A common data environment for HVAC design and engineering

The Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry is transitioning toward using cloud-based Common Data Environments (CDEs) with interlinked BIM models. A CDE that engages all stakeholders of the building's design, construction, operation phases represents outset maturity level 3. This article introduces a called Virtual Commissioning (VC), capable commissioning an HVAC system before physical system. FSC diagram introduced, to represent model within VC CDE, Revit exporter, serialize object from diagram. Three microservices were developed exemplify ease developing independently scalable solutions for CDE. Furthermore, proves Modelica simulations can be run, microservice architecture To test robustness two example models one simple high complexity. Transferring was successful. Finally, in roadmap future development, it proposed work should focus on advanced hydraulic simulations, Spawn-of-EnergyPlus.