Project Haystack is excited to announce that the next issue of Connections Magazine is in development and will be published in October 2019. The Connections Magazine reports the news from the Project Haystack community around the world and provides updates on the development of working groups, new tagging models, reference implementations, complimentary applications, and use case stories from the community working together to make device data easier to use across applications of all types.
Thanks to the Project Haystack community contributions, the Winter 2019 issue of Connections Magazine is over 60 pages of articles, insight, product features, updates on Project Haystack Working Groups, and lots of re-tweets. You can download the Spring 2018 issue of Connections Magazine by clicking here.
We hope the Haystack community from around the world will take this opportunity to contribute an article, provide an update on your Working Group, a use case, or news item to be included in the Fall 2019 Connections Magazine. We’ll also be checking the social feeds of Haystack member companies for noteworthy tweets and LinkedIn shares. However, it would be great to hear from you directly about what you would like to see reported. To submit your proposed content for the Fall 2019 Issue, contact Robin Bestel, the Editor, at: robin@haystackconnect.org.
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We are excited to announce the start of the Haystack 4.0 public review. Haystack 4.0 is the culmination of over a year's worth of work by WG 551.
Haystack 4.0 includes a brand new website and documentation engine. So for the public review we are going to run the new website and documentation on a different domain - https://project-haystack.dev. We will run this website in parallel to the current website until the review process is complete. The new website has a refreshed look and feel, but will have login and forum disabled.
Haystack 4.0 includes a suite of new features to take modeling your data to the next level:
A new framework for the definition of tags and tag combinations is the core feature of Haystack 4.0. Defs are modeled as dicts just like all Haystack data.
We've built a brand new documentation engine which is completely generated from machine readable definitions. The new definition model will also feed directly into vendor tools making it easier to properly tag your data.
Haystack 4.0 introduces a new scalar type called Symbol used by defs to cross-reference each other.
All tag definitions are now scoped into modules we call libs or libraries. Libraries are versioned and easily shared as zip files. Haystack 4.0 introduces three standard libraries:
ph
: core definitionsphScience
: definitions related to scientific phenomenon and quantitiesphIoT
: definitions for the domain of the built environment and Internet of ThingsThe current version of Haystack defines only a vocabulary of our terms. In Haystack 4.0 we organize the terms of our vocabulary into a tree structured taxonomy using the concept of subtyping.
Haystack 4.0 also enables us to build more knowledge into our models by creating relationships between definitions. For example we now model containment and the flow of energy and substances in our tags. This brings Haystack into the realm of a full ontology.
We are introducing new features into the filter query syntax to tap into the knowledge modeled by the definition framework. We can query relationships using abstract concepts without regard to exactly how the data is tagged:
We have included a proposal for how Haystack definitions and instance data is exported to RDF. This is an important new feature to ensure Haystack data is easily used with RDF tools to integrate into external ontologies.
We have not changed how you model your data. All of your existing Haystack data models will work in Haystack 4.0. We may tweak a few of the standardized tag names, but Haystack data is still fundamentally modeled with dicts and tags just like today. Haystack 4.0 features are primarily designed to address the definition side of tag names.
The core of the new design is complete.
A large portion of the existing tags have been redefined using the new design. However several domains are incomplete including unitary controls, lighting, VFDs, fans, pumps, etc.
One goal for Haystack 4.0 is to model spaces and zones. We have started this work by adding a new top level entity called space
Also portions of the Haystack 4.0 proposal are still in flux, specifically Generics and RDF.
Important links:
Today we announced that we presented DLR Group the Project Haystack Award for their support of the Project Haystack open-source project and adoption of the methodology as an end user, in front of a packed house at the 2018 ControlTrends Awards ceremony held January 13th in Atlanta during AHR Expo 2019.
DLR Group is an integrated design firm with 30 offices around the globe and over 1,200 professionals delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new construction, renovation, and adaptive reuse projects. One of the world’s leading sustainable design firms, DLR Group’s promise is to elevate the human experience through design. This promise inspires sustainable design for a diverse group of public and private sector clients, local communities, and our planet. DLR Group is 100 percent employee-owned and was an early adopter of the Architecture 2030 Challenge, an initial signatory to the AIA 2030 Commitment and the China Accord.
“In the past year we have seen a significant increase in world-wide adoption of the Project Haystack methodology in the building industry, and expanding into smart devices for homes, industrial facilities, factories and agriculture,” said John Petze, Executive Director of the Project Haystack Organization. “We’re pleased to recognize DLR Group’s use of the Haystack methodology of semantic modeling and tagging, implemented through their Building Optimization and High-Performance Design practices.”
DLR Group is utilizing the Project Haystack methodology through smart building design strategies, monitoring-based commissioning, and smart energy management.
DLR Group Principal, Ruairi Barnwell, was present to accept the Project Haystack Award. “With the vast quantities of building operational data available, the use of a semantic, or tag-based, data analytics framework has become an essential tool to leverage insights that help us optimize the ongoing operations of our clients’ buildings,” said Barnwell. “We have embedded the Project Haystack methodology in the core of the building performance data analytics platform that we use to collect, analyze and visualize building performance data. This allows us to create actionable intelligence to optimize energy and indoor environmental quality, lowering energy use and elevating the human experience of the built environment.”
More information about DLR Group is available at www.dlrgroup.com, at Twitter and at LinkedIn.
Click Here to read the online Press Release.
Today we announced the addition of four new sponsors for its 2019 Haystack Connect conference: Gold sponsor Kodaro and Silver sponsors BTIB, Intellastar and StackHub.
The two-and-a-half-day long conference includes keynote presentations, a vendor exhibition hall, and a packed schedule of technical sessions covering data acquisition, communications, protocol translation, data visualization, analytics, data semantics, modeling and security—all critical technologies essential to using operational data to drive improved performance.
Scheduled for May 13-15, 2019, the conference will take place at the Paradise Point Resort and Spa in San Diego, California. Haystack Connect sponsorship provides the opportunity to make connections, build name recognition, brand loyalty, reach new customers, and sell products and services to a targeted audience. Sponsorships also include exhibit space in the Haystack Connect Sponsors Showcase.
Opportunities to become a sponsor are still available. To learn more or to sign up as a Sponsor, visit Become A Sponsor. For more information about the 2019 Haystack Connect conference, visit Haystack Connect 2019.
Click Here to read the full Press Release.
Project Haystack is excited to announce the publication of the Haystack Connections Magazine Winter 2019 issue – the 5th edition of the magazine. Haystack Connections reports the news from the Haystack community and provides updates on adoption of the Haystack standard by consultants, end users, manufacturers and software developers, and presents stories demonstrating the success of the community as we work together to make device data easier to use across applications of all types.
An official press announcement will be released on Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 8:00 AM EST.
The theme of this issue of our Connections Magazine is ‘Enabling the Data Revolution in the Built Environment’. Given the number of projects, events and work in progress by the Haystack community around the world, this seemed an appropriate theme for this issue.
The 62-page Haystack Connections Magazine Winter 2019 issue includes an interview with Joe Pattenaude, Director of Building Systems at Bedrock in Detroit, Michigan, a featured profile of the newest member of Project Haystack, BuildingFit, and community-contributed articles by BASSG, BuildingFit, Intellimation, J2 Innovations, Lynxspring, and Nube iO. Featured are some of the latest tools and services that support Haystack from BTIB, J2 Innovations, Lynxspring, OnBoard Data and Tridium. This issue also includes updates on technical resources, Project Haystack Working Groups, as well as the Project Haystack Organization roster of members.
Click Here to download the Haystack Connections Magazine Winter 2019 issue.
We want to thank all of the Advertisers that contributed to this issue of the magazine, and we want to express our sincerest gratitude to the companies and people that dedicated their time to providing such valuable insight and content for this issue of the magazine. It just keeps getting better!
On Tuesday January 15 at 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM in room B311, Marc Petock and John Petze of Project-Haystack.org will host an educational session on semantic tagging and Project Haystack.
Since the ASHRAE announcement of BACnet/Haystack/Brick collaboration in March of 2018, there has been a lot of movement on tagging among manufacturers. There is a mix in the level of tagging support each vendor now has for the Haystack library and the BACnet approach, but, there is no pushback regarding the need to support standardized tagging. They are either already doing it, or it is on their roadmap. They all understand this is where the industry is headed as the industry learns to utilize smart device data to reduce operating costs and create value for building owners and operators.
This session will introduce Project Haystack, the open-source initiative which is recognized as the most developed and deployed solution for “marking up” equipment system data. Examples of the use of data tagging in navigation, control, graphics, analytics, and reporting will be covered. The session will also include an overview of the work of the Project Haystack community to advance Haystack tagging as the "markup language" for device data.
The technical committee of Project Haystack is excited to announce program topics and open the Call for Presentations for Haystack Connect 2019, taking place May 13-15, 2019 at Paradise Point Resort & Spa in San Diego, California.
Haystack Connect is known for the quality of its technical program, which is driven by—YOU—the Project Haystack community. Presentations focus on the real-world challenges in integrating diverse systems and data and are delivered by individuals leading the effort to streamline data interchange through the use of Project Haystack technology.
The technical committee is requesting proposals that address the following topic areas for the 2019 event:
Submit brief abstracts, approximately 100-200 words in length, to sharon@haystackconnect.org
The first round of submissions will be accepted until February 15, 2019. Speaking slots will be awarded on a first come, first served basis following technical committee review, so get your presentation submissions in early!
For more information visit www.haystackconnect.org
We are excited to announce that Project-Haystack will participate in a Memoori webinar on November 06, 2018 at 1700 CET | 1100 EST | 0800 PST.
The webinar entitled The Evolution of Data and Analytics in the Built Environment - How Unified Semantic Modeling is Helping Companies Navigate the Sea of Data. The webinar will be moderated by Jim McHale of Memoori and will feature Marc Petock and John Petze of the Haystack organization.
You can register for the webcast at this link
Memoori is a leading analyst in the smart building space focusing on Smart Building Research and Thought Leadership
The webcast is sponsored by Haystack Connect, the biennial conference presented by Project-Haystack.org. Find details on Haystack Connect 2019 at this link
The Haystack Connect 2019 conference and exhibition, our 4th biennial event, will take place May 13-15, 2019 at Paradise Point Resort in San Diego, California. The website is live, registration is open, and sponsorships are available at www.HaystackConnect.org!
Haystack Connect provides a unique, open-forum for professionals involved in automation, control and the Internet of Things to learn and share the latest technologies and techniques for connecting systems and utilizing device data in applications including intelligent buildings, energy management, remote monitoring, and other IoT devices and applications.
Attendees include the community of Project Haystack supporters encompassing engineers, developers and other professionals from leading technology suppliers, system integrators and service firms who come together to further advance the state-of-the-art of managing, presenting and analyzing the vast amounts of data generated by today’s IoT devices, smart equipment and systems.
The two-and-a-half-day long conference includes keynote presentations, a vendor exhibition hall, and a packed schedule of technical sessions covering data acquisition, communications, protocol translation, data visualization, analytics, data semantics, modeling and security—all critical technologies essential to using operational data to drive improved performance.
Check out www.HaystackConnect.org for more information—then register, get your hotel room and secure your sponsorship for this can’t miss event!
Project Haystack is excited to announce that the next issue of Connections Magazine is in development and will be published in early January 2019. The Connections Magazine reports the news from the Project Haystack community around the world and provides updates on the development of working groups, new tagging models, reference implementations, complimentary applications, and use case stories from the community working together to make device data easier to use across applications of all types.
Thanks to the Project Haystack community contributions, the Spring 2018 issue of Connections Magazine is over 45 pages of articles, insight, product features, updates on Project Haystack Working Groups, and lots of re-tweets. You can download the Spring 2018 issue of Connections Magazine by clicking here.
We hope the Haystack community from around the world will take this opportunity to contribute an article, a use case, or news item to be included in the Fall 2018 Connections Magazine. We’ll also be checking the social feeds of Haystack member companies for noteworthy tweets and LinkedIn shares. However, it would be great to hear from you directly about what you would like to see reported. To submit your proposed content for the Fall 2018 Issue, contact Robin Bestel, the Editor, at: robin@haystackconnect.org.
Connections Magazine also provides an excellent opportunity for technology suppliers that provide complimentary products, services and applications to reach the Project Haystack Community. With limited advertising space available, reserve your spot early by contact Robin Bestel at: robin@haystackconnect.org.
Project Haystack is proud to announce that Robin Bestel is the new Editor of our Connections Magazine. Therese Sullivan, the previous editor, did a great job on our previous issues and we are confident Robin will as well going forward.
We encourage our Haystack Community to support her in creating the next issue of Connections Magazine.
Download the Spring 2018 issue of Connections Magazine
Robin can be contacted by email at robin@haystackconnect.org.
Project-Haystack.org is excited to announce the publication of the Spring 2018 issue of Haystack Connections magazine. Haystack Connections reports the news from the Haystack community around the world and provides updates on adoption of the Haystack standard by consultants, end users, manufacturers and software developers, and presents stories demonstrating the success of the community as we work together to make device data easier to use across applications of all types. Official press announcement here
With over 45 pages of content from members around the world the theme of this issue is Tagging the World of Data which addresses not only the growing global adoption of Haystack, but also the extension of Haystack into applications beyond buildings system. From day 1 Haystack was designed for any type of smart device data and application.
You can find the Spring 2018 issue of Haystack Connections at this link
We want to thank all of the sponsors that have contributed to this issue of the magazine - with your support we have been able to significantly "up our game".
Finally, special thanks to everyone that contributed to the content for this issue of the magazine and special thanks to Therese Sullivan, Editor, and Robin Bestel for their tremendous work producing this issue -- its our best yet!
We are excited to inform the community of the recent announcement regarding the cooperation and collaboration between ASHRAE's BACnet Committee, Project Haystack and Brick Schema to provide a unified data semantic modeling solution to be adopted into BACnet.
As data interoperability becomes more important for applications of all types across the buildings market, the unification of semantic modeling is essential to enable data interoperability and reduce integration costs and effort. We are excited to be a part of this industry-wide effort which will benefit everyone from designers, constructors, owners, operators, systems integrators, product manufacturers and service providers.
The Reference Model Working Group is excited to release their work. The document entitled Implementing Project Haystack Applying Haystack Tagging for a Sample Building can be found at this link
The document takes the reader through the application of Haystack tagging for a sample project as an introduction, and includes a link to highly developed tagging example for comprehensive application of Haystack covering building systems including those listed below:
AHU, FCU, VAV, Chiller, Cooling Tower, Boiler, Fan, Pump, Electric, Gas, Domestic Hot Water
Thanks to everyone that contributed to this document! We believe it will be a great benefit for people getting started with Haystack.
Recording of Memoori webcast now available
We wanted to let the community know that Project-Haystack was the focus of an webinar by Memoori Research. The webinar entitled:
Making Internet of Things Device Data Just Work!
was be presented on Nov 21 at 11AM ET