IP Library Patent Application 17708970
Patent Application
App. No. 17/708,970

BUILDING SYSTEM FOR BUILDING EQUIPMENT WITH EXTERNAL MODEL INTEGRATION

Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US None
App. No.
17/708,970
Abstract

A building system that operates to receive building data from one or more building systems of the building, the building data including data of a plurality of disparate building parameters, wherein at least a portion of the building data is associated with control of the one or more environmental conditions of the building and receive an indication of an external performance model, the external performance model defining a methodology for determining operational performance of the building, the external performance model defined by a second entity different from the first entity. The building system operates to generate one or more operational performance indicators with the external performance model and the building data and generate a user interface.

Claims (66)

1 . A building system of a building, the building including a plurality of pieces of building equipment that control one or more environmental conditions of the building based on operational settings, the building system including one or more storage devices storing instructions developed by a first entity and stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

receive building data from one or more building systems of the building, the building data including data of a plurality of disparate building parameters, wherein at least a portion of the building data is associated with control of the one or more environmental conditions of the building;

receive an indication of an external performance model, the external performance model defining a methodology for determining operational performance of the building, the external performance model defined by a second entity different from the first entity;

generate one or more operational performance indicators with the external performance model and the building data; and

generate a user interface and cause a user device to display the user interface, the user interface including the one or more operational performance indicators generated with the external performance model providing a summary of building health indicated by the plurality of disparate building parameters.

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

implement one or more updates to the one or more building systems of the building, the one or more updates updating operation of the building to improve at least one of the one or more operational performance indicators.

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

perform a data validity analysis on the building data, the data validity analysis identifying whether values of the building data are valid; and

generate a user interface and cause the user interface to include an indication of a result of the data validity analysis.

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

receive occupant feedback relating to the one or more scores via a user device;

determine whether the occupant feedback confirms or denies accuracy of the one or more operational performance indicators; and

generate a user interface and cause the user interface to display an indication of whether the occupant feedback confirms the accuracy of the one or more operational performance indicators.

5 . The building system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to generate an indication of whether the building meets an external certification defined by the second entity based on the one or more operational performance indicators of the external scoring model.

6 . The building system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to implement one or more updates to the one or more building systems of the building, the one or more updates updating operation of the building to improve at least one of the one or more operational performance indicators, the one or more updates including at least one of:

an update to an operating setting of the one or more building systems controlling an environmental condition of the building;

a work order to perform maintenance on the one or more building systems; or

an update to add a new system or service to the one or more building systems.

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

generate a plurality of recommendations for improving the one or more operational performance indicators; and

generate a user interface and cause the user interface to include indications of the plurality of recommendations.

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

generate a recommendation interface indicating one or more current operational or design parameters of the building and one or more recommended changes to the operational or design parameters of the building;

receive one or more updates to the recommended changes to the operational or design parameters of the building via the recommendation interface;

simulate an impact on the one or more scores resulting from the one or more updates to the recommended changes to the operational or design parameter of the building; and

cause the recommendation interface to display an indication of the simulated impact to the one or more scores.

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

generate, based on the building data, an overall building score of the building based on an internal scoring model indicating a second scoring methodology of the building defined by the first entity, the second scoring methodology indicating a plurality of scoring parameters including:

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

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

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

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

implement one or more updates to the one or more building systems of the building, the one or more updates updating operation of the building to improve at least one of the one or more operational performance indicators, wherein the one or more updates update operation of the building to improve at least one of the one or more space parameters, the one or more planet health parameters, or the one or more people parameters causing the overall building score to improve.

11 . The building system of claim 9 , wherein the effect of the building on the environmental pollution is based on operations performed by the one or more building systems;

wherein the physical or mental health of the occupants of the building is caused by the operations of the one or more building systems.

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

determine, based on the building data, one or more space health scores for the one or more space parameters of the building;

determine, based on the building data, one or more planet health scores for the one or more planet health parameters of the building; and

determine, based on the building data, one or more people health scores for the one or more people parameters of the building.

13 . The building system of claim 12 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:

generate one or more user interfaces, the one or more user interfaces displaying the one or more operational performance indicators, the overall building score, the one or more space health scores, the one or more planet health scores, and the one or more people health scores.

14 . The building system of claim 12 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:

generate, based on the building data, the overall building score of the building based on the one or more space health scores, the one or more planet health scores, and the one or more people health scores; and

cause the one or more processors to generate a user interface including an overall building score element comprising an indication of the overall building score, the one or more space health scores, the one or more planet health scores, and the one or more people health scores.

15 . The building system of claim 14 , wherein the user interface further includes:

an element including scores of a plurality of buildings including the building, the scores indicating a plurality of overall scores for the plurality of buildings, people health scores for the plurality of buildings, place health scores of the plurality of buildings, and planet health scores for the plurality of buildings;

wherein the element sorts the plurality of buildings based on the overall scores from lowest overall score to highest overall score.

16 . The building system of claim 15 , wherein the user interface further includes:

the element including a plurality of recommendations for the plurality of buildings, the plurality of recommendations indicating actions to improve the plurality of overall scores of the plurality of buildings;

wherein the element indicates a particular building associated with each of the plurality of recommendations and a potential score impact to a particular overall score of the plurality of overall scores of the plurality of buildings.

17 . A method for a building that includes a plurality of pieces of building equipment that control one or more environmental conditions of the building based on operational settings, the method comprising:

receiving, by one or more processing circuits, building data from one or more building systems of a building, the building data including data of a plurality of disparate building parameters, wherein at least a portion of the building data is associated with control of the one or more environmental conditions of the building;

receiving, by the one or more processing circuits, an indication of an external performance model, the external performance model defining a methodology for determining operational performance of the building, the external performance model defined by a second entity different from the first entity;

generating, by the one or more processing circuits, one or more operational performance indicators with the external performance model and the building data; and

generating, by the one or more processing circuit, a user interface and cause a user device to display the user interface, the user interface including the one or more operational performance indicators generated with the external performance model providing a summary of building health indicated by the plurality of disparate building parameters.

18 . The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

implementing, by the one or more processing circuits, one or more updates to the one or more building systems of the building, the one or more updates updating operation of the building to improve at least one of the one or more operational performance indicators.

19 . The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

performing, by the one or more processing circuits, a data validity analysis on the building data, the data validity analysis identifying whether values of the building data are valid; and

generating, by the one or more processing circuits, a user interface and cause the user interface to include an indication of a result of the data validity analysis.

20 . A building system of a building, the building including a plurality of pieces of building equipment that control one or more environmental conditions of a building based on operational settings, the building system including one or more storage devices storing instructions developed by a first entity and stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

receive building data from one or more building systems of the building, the building data including data of a plurality of disparate building parameters, wherein at least a portion of the building data is associated with control of the one or more environmental conditions of the building;

receive an indication of an external performance model, the external performance model defining a methodology for determining operational performance of the building, the external performance model defined by a second entity different from the first entity;

generate one or more operational performance indicators with the external performance model and the building data; and

implement one or more updates to the one or more building systems of the building, the one or more updates updating operation of the building to improve at least one of the one or more operational performance indicators responsive to receiving an input via the user interface.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2024
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
To: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH
Reel/Frame 067056/0552 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2022
From: SCHUBERT, SHAWN D.; SINHA, VINEET BINODSHANKER
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
Reel/Frame 059490/0860 →