IoT Open-Source Architecture for the Maintenance of Building Facilities
The introduction of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the construction industry is evolving facility maintenance (FM) towards predictive maintenance development. Predictive maintenance of building facilities requires continuously updated data on construction components to be acquired through integrate...
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| author | Valentina Villa Berardo Naticchia Giulia Bruno Khurshid Aliev Paolo Piantanida Dario Antonelli |
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| description | The introduction of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the construction industry is evolving facility maintenance (FM) towards predictive maintenance development. Predictive maintenance of building facilities requires continuously updated data on construction components to be acquired through integrated sensors. The main challenges in developing predictive maintenance tools for building facilities is IoT integration, IoT data visualization on the building 3D model and implementation of maintenance management system on the IoT and building information modeling (BIM). The current 3D building models do not fully interact with IoT building facilities data. Data integration in BIM is challenging. The research aims to integrate IoT alert systems with BIM models to monitor building facilities during the operational phase and to visualize building facilities’ conditions virtually. To provide efficient maintenance services for building facilities this research proposes an integration of a digital framework based on IoT and BIM platforms. Sensors applied in the building systems and IoT technology on a cloud platform with opensource tools and standards enable monitoring of real-time operation and detecting of different kinds of faults in case of malfunction or failure, therefore sending alerts to facility managers and operators. Proposed preventive maintenance methodology applied on a proof-of-concept heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) plant adopts open source IoT sensor networks. The results show that the integrated IoT and BIM dashboard framework and implemented building structures preventive maintenance methodology are applicable and promising. The automated system architecture of building facilities is intended to provide a reliable and practical tool for real-time data acquisition. Analysis and 3D visualization to support intelligent monitoring of the indoor condition in buildings will enable the facility managers to make faster and better decisions and to improve building facilities’ real time monitoring with fallouts on the maintenance timeliness. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-40270b22e6b2445b99086f63880456bf2023-11-21T23:28:28ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172021-06-011112537410.3390/app11125374IoT Open-Source Architecture for the Maintenance of Building FacilitiesValentina Villa0Berardo Naticchia1Giulia Bruno2Khurshid Aliev3Paolo Piantanida4Dario Antonelli5Department of Structural, Geotechnical and Building Engineering, Polytechnic of Turin, 10129 Turin, ItalyDepartment of Construction, Civil Engineering and Architecture, Marche Polytechnic University, 60121 Ancona, ItalyDepartment of Management and Production Engineering, Polytechnic of Turin, 10129 Turin, ItalyDepartment of Structural, Geotechnical and Building Engineering, Polytechnic of Turin, 10129 Turin, ItalyDepartment of Structural, Geotechnical and Building Engineering, Polytechnic of Turin, 10129 Turin, ItalyDepartment of Management and Production Engineering, Polytechnic of Turin, 10129 Turin, ItalyThe introduction of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the construction industry is evolving facility maintenance (FM) towards predictive maintenance development. Predictive maintenance of building facilities requires continuously updated data on construction components to be acquired through integrated sensors. The main challenges in developing predictive maintenance tools for building facilities is IoT integration, IoT data visualization on the building 3D model and implementation of maintenance management system on the IoT and building information modeling (BIM). The current 3D building models do not fully interact with IoT building facilities data. Data integration in BIM is challenging. The research aims to integrate IoT alert systems with BIM models to monitor building facilities during the operational phase and to visualize building facilities’ conditions virtually. To provide efficient maintenance services for building facilities this research proposes an integration of a digital framework based on IoT and BIM platforms. Sensors applied in the building systems and IoT technology on a cloud platform with opensource tools and standards enable monitoring of real-time operation and detecting of different kinds of faults in case of malfunction or failure, therefore sending alerts to facility managers and operators. Proposed preventive maintenance methodology applied on a proof-of-concept heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) plant adopts open source IoT sensor networks. The results show that the integrated IoT and BIM dashboard framework and implemented building structures preventive maintenance methodology are applicable and promising. The automated system architecture of building facilities is intended to provide a reliable and practical tool for real-time data acquisition. Analysis and 3D visualization to support intelligent monitoring of the indoor condition in buildings will enable the facility managers to make faster and better decisions and to improve building facilities’ real time monitoring with fallouts on the maintenance timeliness.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/12/5374digital twinfacility managementbuilding information modelingHVACfan coilInternet of Things |
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| title | IoT Open-Source Architecture for the Maintenance of Building Facilities |
| title_full | IoT Open-Source Architecture for the Maintenance of Building Facilities |
| title_fullStr | IoT Open-Source Architecture for the Maintenance of Building Facilities |
| title_full_unstemmed | IoT Open-Source Architecture for the Maintenance of Building Facilities |
| title_short | IoT Open-Source Architecture for the Maintenance of Building Facilities |
| title_sort | iot open source architecture for the maintenance of building facilities |
| topic | digital twin facility management building information modeling HVAC fan coil Internet of Things |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/12/5374 |
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