Methods and systems for dynamic alarm prioritization in a building control system

Abstract

Each alarm received over time is associated with one or more alarm parameters that each provide a priority factor. Each of the plurality of alarms are associated with an open state until the corresponding alarm is acted upon in a predetermined manner by an operator. For each of the plurality of alarms that remain in the open state, a static priority level is based on the priority factors provided by the one or more alarm parameters associated with the corresponding alarm, and a dynamic priority level is determined that is based at least in part on the static priority level of the corresponding alarm and an amount of time that has elapsed since the corresponding alarm was reported. Open state alarms are ranked according to the dynamic priority level and a notification of a highest ranked alarm is displayed.