Visual Brick model authoring tool for building metadata standardization

Journal Article · Sat Oct 21 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · Automation in Construction

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2023.105122· OSTI ID:2378109

Lee, Sangkeun ^[1]; Cui, Borui ^[1]; Bhandari, Mahabir S. ^[1]; Im, Piljae ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

In this study, the Brick ontology is a unified semantic metadata standard for building assets and their relationships, serving as a key enabler for effective interoperability and automation of building systems and analytics. However, creating a Brick model, in other words, standard semantic metadata based on the Brick ontology for a building dataset, can be a complex task. This paper presents two case studies of the creation of Brick models for real-world residential and commercial building datasets, highlighting the challenges during the Brick model creation process. Additionally, the paper introduces VizBrick, an interactive authoring tool for creating semantic building metadata. VizBrick facilitates the creation of Brick models by providing an intuitive visual interface and interactive capabilities, such as keyword search, automatic mapping suggestions, and recommendations. The use of VizBrick is shown to significantly reduce the time and effort required during the Brick model creation process.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• Grant/Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 2378109
• Alternate ID(s): OSTI ID: 2203581
• Journal Information: Automation in Construction, Journal Name: Automation in Construction Vol. 156; ISSN 0926-5805
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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Building data
Interoperability
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Standardization