The systems ontology is part of the BIM4Ren project. It belongs to the core layer, and is used to describe systems installed in a building and the relation between those. Such systems can be thermal, digital, water circulation...
The BIM4Ren systems topology ontology
A relation between a complex system and subcomponents
has elements
performs
uses
A control element is used to control a network. Some examples are valves, actuators...
For a given system, the medium associated is the physical component on which it acts. In particular HVAC systems act on air, water... or other mediums. The medium is to be related to the Function associated to a system.
A storage element's role is to accumulate quantities of a specific medium. Examples are water tanks, electrical batteries...
An HVAC system. May describe a system for heating, cooling and ventilating a building, (partially, or fully), or a se of buildings. It is made of a) terminal elements that can either produce and emit the property associated (heat, cold, air), b) transport elements that allow the flow, c) and management elements that control the flow.
Sistema
System
Système
System Element
A terminal element's role is to either deliver or consume some material: for instance, a solar panel is an electricy producer, while a lamp is an electricty consumer.
A transport element's role is to dispatch some matter from one point to another. Examples are ducts, electric cables...
Climatisation
Eau potable
Réseau électrique
Electricité
Gaz
Chauffage
ACS
Agua caliente sanitaria
ECS
Eau chaude
Eau chaude sanitaire
Raditation solaire
Ventilation
Eau