental health of occupants of the building.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

generating, by the processing circuit, a graphical building interface including a three dimensional graphical representation of the building and display the graphical building interface on a display device of a user device;

displaying, by the processing circuit, a first space of the building in the three dimensional graphical representation of the building;

displaying, by the processing circuit, a first set of recommendations in the graphical building interface associated with the first space in response to the first space of the building being displayed in the three dimensional graphical representation of the building;

receiving, by the processing circuit, a user input from the user device navigating in the three dimensional graphical representation of the building from the first space to a second space of the building; and

displaying, by the processing circuit, a second set of recommendations in the user interface associated with the second space in response to navigating in the three dimensional graphical representation of the building from the first space to the second space.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

updating, by the processing circuit, the user interface to include a plurality of trend elements indicating one or more trends of the score of the first category and the score of the second category over time;

wherein the plurality of trend elements indicate impacts that the one or more particular recommendations of the one or more recommendations had on the score of the first category and the score of the second category.

14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

receiving, by the processing circuit, a target energy bill amount from the user via a user device; and

generating, by the processing circuit, the plurality of recommendations that, when implemented, cause the building equipment to consume an amount of energy that meets the target energy bill amount.

15. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

receiving, by the processing circuit, a selection of the one recommendation;

receiving, by the processing circuit, a comment from the user via a user device; and

displaying, by the processing circuit, the comment in the user interface in association with the one recommendation.

16. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

receiving, by the processing circuit, a selection of the one recommendation, wherein the one recommendation is of a particular type;

receiving, by the processing circuit, approval to automatically implement the one or more particular recommendations of the particular type from the user via a user device; and

responsive to receiving the approval to automatically implement the one or more particular recommendations of the particular type, automatically take actions to implement the one or more particular recommendations of the particular type.

17. A building system including:

one or more memory devices that store instructions; and

one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions, causing the one or more processors to:

receive a plurality of recommendations from a recommendation engine, the plurality of recommendations generated based on building data of building equipment of a building and indicating one or more control updates to change performance of the building equipment;

generate a user interface including a plurality of user interface elements, wherein:

a first user interface element of the plurality of user interface elements is associated with a first category and includes one or more first recommendations of the plurality of recommendations that are associated with the first category and one or more first selection fields allowing a user to select recommendations for implementation from among the one or more first recommendations, wherein the one or more first recommendations include a predicted impact on a score associated with the first category; and

a second user interface element of the plurality of user interface elements is associated with a second category and includes one or more second recommendations of the plurality of recommendations that are associated with the second category and one or more second selection fields allowing the user to select recommendations for implementation from among the one or more second recommendations, wherein the one or more second recommendations include a predicted impact on a score associated with the second category;

receive an indication to accept one recommendation via at least one of the plurality of user interface elements;

responsive to receiving the indication to accept the one recommendation, automatically take an action to implement the one recommendation;

cause the user interface to include a trend element including a first trend of a first component of the score associated with the first category and a second trend of a second component of the score associated with the second category, an axis of the trend element identifying a plurality of times that indicate when one or more recommendations including the one recommendation were implemented, wherein the first trend and the second trend indicate impacts on the score of the first category and the score of the second category that resulted from implementation of one or more particular recommendations of the one or more recommendations, wherein the score of the first category and the score of the second category are determined based on one or more measured characteristics of the building;

generate a graphical building interface including a three dimensional graphical representation of the building and display the graphical building interface on a display device of a user device;

display a first space of the building in the three dimensional graphical representation of the building;

display a first set of recommendations in the graphical building interface associated with the first space in response to the first space of the building being displayed in the three dimensional graphical representation of the building;

receive a user input from the user device navigating in the three dimensional graphical representation of the building from the first space to a second space of the building; and

display a second set of recommendations in the user interface associated with the second space in response to navigating in the three dimensional graphical representation of the building from the first space to the second space.

18. The building system of claim 17 , wherein the first category and the second category are at least one of:

one or more space categories indicating health levels of spaces of the building;

one or more planet health categories relating to an effect of the building on environmental pollution; or

one or more people categories relating to at least one of physical or mental health of occupants of the building.

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