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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2013
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Xuesong Liu, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Burcu Akinci, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Mario Berges, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
James H. Garrett, Jr., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method includes, in one aspect, retrieving HVAC system information; converting the retrieved HVAC system information from one or more first data formats to a second data format; storing the converted HVAC system information; identifying first portions of the stored HVAC system information that pertain to a particular component; and generating one or more associations among the identified, first portions of the stored HVAC system information; receiving a request for HVAC system information that is used by a performance analysis algorithm; determining a type of component of the HVAC system that is related to the requested HVAC system information; and identifying one or more items of the stored HVAC system information that is of the requested HVAC system information; and transmitting the identified one or more items of the stored HVAC system information for use in execution of the performance analysis algorithm.