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Chen et al. (2020)

Metadata

The metadata inference function classifies BAS labels into groups of the relevant sensor and actuator types, and then associates the labels to the corresponding AHU or zone.

Inputs

BAS Metadata Labels

The metadata inference function requires BAS metadata labels and corresponding controller address IDs. The labels are the unique names given to identify each data point and the controller address ID should represent the data point type and relation to other points. These data should be formatted in a spreadsheet seen in Figure 1 below.

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Figure 1: Example of metadata input data format.

The first column must contain the data point label, and the second column must contain controller address ID. Both columns may contain underscores (_), dashes (-), dots (.), and slashes(/), however, ensure that any other special characters are not present (i.e., $, #, @, &, *, etc.).

Only one (1) CSV file containing BAS metadata labels and controller address IDs must be supplied to this function.

Actively in development, an open-source project by the Data-driven Building Operation and Maintenance team within Carleton University's Building Performance Research Center.