Publications / 2022 Proceedings of the 39th ISARC, Bogotá, Colombia

BIM-assisted, automated processes for commissioning in building services engineering

Ralf Becker, Christoph Blut, Christoph Emunds, Jérôme Frisch, Dirk Heidermann, Tristan Kinnen, Alexander Lenz, Michael Möller, Nicolas Pauen, Tobias Rettig, Dominik Schlütter, Matthias Wenthe, Jörg Blankenbach, Günter Bleimann-Gather, Johannes Fütterer, Jörg Jungedeitering and Christoph van Treeck
Pages 558-565 (2022 Proceedings of the 39th ISARC, Bogotá, Colombia, ISBN 978-952-69524-2-0, ISSN 2413-5844)
Abstract:

State-of-the-art building energy systems exhibit a high technical complexity. In the commissioning phase, technical building elements (TBE) are put into operation trade-by-trade and as linked complete systems. Besides the correct wiring on component level, instantiating the building automation and detecting errors is a cumbersome process in practice. The paper addresses a novel interconnected toolchain to support commissioning energy systems through digital processes in combination with energy system related digital BIM twins - the "energyTWIN". This energyTWIN digitizes and automates the process chain in the commissioning of TBE and building automation with its highly complex interrelationships in constant exchange between reality and the BIM model (digital twin) as completely as possible. By increasing energy efficiency with the novel processes of energyTWIN, a contribution to the worldwide goal of reducing energy consumption can be achieved.

Keywords: Building Information Modeling; Technical building equipment; Data capturing; Indoor positioning; Virtual and Augmented Reality