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Ontological Representation of Knowledge Related to Building Energy-efficiency

Authors:
German Nemirovski
Alvaro Sicilia
Fàtima Galán
Marco Massetti
Leandro Madrazo

Keywords: semantic web; ontology; taxonomy; information system; energy-efficiency; energy model.

Abstract:
Within the research project RÉPENER, co- financed by the R+D+i Spanish National Plan, an information system to capture the energy-related data throughout the whole building life cycle is being developed. The purpose of the system is to provide improved quality information to the various stakeholders participating at the different stages of the building life cycle. This higher-quality information is derived from interlinking disparate data sources – proprietary and open – and from the application of mining techniques to the semantically modelled data. This paper describes the design and the most important features of the RÉPENER global ontology, which is the core component of the information system is being developed. The ontology embraces knowledge originated from three realms: canonical domain knowledge, praxis-related usage cases and energy-related data stemming from various sources. The ontological design process – which includes the acquisition, unification, extension, formal specification and evaluation of the knowledge – is presented as a case study on knowledge discovery and engineering.

Pages: 20 to 27

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2012

Publication date: September 23, 2012

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4510

ISBN: 978-1-61208-240-0

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from September 23, 2012 to September 28, 2012