Development and field testing of novel approaches to improve building operations

建筑物在我们的环境影响中扮演着重要的角色(例如，53%的用电量，35%的温室气体排放)，约占我们国内生产总值的15%，并在约90%的时间代表着我们的生活和工作环境。但是，尽管建筑对环境、社会和经济的影响很大，但它们的运营经常处于次优状态--尽管进行了许多低成本或免费的升级和运营修改。该项目将开发和测试四种创新方法，以极大地提高渥太华20座大型商业建筑的建筑性能。这四种方法包括：1)系统校准的能源模型开发和升级分析；2)新的数据可视化方法，以便于识别性能改进；3)系统地评估建筑物利用率和减少建筑面积的风险评估；以及4)对建筑机械设备进行预防性维护的创新手段，包括对操作员工单进行文本挖掘。卡尔顿大学四位具有互补技能的领先研究人员将继续与总部设在加拿大的布鲁克菲尔德全球集成解决方案(BGIS)公司合作，为期四年。BGIS是一家拥有数十年楼宇管理和运营经验的市场领先者。他们有能力整合研究成果，并将其开发成适销对路的产品。BGIS对该项目的贡献包括：学生培训、软件、获取数据和建筑物、工程服务、技术咨询/支持和货币资金。计划的成果包括针对建筑物的创新工作流程、方法、基于软件的工具和建筑专用解决方案。开发的战略预计将减少能源消耗、温室气体排放和相关成本高达30%，同时可能减少所需的建筑建筑面积。开发的解决方案将帮助BGIS保持加拿大和国际物业管理公司的领先地位，并培养四名博士生。与安大略省英才中心的一个平行项目将支持另外五名学生，他们将负责推进研究和实地工作。

Buildings play a significant role in our environmental impact (e.g., 53% of electricity use, 35% of greenhouse gas emissions), comprise of about 15% of our gross domestic product, and represent our living and working environment for about 90% of the time. But despite the high impact of buildings on the environment, society, and the economy, they are frequently operated sub-optimally - despite numerous low or no-cost upgrades and operational modifications. This project will develop and test four innovative approaches to greatly improve building performance on a portfolio of 20 large commercial buildings in Ottawa. The four approaches include: 1) a systematic calibrated energy model development and upgrade analysis; 2) novel data visualization methods to facilitate identification of performance improvements; 3) systematic assessment of building utilization and risk assessment for reducing floor area; and, 4) innovative means to perform preventative maintenance on building mechanical equipment, including text-mining of operator work-orders. Four leading Carleton University researchers with complementary skills will continue collaborating with Canada-based Brookfield Global Integrated Solutions (BGIS) Inc. for a four-year term. BGIS is a market-leader with decades of experience with building management and operations. They have the capacity to integrate the research results and develop them into marketable products. BGIS's contributions to the project included: student training, software, access to data and buildings, engineering services, technical advice/support, and monetary funding. The planned outcomes include innovative workflows, methodologies, and software-based tools and building-specific solutions for the buildings. The developed strategies are expected to reduce energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and associated costs by as much as 30%, while potentially reducing required building floor area. The developed solutions will help the BGIS remain as a leading Canadian and international property management firm and train four PhD students. A parallel project with Ontario Centres of Excellence will support an additional five students, who will be responsible for advancing the research and field work.