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Upgrading BRICKS—The Context-Aware Semantic Rule-Based System for Intelligent Building Energy and Security Management

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  • Gabriel Santos

    (GECAD Research Group, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal
    Institute of Engineering-Polytechnic of Porto, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal)

  • Tiago Pinto

    (GECAD Research Group, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal
    Institute of Engineering-Polytechnic of Porto, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal)

  • Zita Vale

    (Institute of Engineering-Polytechnic of Porto, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal)

  • Rui Carvalho

    (GECAD Research Group, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal
    Institute of Engineering-Polytechnic of Porto, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal)

  • Brígida Teixeira

    (GECAD Research Group, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal
    Institute of Engineering-Polytechnic of Porto, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal)

  • Carlos Ramos

    (GECAD Research Group, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal
    Institute of Engineering-Polytechnic of Porto, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal)

Abstract

Building management systems (BMSs) are being implemented broadly by industries in recent decades. However, BMSs focus on specific domains, and when installed on the same building, they lack interoperability to work on a centralized user interface. On the other hand, BMSs interoperability allows the implementation of complex rules based on multi-domain contexts. The Building’s Reasoning for Intelligent Control Knowledge-based System (BRICKS) is a context-aware semantic rule-based system for the intelligent management of buildings’ energy and security. It uses ontologies and semantic web technologies to interact with different domains, taking advantage of cross-domain knowledge to apply context-based rules. This work upgrades the previously presented version of BRICKS by including services for energy consumption and generation forecast, demand response, a configuration user interface (UI), and a dynamic building monitoring and management UI. The case study demonstrates BRICKS deployed at different aggregation levels in the authors’ laboratory building, managing a demand response event and interacting autonomously with other BRICKS instances. The results validate the correct functioning of the proposed tool, which contributes to the flexibility, efficiency, and security of building energy systems.

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  • Gabriel Santos & Tiago Pinto & Zita Vale & Rui Carvalho & Brígida Teixeira & Carlos Ramos, 2021. "Upgrading BRICKS—The Context-Aware Semantic Rule-Based System for Intelligent Building Energy and Security Management," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(15), pages 1-14, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:14:y:2021:i:15:p:4541-:d:602515
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