]> Indoor Environment Manager Ontology The goal of this ontology is to assist occupants to improve indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and minimize energy use in a small room. This process considers components of the room that can change environmental conditions or allow the outdoor environment to affect the indoor environment, as well as sensors to record various environment attributes, and the occupants' comfort ranges. Gabriel Jacoby-Cooper Jihoon Chung Kelsey Rook http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT 2023-01-06T23:59:59 IEQ Management System Copyright (c) 2023 Gabriel Jacoby-Cooper, Jihoon Chung, and Kelsey Rook https://indoor-environment-manager--rpi-ontology-engineering.netlify.app/oe2022/indoor-environment-manager/gettinginvolved Concepts of visual comfort and acoustic comfort were added; Individuals for competency question 6 and 8 were updated 1 air conditioning "Air conditioning", ASHRAE Terminology, 2022. [Online] Available: https://terminology.ashrae.org/?term=air+conditioning equipment, distribution systems, and terminals that controlits temperature, humidity, cleanliness, and distribution in a building in order to meet the requirements of a conditioned space air quality level Air Quality Index (AQI) Basics, AirNow.gov, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.airnow.gov/aqi/aqi-basics/ Six categories of air quality index. that corresponds to a different level of health concern Good, Moderate, Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups, Unhealthy, Very Unhealthy, Hazardous air quality level good Air Quality Index (AQI) Basics, AirNow.gov, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.airnow.gov/aqi/aqi-basics/ Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk. Range of the index: 0 to 50 air quality level hazardous Air Quality Index (AQI) Basics, AirNow.gov, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.airnow.gov/aqi/aqi-basics/ Health warning of emergency conditions: everyone is more likely to be affected. Range of the index: 301 and higher air quality level moderate Air Quality Index (AQI) Basics, AirNow.gov, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.airnow.gov/aqi/aqi-basics/ Air quality is acceptable. However, there may be a risk for some people, particularly those who are unusually sensitive to air pollution. Range of the index: 51 to 100 air quality level unhealthy Air Quality Index (AQI) Basics, AirNow.gov, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.airnow.gov/aqi/aqi-basics/ Some members of the general public may experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects. Range of the index: 151 to 200 air quality level unhealthy for sensitive groups Air Quality Index (AQI) Basics, AirNow.gov, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.airnow.gov/aqi/aqi-basics/ Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is less likely to be affected. Range of the index: 101 to 150 air quality level very unhealthy Air Quality Index (AQI) Basics, AirNow.gov, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.airnow.gov/aqi/aqi-basics/ Health alert: The risk of health effects is increased for everyone. Range of the index: 151 to 200 closed "Closed," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/closed being not open component state IEQ Management System the state of an object in a room that can be used to alter relevant indoor environment quality parameters Closed, Open, On, Off current indoor environment IEQ Management System a collection of indoor environmental parameters before environmental attributes affect the indoor environment dehumidifier "Dehumidifier", ASHRAE Terminology, 2022. [Online] Available: https://terminology.ashrae.org/?term=dehumidifier an air cooler or an absorption or adsorption device used for lowering moisture content 0 0 0 delta defined environment IEQ Management System any environment that happens to be defined in terms of effectiveness with respect to some other environment Ideal Indoor Environment, Outdoor Environment, Resultant Indoor Environment 0 400 0 30 0 104 0 100 environment "Environment", ASHRAE Terminology, 2022. [Online] Available: https://terminology.ashrae.org/?term=environment all of the elements over which a designer has no control and that affect a system and its input or output Delta Defined Environment, Indoor Environment, Outdoor Environment fan J. Xie, H. Li, C. Li, J. Zhang, and M. Luo, 'Review on occupant-centric thermal comfort sensing, predicting, and controlling,' Energy and Buildings, vol. 226, p. 110392, 2020. "Fan," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fan piece of equipment that can increase air speed female "female," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/female having a gender identity that is the opposite of male 1 heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment J. Xie, H. Li, C. Li, J. Zhang, and M. Luo, 'Review on occupant-centric thermal comfort sensing, predicting, and controlling,' Energy and Buildings, vol. 226, p. 110392, 2020. "HVAC system", ASHRAE Terminology, 2022. [Online] Available: https://xp20.ashrae.org/terminology/index.php?term=hvac&submit=Search the equipment, distribution systems, and terminals that provide, either collectively or individually, the processes of heating, ventilating, or air conditioning to a building or portion of a building Air Conditioning, Radiator HVAC ideal indoor environment IEQ Management System a collection of indoor environmental parameters that represent the target towards which actions should make progress 0 10000 0 indoor environment "Environment", ASHRAE Terminology, 2022. [Online] Available: https://terminology.ashrae.org/?term=environment all of the indoor elements over which a designer has no control and that affect a system and its input or output Current Indoor Environment, Ideal Indoor Environment, Resultant Indoor Environment lighting D. Heinzerling, S. Schiavon, T. Webster, and E. Arens, 'Indoor Environmental Quality Assessment models: A literature review and a proposed weighting and classification scheme,' Building and Environment, vol. 70, pp. 210 to 222, 2013. "Lighting," Designing Buildings: The Construction Wiki, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Lighting Equipment with the primary purpose of providing light male "male," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/male having a gender identity that is the opposite of female negative "negative," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/negative less than zero and opposite in sign to a positive non-power consuming component IEQ Management System room component that does not consume energy 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 occupant D. Heinzerling, S. Schiavon, T. Webster, and E. Arens, 'Indoor Environmental Quality Assessment models: A literature review and a proposed weighting and classification scheme,' Building and Environment, vol. 70, pp. 210 to 222, 2013. P. Antoniadou and A. M. Papadopoulos, 'Occupants' thermal comfort: State of the art and the prospects of personalized assessment in office buildings,' Energy and Buildings, vol. 153, pp. 136 to 149, 2017. J. Xie, H. Li, C. Li, J. Zhang, and M. Luo, 'Review on occupant-centric thermal comfort sensing, predicting, and controlling,' Energy and Buildings, vol. 226, p. 110392, 2020. 'Occupant,' Legal Information Institute. [Online]. Available: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/occupant. [Accessed: 22 Sep 2022]. someone that resides or is present in or using a building, vehicle, seat, place, etc., at a given time occupant sex "sex," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sex the occupant's state of being male or female off "off," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off condition of not currently being powered on "on," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on condition of being currently in operation open "Open," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open being in a position or adjustment to permit passage 1 outdoor-affected room component action IEQ Management System An action to change the state of the room component connected to outdoor environment, in order to alter relevant indoor environment quality parameters 0 400 0 10000 outdoor environment "Environment", ASHRAE Terminology, 2022. [Online] Available: https://terminology.ashrae.org/?term=environment all of the outdoor elements over which a designer has no control and that affect a system and its input or output positive "positive," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/positive real and numerically greater than zero power consuming component IEQ Management System room component that consumes energy 1 radiator D. Heinzerling, S. Schiavon, T. Webster, and E. Arens, 'Indoor Environmental Quality Assessment models: A literature review and a proposed weighting and classification scheme,' Building and Environment, vol. 70, pp. 210 to 222, 2013. "Radiator," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radiator equipment that can raise the indoor temperature by transferring heat from an internal system into a room resultant indoor environment IEQ Management System a collection of indoor environmental parameters after environmental attributes affect the indoor environment 0 1 room D. Heinzerling, S. Schiavon, T. Webster, and E. Arens, 'Indoor Environmental Quality Assessment models: A literature review and a proposed weighting and classification scheme,' Building and Environment, vol. 70, pp. 210 to 222, 2013. "Room," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/room region in a building in which occupant comfort and measurements apply 0 1 1 room component a constituent part of a room that can be used to alter relevant IEQ parameters Window, WindowBlinds, Dehumidifier, Fan, HVAC Equipment, Space Heater, Air Conditioning, Radiator, Thermostat "Component," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/component 1 1 1 room component action IEQ Management System An action to change the state of the room component to alter relevant indoor environment quality parameters sign "Sign," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sign a fundamental linguistic unit that designates an object or relation or has a purely syntactic function Negative, Positive space heater "Space heater," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radiator portable appliance that can raise the indoor temperature by heating the air around it 1 1 thermostat J. Xie, H. Li, C. Li, J. Zhang, and M. Luo, 'Review on occupant-centric thermal comfort sensing, predicting, and controlling,' Energy and Buildings, vol. 226, p. 110392, 2020. "Thermostat," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thermostat heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment that can control air conditioning 1 thermostat state IEQ Management System numeric value at which the thermostat is set window D. Heinzerling, S. Schiavon, T. Webster, and E. Arens, 'Indoor Environmental Quality Assessment models: A literature review and a proposed weighting and classification scheme,' Building and Environment, vol. 70, pp. 210 to 222, 2013. P. Antoniadou and A. M. Papadopoulos, 'Occupants' thermal comfort: State of the art and the prospects of personalized assessment in office buildings,' Energy and Buildings, vol. 153, pp. 136 to 149, 2017. J. Xie, H. Li, C. Li, J. Zhang, and M. Luo, 'Review on occupant-centric thermal comfort sensing, predicting, and controlling,' Energy and Buildings, vol. 226, p. 110392, 2020. "Window," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/window room component that can optionally let air flow between inside and outside regions window blinds "blind," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blind a roller window shade window-open action IEQ Management System An action to open or close the window to alter relevant indoor environment quality parameters causes new state IEQ Management System determines the state of the room component controls "Control," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/control to exercise restraining or directing influence over has activity level value IEQ Management System specifies an actual literal (explicit) values of an occupant's activity level has age value IEQ Management System specifies an actual literal (explicit) values of an occupant's age has air quality level IEQ Management System indicates the category of air quality index to represents the level of danger to human health has air quality value IEQ Management System specifies an actual literal (explicit) values of air quality index has air speed comfort range lower bound IEQ Management System indicates a lower bound of a range where an occupant feel comfortable for air speed in an indoor circumstance has air speed comfort range upper bound IEQ Management System indicates an upper bound of a range where an occupant feel comfortable for air speed in an indoor circumstance has air speed sign IEQ Management System indicates how attributes affects the air speed in a positive or negative way has air speed value IEQ Management System specifies an actual literal (explicit) values of air speed has air temperature comfort range lower bound IEQ Management System indicates a lower bound of a range where an occupant feel comfortable for air temperature in an indoor circumstance has air temperature comfort range upper bound IEQ Management System indicates an upper bound of a range where an occupant feel comfortable for air temperature in an indoor circumstance has air temperature sign IEQ Management System indicates how attributes affects the air temperature in a positive or negative way has air temperature value IEQ Management System specifies an actual literal (explicit) values of ambient temperature has attribute "attribute," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attribute has a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something has available action IEQ Management System indicates what actions are available for a room component has clothing insulation value IEQ Management System specifies an actual literal (explicit) values of an occupant's clothing insulation has comfort range bound IEQ Management System indicates bounds of a range where an occupant feel comfortable in an indoor circumstance has comfort range lower bound IEQ Management System indicates a lower bound of a range where an occupant feel comfortable in an indoor circumstance has comfort range upper bound IEQ Management System indicates an upper bound of a range where an occupant feel comfortable in an indoor circumstance has component "component," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/component contains a constituent part has current indoor environment IEQ Management System indicates the current environmental condition that consists of indoor environmental parameters has daylight intensity value IEQ Management System specifies an actual literal (explicit) values of daylight intensity has detected air quality level IEQ Management System indicates the category of the detected air quality index to represents the level of danger to human health has environment IEQ Management System indicates the environmental condition that consists of indoor and outdoor environmental parameters has environment attribute value IEQ Management System specifies an actual literal (explicit) values of environmental attributes has height value IEQ Management System specifies an actual literal (explicit) values of an occupant's height has inferred air quality level IEQ Management System indicates the category of the inferred air quality index to represents the level of danger to human health has luminosity comfort range lower bound IEQ Management System indicates a lower bound of a range in which an occupant feels comfortable for luminosity in an indoor environment has luminosity comfort range upper bound IEQ Management System indicates an upper bound of a range in which an occupant feels comfortable for luminosity in an indoor environment has luminosity sign IEQ Management System indicates how attributes affects the luminosity in a positive or negative way has luminosity value IEQ Management System specifies an actual literal (explicit) values of indoor luminosity has metabolic rate value IEQ Management System specifies an actual literal (explicit) values of an occupant's metabolic rate has occupant 'Occupant,' Legal Information Institute. [Online]. Available: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/occupant. [Accessed: 22-Sep-2022]. has as one who resides in, or has as one's place of business has occupant attribute value IEQ Management System specifies an actual literal (explicit) values of occupant attributes has occupant sex "sex," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sex has the state of being male or female has outdoor neighbor "outside," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outside is physically adjacent to across the bounds of an interior space has possible state IEQ Management System has the ability to be in some condition at a point in time has relative humidity comfort range lower bound IEQ Management System indicates a lower bound of a range where an occupant feel comfortable for relative humidity in an indoor circumstance has relative humidity comfort range upper bound IEQ Management System indicates an upper bound of a range where an occupant feel comfortable for air temperature in an indoor circumstance has relative humidity sign IEQ Management System indicates how attributes affects the relative humidity in a positive or negative way has relative humidity value IEQ Management System specifies an actual literal (explicit) values of relative humidity has sign IEQ Management System indicates how attributes affects the environment in a positive or negative way has sound pressure comfort range lower bound IEQ Management System indicates a lower bound of a range in which an occupant feels comfortable for sound pressure in an indoor environment has sound pressure comfort range upper bound IEQ Management System indicates an upper bound of a range in which an occupant feels comfortable for sound pressure in an indoor environment has sound pressure sign IEQ Management System indicates how attributes affects the sound pressure in a positive or negative way has sound pressure value IEQ Management System specifies an actual literal (explicit) values of sound pressure has state IEQ Management System has a mode or condition of being has weight value IEQ Management System specifies an actual literal (explicit) values of an occupant's weight interacts with outdoor environment IEQ Management System indicates components that directly interface with outdoor environments This property directly relates components with outdoor environments, chaining through the individual of which the subject of this property is a component. This property contributes to the inference that for certain room component actions, the resultant indoor environment must have the same value for a particular environment metric as the relevant outdoor environment. is air quality level for IEQ Management System indicates the object that has the category of air quality index is attribute of "attribute," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attributec is a quality, character, or characteristic affecting to is available action for IEQ Management System indicates what room components have the available actions is better than "better," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/better has a greater qualitative or quantitative value than is component of "component," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/component is a constituent part of is controlled by "Control," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/control is exercised of restraining or directing influence by is detected air quality level for IEQ Management System indicates the object that has the category of the detected air quality index is inferred air quality level for IEQ Management System indicates the object that has the category of the inferred air quality index is outside of "outside," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outside is physically adjacent to beyond the bounds of an interior space is possible state of IEQ Management System can be the condition of a given object at some point in time is produced by "produce," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/produce is caused to exist by is produced by outdoor-affected action IEQ Management System is caused to change environmental parameters by outdoor environment is state of "State," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/state is a mode or condition of occupies "occupy," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/occupy to take up a place or extent in space produces "produce," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/produce causes to exist produces with outdoor effects IEQ Management System causes to change environmental parameters with outdoor environment "day," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day has factor value IEQ Management System provides a quantitative value for an environmental factor has lower bound IEQ Management System specifies the quantity value that is the lower value of a pair of values representing a range has numeric value "numerical value," Merriam-Webster.com, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/numerical%20value provides a quantitative value for something, with or without a language tag has upper bound IEQ Management System specifies the quantity value that is the higher value of a pair of values representing a range