Abstract: A fan assembly for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit includes a hub having a fan blade extending therefrom. The fan assembly includes a fan pitch adjuster configured to engage the fan blade and to adjust a pitch of the fan blade relative to the hub in response to movement of the fan pitch adjuster relative to the hub. The fan assembly also includes a motor shaft coupled to the fan pitch adjuster and to the hub, where the motor shaft is configured to drive rotation of the fan pitch adjuster and the hub. The fan assembly further includes an actuator coupled to the fan pitch adjuster and configured to axially move the fan pitch adjuster along the motor shaft and relative to the hub to adjust the pitch of the fan blade.

Abstract: A heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) includes a processor and a plurality of sensors. The plurality of sensors can collect a first set of data indicative of environmental conditions of a structure in which the HVAC control device is located. The HVAC control device can control operational settings of an HVAC system that can supply conditioned air to the structure and operate the HVAC system in a default mode. The HVAC control device can also receive a second set of data collected by one or more sensors of a secondary input device and receive a signal from the secondary input device. Additionally, the HVAC control device can implement an override mode of the control device based on the signal. Implementation of the override mode effectuates a change in the operational settings of the HVAC system.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an adjustable fluid flow system for a temperature control system having a heat exchanger including a plurality of channels configured to transmit working fluid and direct the working fluid through a selection of two or more channel sections. The adjustable fluid flow system includes a first chamber defining a first flow path that is aligned with a first channel section of the two or more channel sections, wherein the first chamber includes a first outlet in fluid communication with the first flow path, and a second chamber defining a second flow path that is aligned with a second channel section of the two or more channel sections, wherein the second chamber includes a second outlet in fluid communication with the second flow path. The adjustable fluid flow system further includes a damper configured to adjust a flow of air along the first flow path.

Abstract: A refrigeration system includes a chiller with an integrated free cooling system and refrigeration system. In certain embodiments, the chiller may be a single package unit with all equipment housed within the same support frame. The chiller may generally include three modes of operation: a first mode that employs free cooling, a second mode that employs free cooling and implements a refrigeration cycle, and a third mode that uses the free cooling system provide additional cooling capacity for the refrigeration system. The free cooling system includes an independent loop configured to transfer heat from a cooling fluid circulating within the free cooling system to the ambient air.

Abstract: A building system includes one or more storage devices having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive an unstructured user question from a user device of a user and query a graph database based on the unstructured user question to extract context associated with the unstructured user question from contextual information of a building stored by the graph database, wherein the graph database stores the contextual information of the building through nodes and edges between the nodes, wherein the nodes represent equipment, spaces, people, and events associated building and the edges represent relationships between the equipment, spaces, people, and events. The instructions further cause the one or more processors to retrieve data from one or more data sources based on the context and compose a presentation based on the retrieved data.

Abstract: A building system of a building, the building system comprising one or more memory devices storing instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive building metadata, the building metadata describing a plurality of components of the building, generate, based on the building metadata, a plurality of entities, each of the plurality of entities representing one of the plurality of components, and determine, based on the building metadata, relationships between the plurality of entities. The instructions cause the one or more processors to generate a plurality of metadata strings in a universal building schema comprising a plurality of characters representing a first entity of the plurality of entities, one or more second entities of the plurality of entities related to the first entity, and one or more relationships between the first entity and the one or more second entities.

Abstract: A building system including one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to generate building recommendations based on recommendation requests with a model of a first model type when less than a predefined amount of model training data is available and receive feedback data on the recommendation requests generated by the model of the first model type. The instructions cause the one or more processors to transition from generating the building recommendations by the model of the first model type to a second model of a second model type by comparing performance of the first model type to the second model type based on the feedback data.

Abstract: A controller in a building management system (BMS) includes an integrated wireless network processor chip. The integrated wireless network processor chip includes a wireless radio, a processor, and memory. The wireless radio is configured to exchange data communications with one or more BMS devices controlled by the controller. Both the processor and memory are in communication with the wireless radio and located on the same chip as the wireless radio. The memory includes communication stacks configured to facilitate communications using a building automation and control network communications protocol and a Wi-Fi communications protocol. The integrated wireless network processor chip receives data from the BMS devices via the wireless radio, formats the data using the processor, stores the data in the memory, and sends the data via the wireless radio without requiring any additional processing or communications components outside the integrated wireless network processor chip.

Abstract: A building energy management includes building equipment, one or more data platform services, a timeseries database, and an energy management application. The building equipment operate to monitor and control a variable and provide raw data samples of a data point associated with the variable. The timeseries database stores a plurality of timeseries associated with the data point. The plurality of timeseries include a timeseries of the raw data samples and the one or more optimized data timeseries generated by the data platform services based on the raw data timeseries. The energy management application generates an ad hoc dashboard including a widget and associates the widget with the data point. The widget displays a graphical visualization of the plurality of timeseries associated with the data point and includes interactive user interface options for switching between the plurality of timeseries associated with the data point.

Abstract: A building system including one or more memory devices configured to store instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive training data including acronym strings and tag strings, train a sequence to sequence neural network based on the training data, receive an acronym string for labeling, the acronym string comprising a particular plurality of acronyms, and generate a tag string for the acronym string with the sequence to sequence neural network, wherein the sequence to sequence neural network outputs a tag of the tag string for one acronym of the particular plurality of acronyms based on the one acronym and contextual information of the acronym string, wherein the contextual information includes other acronyms of the particular plurality of acronyms.

Abstract: A building system including one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive training data including acronym strings and tag strings, train a statistical model based on the training data, receive an acronym string for labeling, the acronym string comprising a particular plurality of acronyms, and generate a tag string for the acronym string with the statistical model, wherein the statistical model outputs a tag of the tag string for one acronym of the particular plurality of acronyms based on the one acronym and contextual information of the acronym string, wherein the contextual information includes other acronyms of the particular plurality of acronyms, wherein the statistical model implements a many to many mapping between the particular plurality of acronyms and a plurality of target tags.

Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling flow with a rotatable valve are provided. A described system includes a valve body having a valve chamber and a plurality of ports into the valve chamber. The plurality of ports include a first port, a second port, and a third port. The first port and the second port are aligned with a common axis and located on opposite sides of the valve chamber. The system further includes a valve member located within the valve chamber. The valve member is controllably rotatable to modulate fluid flow between the first port and the third port while maintaining the second port completely closed and to modulate fluid flow between the second port and the third port while maintaining the first port completely closed.

Abstract: A building management system includes a plurality of devices of building equipment configured to provide status data. The building management system also includes an equipment management server configured to assign and store parent-child relationships for the plurality of devices of building equipment. The equipment management server is also configured to monitor the status data to detect faults and generate a fault visualization interface. The fault visualization interface provides provide a list of the devices with detected faults, allows a user to select one or more of the devices from the list, and presents a parent-child relationship widget for the selected device. The parent-child relationship widget includes a list of parent devices for the selected device and a list of child devices for the selected device. Each device on the lists of parent devices and child devices has a status indicator indicating whether the device is in a fault condition.

Abstract: A display device includes a front portion, a rear portion, a halo, and sides extending between the front portion and the rear portion. The front portion, the rear portion, and the sides form an enclosure. The halo includes a rim and an internal structure. The rim is positioned between the front portion and the rear portion. The internal structure is at least partially within the enclosure and includes a sweep portion and a receiving post. The receiving post and the sweep portion are configured to receive light emitted by one or more light emitting devices and at least one of guide, direct, diffuse, focus, and scatter light emitted by the one or more light emitting devices out of the display device.

Abstract: A system includes a processing circuit configured to provide an energy use setpoint based on energy data including an energy characteristic and subject to a constraint based on a variable condition of a building. The processing circuit is configured to estimate a value for the energy use setpoint that will result in the variable condition of the building satisfying the constraint and provide a control signal for equipment based on a difference between the energy use setpoint and a measured energy use.

Abstract: A building system for a building including one or more storage devices storing instructions thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to operate one or more pieces of building equipment associated with a building space based on a first operating mode. The instructions cause the one or more processors to receive an indication to update operation of the building space based on an emergency situation and responsive to receiving the indication to update operation of the building space based on the emergency situation, operate the one or more pieces of building equipment based on a second operating mode, wherein the second operating mode defines one or more second parameters for the one or more pieces of building equipment and is adapted to reconfigure the operation of the building space to address or mitigate the emergency situation.

Abstract: A sensor in a building HVAC system includes a transducer configured to measure a variable in the building HVAC system and to generate a sensor reading indicating a value of the measured variable. The sensor includes a communications interface configured to provide the sensor reading to a control device in the building HVAC system and a near field communication (NFC) circuit separate from the communications interface. The NFC circuit is configured to facilitate bidirectional NFC data communications between the sensor and a mobile device. The sensor includes a processing circuit having a processor and memory. The processing circuit is configured to wirelessly transmit data stored in the memory of the sensor to the mobile device via the NFC circuit, wirelessly receive data from the mobile device via the NFC circuit, and store the data received from the mobile device in the memory of the sensor.

Abstract: In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a control system for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a user interface configured to display a zone management screen having a first selectable representation of a first zone of the HVAC system including a first temperature set point and a first operating mode of the first zone, and a second selectable representation of a second zone of the HVAC system having a second temperature set point and a second operating mode of the second zone. The control system further includes a controller configured to receive a first input via the zone management screen to adjust the first temperature set point or to adjust the second temperature set point, and receive a second input via the zone management screen to adjust the first operating mode or to adjust the second operating mode.

Abstract: A refrigeration system includes a chiller with an integrated free cooling system and refrigeration system. In certain embodiments, the chiller may be a single package unit with all equipment housed within the same support frame. The chiller may generally include three modes of operation: a first mode that employs free cooling, a second mode that employs free cooling and implements a refrigeration cycle, and a third mode that uses the free cooling system to remove heat from the refrigeration system. A heat exchanger may be shared between the free cooling system and the refrigeration system to transfer heat from the refrigeration system to the free cooling system.

Abstract: A vapor compression system that includes a reheat coil that heats a supply air stream flowing across the reheat coil with a refrigerant. A fan forces an environmental air flow across a condenser to remove energy from the refrigerant. A controller adjusts a speed of the fan to control a flow of the refrigerant through the reheat coil.