IS428 2016-17 Term1 Assign3 Gwendoline Tan Wan Xin
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Problem & Motivation
After the successful resolution of the 2014 kidnapping at GAStech’s Abila, Kronos office, GAStech officials determined that Abila offices needed a significant upgrade. At the end of 2015, the growing company moved into a new, state-of-the-art three-story building near their previous location. The new office is built to the highest energy efficiency standard, but as with any new building, there are still several HVAC issues to work out. Each zone is instrumented with sensors that report building temperatures, heating and cooling system status values, and concentration levels of various chemicals such as carbon dioxide (abbreviated CO2) and hazium (abbreviated Haz), a recently discovered and possibly dangerous chemical. Staff members are also given proximity cards which will register their movements in the building by fixed proximity sensors in each zone and Rosie, a robotic mail delivery system equipped with proximity sensors.
With the huge amount of data collected by the various sensors installed in the building, there is a need to build an interactive data visualization tool to help the management efficiently identify typical patterns and issues of concern in building operations.
The interactive visualization can be targeted at employees from the following departments:
- Security Department: To track movement of employees within the building so as to ensure that employees are not entering prohibited zones/areas
- Facilities Department: To understand building operations and the respective building data elements so that anomalies can be spotted quickly
- Executive Department: To understand power usage of the new building so as to properly plan ahead on possible policies to implement (e.g. campaigns to save power consumption)
