Automated building information modeling for fault detection and diagnostics in commercial HVAC systems

Facilities

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 233-246

  Golabchi, Alireza ^a   Akula, Manu ^b   Kamat, Vineet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; Building information modeling; Facility management; Fault detection and diagnostics; HVAC system repair; Operation and maintenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010468283     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/F-06-2014-0050     Document Type: Article

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