by Edward Corry, James O'Donnell, Edward Curry, Daniel Coakley, Pieter Pauwels, Marcus Keane
Abstract:
Building related data tends to be generated, used and retained in a domain-specific manner. The lack of interoperability between data domains in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry inhibits the cross-domain use of data at an enterprise level. Semantic web technologies provide a possible solution to some of the noted interoperability issues. Traditional methods of information capture fail to take into account the wealth of soft information available throughout a building. Several sources of information are not included in performance assessment frameworks, including social media, occupant communication, mobile communication devices, occupancy patterns, human resource allocations and financial information. The paper suggests that improved data interoperability can aid the integration of untapped silos of information into existing structured performance measurement frameworks, leading to greater awareness of stakeholder concerns and building performance. An initial study of how building-related data can be published following semantic web principles and integrated with other ‘soft-data' sources in a cross-domain manner is presented. The paper goes on to illustrate how data sources from outside the building operation domain can be used to supplement existing sources. Future work will include the creation of a semantic web based performance framework platform for building performance optimisation.
Reference:
Edward Corry, James O'Donnell, Edward Curry, Daniel Coakley, Pieter Pauwels, Marcus Keane, "Using semantic web technologies to access soft AEC data", In Advanced Engineering Informatics, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 370-380, 2014.
Bibtex Entry:
@article{Corry2014,
abstract = {Building related data tends to be generated, used and retained in a domain-specific manner. The lack of interoperability between data domains in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry inhibits the cross-domain use of data at an enterprise level. Semantic web technologies provide a possible solution to some of the noted interoperability issues. Traditional methods of information capture fail to take into account the wealth of soft information available throughout a building. Several sources of information are not included in performance assessment frameworks, including social media, occupant communication, mobile communication devices, occupancy patterns, human resource allocations and financial information. The paper suggests that improved data interoperability can aid the integration of untapped silos of information into existing structured performance measurement frameworks, leading to greater awareness of stakeholder concerns and building performance. An initial study of how building-related data can be published following semantic web principles and integrated with other ‘soft-data' sources in a cross-domain manner is presented. The paper goes on to illustrate how data sources from outside the building operation domain can be used to supplement existing sources. Future work will include the creation of a semantic web based performance framework platform for building performance optimisation.},
author = {Corry, Edward and O'Donnell, James and Curry, Edward and Coakley, Daniel and Pauwels, Pieter and Keane, Marcus},
doi = {10.1016/j.aei.2014.05.002},
file = {:Users/ed/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Corry et al. - 2014 - Using semantic web technologies to access soft AEC data.pdf:pdf},
journal = {Advanced Engineering Informatics},
keywords = {Building performance,Linked data,Performance metrics,RDF,Social media,Twitter},
number = {4},
pages = {370--380},
title = {{Using semantic web technologies to access soft AEC data}},
url = {http://www.edwardcurry.org/publications/Corry_AEI.pdf},
volume = {28},
year = {2014}
}