LoCal Summer 2010 Retreat Talk

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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

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11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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?

15. 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?

16. EveryBuilding: trying to make the “virtual building” real

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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)

28. 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

30. 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

36. everybuilding.gtolle.com
Gilman Tolle
get@eecs.berkeley.edu