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Simplifying Building Automation: Leveraging Semantic Tagging with a New Breed of Software
This document discusses a webinar focused on leveraging semantic tagging in smart buildings, highlighting the challenges of data management due to complexity and diversity of data systems. It introduces Project Haystack, an open-source community aimed at standardizing device data descriptions to enhance operational data analysis and value creation. The document also presents the Fin Framework, an innovative software solution for building automation and IoT, emphasizing its modular design and integration capabilities.
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Simplifying Building Automation: Leveraging Semantic Tagging with a New Breed of Software
- 1. a webinar Leveraging SemanticTagging with a New Breed of Software for Smart Buildings Chris Irwin - Project Haystack Executive Envoy for Europe also - VP Sales EMEA & Asia + VP Global Marketing for J2 Innovations
- 2. a webinar The EvolvingData Problem in Buildings • Buildings becoming more complex • More applications = more devices = more data • Barrier to effective data use is the diversity of systems, data types, formats etc. • Much of recorded data is “locked” on hard drives • Not being effectively “mined” for value
- 3. a webinar The Challengeof Data Management • Remembering abbreviations and coded labelling is natural for us, - but not for computers • It’s personal, so each develop a different syntax • Names can’t do the job The result - • Most data produced by devices & equipment is poorly defined as to what the data means
- 4. a webinar The Challengeof Data Management • No standardised approach to adding semantic data (metadata) to device data • Manual, labour-intensive processes are required to add semantic definitions to data before analysis, presentation and other value creation can begin • This is a barrier to effective & efficient use of device data – adds cost and slows the use of data
- 5. a webinar The dataparadox On the one hand, data seems to be everywhere, in every system ready for the “picking” However, although everyone is asking for data, sometimes it is without understanding it, or how and where it should be applied, or how it affects workflow and business operations There’s the joke that goes…. “80% of data management is about organising the data, and 20% is complaining about having to organise it.”
- 6. a webinar Defining astandard approach - Unifying Data • Data that matters • Quality & integrity • Tagging & Modelling • Governance • Portability • Consistency • Best practice • Understanding • Normalisation • Socialisation • Management • Uniformity • Interoperability • Exchange www.datafoundation.org Many factors to consider in a unified data standard – according to the Data Foundation
- 7. a webinar How TaggingSimplifies Building Automation Benefits of adding metadata: • Applications can quickly find and interpret data • Disparate systems can share data automatically • Automatic generation of relevant information for management – operations, energy, etc. • Eliminates a lot of manual work – reduces cost to gain value from the data • Unlock the data
- 8. a webinar The Goal– making data from diverse systems easy to work with marketing.project-haystack.org project-haystack.dev project-haystack.org/forum/topic/687
- 9. a webinar Project Haystackis… • a community of people working to address the need for a standard “semantic modelling” method for device data • worldwide community • open source – no cost to use • proven and deployed in tens of thousands of facilities
- 10. a webinar Value Creation Tagging: • Creates new opportunities for value creation for owner/operators, facilities managers integrators, and OEMs • Ensures multiple users are using same version of the organisation’s data • Systems and data sources are linked and well managed to ensure that any data used by the organisation is consistent & accurate • Safeguards that the right data gets to the right person at the right time
- 11. a webinar Project Haystackprovides… A standardised methodology for describing data that makes it easier and more cost effective to analyse, visualise, and derive value from our operational data So what is tagging really…… We can also think of it as a “MARK-UP LANGUAGE” for data…..
- 12. a webinar Analogy: Amark-up language for device data • Why can I point my browser at your website and read what you published? • We didn’t pre-arrange for me to be able to interpret your website code • It only works because industry agreed on a mark-up language (HTML) • If you use HTML I can read the “data” on your website (text) • Haystack does the same thing for device data
- 13. a webinar The ProjectHaystack homepage the way we see it The same page described in HTML
- 14. a webinar Defining dataand its context • Lets analyze this: zn3-wwfl4 = 21.2 • Hmmmm… what does this number represent? Deg C, F, KW, kPa??? • Need to know units. Let’s say it is DegC • Hmmmm… so it’s 21.2 DegC OK? • What is it? - Zone temp, Return air temp, Chilled water temp? Let’s say it’s a Zone • Ok, so what is the schedule for that space? Schedule #1 = 7:30 AM - 6:30 PM • What AHU is it served by? AHU-1 • What FCU serves it? FCU-27 • How can I convey these answers in a standard way that other software can interpret?
- 15. a webinar Standardising themetadata – 3 types Defining data and its context
- 16. a webinar But ProjectHaystack is more than just about tagging… • 1st – a standard methodology for defining and representing device metadata (descriptive data) – a specification on how to do it • 2nd – Standard vocabulary (tag sets), taxonomies (equipment models) developed by consensus of the community • 3rd – Software Tools • REST API to easily exchange Haystack tagged data among applications • Reference implementations: Java, node.js, Dart, Python, C++ others • Plug-ins to enable various systems to “speak” Haystack • Tools to streamline the tagging process • 4th – Ongoing effort by Working Groups to develop tagging models, extend the standard, working with other standards groups, and educating the market
- 17. a webinar The Pay-off– what it enables • Applications that just work! • Example: equipment graphics that auto-generate just by reading the metadata associated with points • Control logic can ”find” all similar devices it should be applied to (think of room controls or FCUs) • Easier integration among software applications • apps can understand and consume data without human interaction to “map” data • A new generation of engineering tools to streamline project implementation tasks
- 18. a webinar Haystack –adoption and support • Used in systems and software deployed in tens of thousands of buildings to model hundreds of thousands of devices • last count – well over 30K facilities! • Adoption by equipment manufacturers for next generation product – some on the market today • Intel joins Project Haystack as a Board Member (March 2017) • Many systems integrators trained and using Haystack in projects every day • Over 1,600 registered users on Project Haystack Forum • CABA White Paper March 2016
- 19. a webinar Project Haystack– our members
- 20. a webinar BACnet Collaborationwith Haystack ASHRAE Standard 223P: "Designation and Classification of Semantic Tags for Building Data” provides a dictionary of semantic tags for descriptive tagging of building data including building automation and control data along with associated systems
- 21. a webinar Evolution ofdata management
- 22. a webinar Project Haystackv4 – in beta (at public review stage since March 2019) https://project-haystack.dev/
- 23. a webinar Project Haystackv4 – What’s new? • Naming • Classification • Relationships
- 24. a webinar Project Haystackv4 – What’s new? • Naming VFDs Energy Zones AHUs VAVs Unitary Equips Chillers Boilers Tanks Electrical Panels Networks Lighting Libraries Security
- 25. a webinar lib:: IoT Naming –Libraries needed to identify different meanings hot lib:: food hot
- 26. a webinar Project Haystackv4 – What’s new? • Classification
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- 28. a webinar English isour enemy hot-water = hot + water site-meter = site + meter hot-water = hot + water site-meter = site + meter X siteMeter
- 29. a webinar Project Haystackv4 – What’s new? • Naming • Classification • Relationships
- 30. a webinar Project Haystackv4 – What’s new? • Naming • Classification • Relationships = Vocabulary = Taxonomy = Ontology
- 31. a webinar Why doesany of this matter? • Data portability & abstraction • Reduce commissioning errors • Powerful data queries • Intelligent rules, moving to AI • Intuitive configuration tools & UI software
- 32. a webinar Haystack –key take-aways • Deployed, working, proven in THOUSANDS of applications • Open source, community-driven, ZERO cost to access documentation and use • Extensible beyond community agreed equipment models – you can use Haystack methodology with your own tags/descriptors outside of standard group work on models
- 33. a webinar Haystack –key take-aways (continued) • Lightweight – can be implemented in small devices, network level controllers, standard databases – also text files, & Excel worksheets • Human readable and machine readable • Accessible/understandable by real users – technicians and engineers that do systems integration • The standard, libraries and tools continue to advance through the efforts of a worldwide open source community
- 34. a webinar Customer expectationsare changing… and suppliers have to adopt accordingly 80% of customers want improved visualization of their data 69% of customers expect improved operations UX of customers demand mobile and location independent access to their data of customers expect new digital offerings 65% 50% Source: Customer Survey by Siemens
- 35. New Digital TechnologiesChange the Requirements for Building Automation and IoT UX Design Intuitive engineering and operator workflows Data Mgmt. Intelligent data management and visualization Extensibility Continuous supply of new value adding Apps Cyber Security Security by design, continuously evolving Mobile First Ability to control buildings from any devices Openness & IoT Integrate any device, easy data supply via the IoT Apps a webinar
- 36. a webinar “How canI keep up with Digital technology trends, while not loosing the focus on my business”
- 37. a webinar Leading platformfor building automation & IoT Open Framework to add your OEM Apps for your business needs With FIN Framework you can tackle new digital technologies and focus on your specific business needs Strong set of FIN Apps Focused on partnerships with successful OEMs Why… OEM Apps FIN Apps
- 39. a webinar § FIN Framework- the most innovative framework for Building Automation and IoT One software, one app suite, one toolset - Runs on Edge*, Global, Server, Cloud* • State-of-the-art framework for building automation and IoT • One software for building management and building controls • Runs on Global, Server and Cloud • Operatable from desktop, tablet and mobile phone • Tagging based concept, utilizing the most modern standard Haystack Building Integration Framework Building Management Station Developer platform with open APIs * Edge and Cloud applications are in Alpha; Cloud application is IoT tunnel into local instance Controller Engine
- 40. a webinar Overview onFIN Framework • Modular and flexible software framework for OEM development • Helps your next project get to market faster with lower development costs • Choose to buy and build any combination of FIN features to work with your hardware, software tools and apps • Latest technology with tagging and data modeling built-in • Support for the latest Haystack standard • Supports multiple open protocols
- 41. a webinar With FINFramework you can shape your own product 4 Step Design Process 1. OEM developers first need to decide which of FIN's many features they need to use 2. Then create the additional custom functionality required by the new product they create 3. Next, the hardware required needs to either be developed or, selected from existing available platforms 4. FIN Framework includes a full suite of connectors for the popular open standard protocols. We also provide a Connector framework for creation of custom connectors to your and 3rd party systems
- 42. a webinar FIN Framework– Equipment Graphics Alarms City Center AHU-1 Graphic Summer School Point Graphics City Center Vav-03 • Magic Bubbles are context sensitive and automatically generate links to related applications • Navigation is more efficient and intuitive for users City Center AHU-1
- 43. a webinar FIN Framework– Custom Graphics • Powerful tools and optimised wizards make creating graphics fast and easy • Flexible so you can create your own widgets and unique user experiences
- 44. a webinar FIN Framework– Historian • Create ad hoc charts • Simple to create baselines, powerful roll-up feature • Export data simply
- 45. a webinar FIN Framework– Control Logic • Simplicity of block programming – the power of line programming • Use any function library • Create one routine and it will run in control engine against many equipments; so faster more efficient, and much easier to roll-out changes
- 46. a webinar FIN Framework– Dashboards Example dashboard from a real project • Full library of dashboard widgets, all fully configurable • Easy to create custom designs • Whole screen is customisable; flexible navigation • Easy data export roll-up and data aggregation because of tagging • Live weather, maps and video
- 47. a webinar FIN Framework– Tagged Database • Powerful tool for creating tagged database • Haystack standard is built right into FIN • Add tags programmatically, leverage pay-offs in apps • Add histories, create relationships, and view points all-in-one app
- 48. FIN 5 –Fast – templates and tagging Graphic s Control Logic Q&M Manuals OEM Apps Summary Use the template Put it into FIN Framework Get everything done in seconds a webinar
- 49. a webinar FIN Framework5.0 Peace of mind - highest level of cyber-security
- 50. a webinar FIN Connectors 1Please get in touch with sales team for more information about connectors listed and further integration possibilities
- 51. a webinar A leadingsoftware framework for Building Automation and IoT • Founded in 2009 • Creator of the FIN Framework, released Version 5 to the market • Co-founder of the Haystack community • With more than 50k+ instances in more than 20 countries worldwide • 13 OEMs, 13+ distributors, 500+ trained system integrators, 3,500+ community members and actively growing every day
- 52. a webinar Recently Acquiredby Siemens Smart Infrastructure • Acquisition of leading software framework for building automation and IoT • California based company • Remains independent legal entity within Siemens Smart Infrastructure • Heavy expansion plan in place, beyond footprint in North America, moving into EMEA and Asia • Focus on OEM business
- 53. a webinar Questions? Chris Irwin J2Innovations chrisi@j2inn.com