What Device?!
Acronyms
'B'uildings in the building
Digital Twin
Team Members
100
This common ceiling device helps buildings determine whether a space is occupied.
What is a PIR sensor?
100
BMS
What is Building Management System?
100
The building's centralized controls platform, often responsible for HVAC monitoring and control.
What is BMS?
100
Temperature, occupancy, energy, equipment status, and other operational information are typically sent to a digital twin from these connected devices.
What are IoT sensors/devices?
100
This team member came up with #DARE2DAR but it didn't catch on like they hoped.
Who is Khader?
200
This device receives data packets from sensors at a distance of up to 15 KM.
What is a LoRaWAN gateway?
200
MSI
What is Master System Integrator?
200
This open building automation protocol was developed under ASHRAE.
What is BACnet?
200
This three-letter interface commonly allows a digital twin platform to exchange information with systems such as BMS, CAFM, or enterprise applications.
What is an API?
200
This team member used to work as a barista.
Who is Edmond?
300
This device identifies tagged assets without requiring direct line of sight.
What is an RFID Reader? (or UHF Reader)
300
GIS
What is Geographic Information System?
300
The model-based process that gives digital buildings their geometry, spaces, systems, and assets.
What is BIM?
300
When the same physical asset is called AHU-01 in BIM, AHU_1 in the BMS, and Asset-00421 in CAFM, the digital twin needs this capability to know they are all the same thing.
What is asset mapping / identity resolution?
300
This team member once dialed in to the weekly meeting from a hospital bed.
Who is Mira?
400
This device repeatedly broadcasts a unique radio identifier.
What is a BLE Beacon (or just a beacon)?
400
CMMS
What is Computerized Maintenance Management System?
400
This open-source ontology describes buildings using entities such as Equipment, Point, Location, and relationships between them.
What is Brick Schema?
400
This open BIM data format allows model information to be exchanged between different software platforms without relying on one proprietary vendor.
What is IFC (Industry Foundation Classes)?
400
This team member is known for legendary power point skills.
Who is Raffi?
500
A microprocessor-based device that automatically monitors sensors and uses programmed logic to precisely manage building systems like HVAC, lighting, and security.
What is a DDC Controller?
500
SCADA
What is Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition?
500
In BACnet/IP, this device helps broadcasts travel between different IP subnets.
What is BBMD (BACnet Broadcast Management Device)?
500
This open standard provides a structured method for exchanging building asset information from design and construction into operations.
What is COBie?
500
This team member once raised their hand to high five during the Quarterly Business Review and got picked.
Who is Laith?