Buildings account for a significant share of energy use in Norway, and in commercial buildings, nearly 40% of electricity use goes to ventilation, heating, and cooling. Research shows that faults in these technical systems lead to poor indoor climate, higher costs, and unnecessary energy use equivalent to 0.5–1 TWh per year.
jAInitor will:
1) Build a knowledge base of faults in HVAC systems. The goal is to make it easier to detect faults, understand their consequences, and handle them more effectively.
2) Develop flexible and scalable fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) tools. By structuring and storing data in a systematic way, the project will remove technical barriers and make such solutions easier to adopt.
3) Increase the use of FDD tools among building operators by identifying barriers, building trust, and ensuring that solutions are adapted to practical operational needs.
4) Reduce the time required to identify and resolve faults in HVAC systems by streamlining workflows and decision-making processes.