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Development of an Information Flow Mechanism for Commissioning ABSTRACT The present paper proposes a new information flow mechanism for commissioning and develops tools to make the proposed information flow mechanism feasible. Although many technical tools have been developed in order to reduce the amount of labor necessary for commissioning, the information needed for the application of the tools to a real building is not rationally organized. It is necessary to manage and organize the necessary information rationally for the promotion of the usage of the tools. In order to resolve the issues of the present information flow, the present paper proposes a new information flow mechanism, which is constructed using a CAD data file, for example, IFC, SXF, or gbXML, a database, for example RDBMS of HDF5, and a process modeling method IDEF0. If the information about the building is organized rationally according to the proposed mechanism, the technical tools for commissioning can be applied easily and effectively, and the human error in the commissioning process can be reduced. INTRODUCTION It is important to verify the performance of HVAC systems and optimize the operation method of the system in order to save energy. Since verification and optimization requires significant time, cost, and professional knowledge about the equipment in HVAC systems, many technical support tools have been developed in order to reduce the labor required for commissioning [1] . However, these tools are not frequently used in the actual commissioning process. This is partly because the information needed when the tools are applied to an actual building, for example design drawings, performance curves of the building equipment, and operation data measured by sensors in the building, is not rationally organized and it is difficult to obtain the information. For the promotion of the usage of these tools, it is important to develop a method by which to manage and organize the information rationally through the building life cycle. The present paper proposes a new information flow mechanism for commissioning using several existing information processing techniques, which can resolve the issues of the present information flow. The proposed information flow mechanism can be applied to not only new buildings but also to existing buildings. The present paper develops several tools that are helpful in building the new information flow mechanism. ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO THE PRESENT INFORMATION FLOW This chapter analyzes the present information flow and identifies issues with the information flow. The present information flow is shown in Figure 1. Issue 1 Information about the performance of the building equipment and the configuration of the system, which are needed when a technical tool is applied during the commissioning process, is generally described not in digital data files of fixed form but rather in printed documents. Reading the information manually from the large amount of printed documents is inefficient. There are no rationally designed databases to store the information, and the information is not organized as a single document, but rather is described in various documents. Issue 2 The operation data used for the tools are retrieved from BEMS (Building Energy Management System) commonly as a form of a CSV data file. However an important capability of BEMS is to store and retrieve the Masato Miyata Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Kyushu University) Fukuoka, Japan Harunori Yoshida Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan Hiroki Yoshida Xymax Corp., Inc. Osaka, Japan
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Development of an Information Flow Mechanism for Commissioning
ABSTRACTThe present paper proposes a new information flow
mechanism for commissioning and develops tools tomake the proposed information flow mechanism feasible.Although many technical tools have been developed inorder to reduce the amount of labor necessary forcommissioning, the information needed for theapplication of the tools to a real building is not rationallyorganized. It is necessary to manage and organize thenecessary information rationally for the promotion of theusage of the tools.
In order to resolve the issues of the presentinformation flow, the present paper proposes a newinformation flow mechanism, which is constructed usinga CAD data file, for example, IFC, SXF, or gbXML, adatabase, for example RDBMS of HDF5, and a processmodeling method IDEF0. If the information about thebuilding is organized rationally according to theproposed mechanism, the technical tools forcommissioning can be applied easily and effectively, andthe human error in the commissioning process can bereduced.
INTRODUCTIONIt is important to verify the performance of HVAC
systems and optimize the operation method of the systemin order to save energy. Since verification andoptimization requires significant time, cost, andprofessional knowledge about the equipment in HVACsystems, many technical support tools have beendeveloped in order to reduce the labor required forcommissioning [1]. However, these tools are notfrequently used in the actual commissioning process.This is partly because the information needed when thetools are applied to an actual building, for exampledesign drawings, performance curves of the buildingequipment, and operation data measured by sensors in
the building, is not rationally organized and it is difficultto obtain the information. For the promotion of the usageof these tools, it is important to develop a method bywhich to manage and organize the information rationallythrough the building life cycle.
The present paper proposes a new information flowmechanism for commissioning using several existinginformation processing techniques, which can resolvethe issues of the present information flow. The proposedinformation flow mechanism can be applied to not onlynew buildings but also to existing buildings. The presentpaper develops several tools that are helpful in buildingthe new information flow mechanism.
ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO THEPRESENT INFORMATION FLOW
This chapter analyzes the present information flowand identifies issues with the information flow. Thepresent information flow is shown in Figure 1.
Issue 1Information about the performance of the building
equipment and the configuration of the system, whichare needed when a technical tool is applied during thecommissioning process, is generally described not indigital data files of fixed form but rather in printeddocuments. Reading the information manually from thelarge amount of printed documents is inefficient. Thereare no rationally designed databases to store theinformation, and the information is not organized as asingle document, but rather is described in variousdocuments.
Issue 2
The operation data used for the tools are retrievedfrom BEMS (Building Energy Management System)commonly as a form of a CSV data file. However animportant capability of BEMS is to store and retrieve the
Masato MiyataJapan Society for the Promotionof Science (Kyushu University)
Fukuoka, Japan
Harunori YoshidaKyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
Hiroki YoshidaXymax Corp., Inc.
Osaka, Japan
