A Data Analytics-Based Energy Information System (EIS) Tool to Perform Meter-Level Anomaly Detection and Diagnosis in Buildings

Roberto Chiosa, Marco Savino Piscitelli and Alfonso Capozzoli
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Roberto Chiosa: Department of Energy “Galileo Ferraris”, TEBE Research Group, BAEDA Lab, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy
Marco Savino Piscitelli: Department of Energy “Galileo Ferraris”, TEBE Research Group, BAEDA Lab, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy
Alfonso Capozzoli: Department of Energy “Galileo Ferraris”, TEBE Research Group, BAEDA Lab, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-28

Abstract: Recently, the spread of smart metering infrastructures has enabled the easier collection of building-related data. It has been proven that a proper analysis of such data can bring significant benefits for the characterization of building performance and spotting valuable saving opportunities. More and more researchers worldwide are focused on the development of more robust frameworks of analysis capable of extracting from meter-level data useful information to enhance the process of energy management in buildings, for instance, by detecting inefficiencies or anomalous energy behavior during operation. This paper proposes an innovative anomaly detection and diagnosis (ADD) methodology to automatically detect at whole-building meter level anomalous energy consumption and then perform a diagnosis on the sub-loads responsible for anomalous patterns. The process consists of multiple steps combining data analytics techniques. A set of evolutionary classification trees is developed to discover frequent and infrequent aggregated energy patterns, properly transformed through an adaptive symbolic aggregate approximation (aSAX) process. Then a post-mining analysis based on association rule mining (ARM) is performed to discover the main sub-loads which mostly affect the anomaly detected at the whole-building level. The methodology is developed and tested on monitored data of a medium voltage/low voltage (MV/LV) transformation cabin of a university campus.

Keywords: building energy management; energy information systems; anomaly detection and diagnosis; classification tree; symbolic aggregate approximation; association rule mining (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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