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Intelligent Building Agents Project Data

Metadata Updated: September 30, 2023

The Intelligent Building Agents (IBA) project is part of the Embedded Intelligence in Buildings Program in the Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). A key part of the IBA Project is the IBA Laboratory (IBAL), a unique facility consisting of a mixed system of off the shelf equipment, including chillers and air handling units, controlled by a data acquisition system and capable of supporting building system optimization research under realistic and reproducible operating conditions.The database contains the values of approximately 300 sensors/actuators in the IBAL, including both sensor measurements and control actions, as well as approximately 850 process data, which are typically related to control settings and decisions. Each of the sensors/actuators has associated metadata. The metadata, sensors/actuators, and process data are defined on the "metadata", "sensors", and "parameters" tabs in the definitions file. Data are collected every 10 s.The database contains two dashboards: 1) Experiments - select data from individual experiments and 2) Measurements - select individual sensor/actuator and parameter data. The Experiments Dashboard contains three sections. The "Experiment Data Plot" shows plots of the sensor/actuator data selected in the second section, "Experiment/Metadata". There are plots of both scaled and raw data (see the meta data file for the conversion from raw to scaled data). Underneath the plots is a "Download CSV" button; select that button and a csv file of the data in the plot is automatically generated. In "Experiment/Metadata", first select an "Experiment" from the options in the table on the left. A specific experiment or type of experiment can be found by entering terms in the search box. For example, searching for the word "Charge" will bring up experiments in which the ice thermal storage tank is charged. The table of experiments also includes the duration of the experiment in minutes.Once an experiment is selected, specific sensor/actuator data points can be selected from the "Measurements" table on the right. These data can be filtered by subsystem (e.g., primary loop, secondary loop, Chiller1) and/or measurement type (e.g., pressure, flow, temperature). These data will then be shown in the plots at the top. The final section, "Process", contains the process data, which are shown by the subsystem. These data are not shown in the plots but can be downloaded by selecting the "Download CSV" button in the "Process" section. The Measurements Dashboard contains three sections. The "Date Range" section is used to select the time range of the data. The "All Measurements" section is used to select specific sensor/actuator data. As in the Experiments Dashboard, these data can be filtered by subsystem and/or measurement type. The scaled and raw values of the selected data are then plotted in the "Historical Data Plot" section. The "Download CSV" button underneath the plots will automatically download the selected data.

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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References

https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.2178
https://doi.org/10.3384/ecp21181177
https://doi.org/10.1109/TNNLS.2021.3085358
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.2037
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.2025
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2019.03.011
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.1970
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.1933

Dates

Metadata Created Date December 3, 2022
Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2023
Data Update Frequency R/P3M

Metadata Source

Harvested from NIST

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date December 3, 2022
Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2023
Publisher National Institute of Standards and Technology
Maintainer
Identifier ark:/88434/mds2-2751
Data First Published 2022-12-01
Language en
Data Last Modified 2022-06-14 00:00:00
Category Buildings and Construction:Building control systems, Buildings and Construction:Air conditioning and heating equipment
Public Access Level public
Data Update Frequency R/P3M
Bureau Code 006:55
Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/data.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Data Dictionary https://ibal.el.nist.gov
Harvest Object Id 6d7e4d50-bc5a-4afb-85be-e441b35113ff
Harvest Source Id 74e175d9-66b3-4323-ac98-e2a90eeb93c0
Harvest Source Title NIST
License https://www.nist.gov/open/license
Program Code 006:045
Related Documents https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.2178, https://doi.org/10.3384/ecp21181177, https://doi.org/10.1109/TNNLS.2021.3085358, https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.2037, https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2019.03.011, https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.1970, https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.1933
Replaces ark:/88434/mds2-2751
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 7328d750ac972215da0cb527ab3ec65d36f384d01d40c7b0c43b918364825c29
Source Schema Version 1.1

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