brick:Building


URI

https://brickschema.org/schema/Brick#Building

Label

Building

Description

An independent unit of the built environment with a characteristic spatial structure, intended to serve at least one function or user activity [ISO 12006-2:2013]

Shapes (1)

Usage

Instances of brick:Building can have the following properties:

PROPERTYTYPEDESCRIPTIONRANGE

Property Shapes

By the associated SHACL property shapes, instances of brick:Building can have the following properties:

PROPERTY PROPERTY TYPE DESCRIPTION MIN MAX VALUE TYPE OTHER CONSTRAINTS GLOBAL RANGE
brick:Building
brick:buildingPrimaryFunction owl:ObjectProperty Enumerated string applied to a site record to indicate the building's primary function. The list of primary functions is derived from the US Energy Star program (adopted from Project Haystack) 0 * bsh:BuildingPrimaryFunctionShape --
brick:buildingThermalTransmittance owl:ObjectProperty The area-weighted average heat transfer coefficient (commonly referred to as a U-value) for a building envelope 0 * bsh:ThermalTransmittanceShape --
brick:hasAddress rdf:Property To specify the address of a building. 0 * vcard:Address --
brick:hasPart owl:ObjectProperty The subject is composed in part of the entity given by the object 0 *
sh:or ( brick:Floor | brick:Room | brick:Space | brick:Zone | brick:Wing )
--
brick:yearBuilt owl:ObjectProperty Four digit year that a building was first built. (adopted from Project Haystack) 0 * bsh:YearBuiltShape --
brick:Location
brick:area owl:ObjectProperty Entity has 2-dimensional area 0 * bsh:AreaShape --
brick:coordinates owl:ObjectProperty The location of an entity in latitude/longitude 0 * bsh:CoordinateShape --
brick:grossArea owl:ObjectProperty Entity has gross 2-dimensional area 0 * bsh:AreaShape --
brick:hasPart owl:ObjectProperty The subject is composed in part of the entity given by the object
sh:message A Location's parts should be always be Locations/Spaces.
0 *
sh:or ( brick:Location | rec:Space )
--
brick:hasPoint owl:ObjectProperty The subject has a source of telemetry identified by the object. In some systems the source of telemetry may be represented as a digital/analog input/output point
sh:message A Location can have Points.
0 * brick:Point --
brick:isFedBy owl:ObjectProperty
sh:message Locations can be fed only by other Equipment.
0 * brick:Equipment --
brick:isLocationOf owl:ObjectProperty Subject is the physical location encapsulating the object 0 * brick:Entity --
brick:isMeteredBy owl:ObjectProperty Indicates the meter measuring the consumption/production of some substance by the subject entity 0 * brick:Meter --
brick:isPartOf owl:ObjectProperty
sh:message A Location's parts should be always be Locations/Spaces.
0 *
sh:or ( brick:Location | rec:Space )
--
brick:netArea owl:ObjectProperty Entity has net 2-dimensional area 0 * bsh:AreaShape --
brick:thermalTransmittance owl:ObjectProperty The area-weighted average heat transfer coefficient (commonly referred to as a U-value) 0 * bsh:ThermalTransmittanceShape --
brick:volume owl:ObjectProperty Entity has 3-dimensional volume 0 * bsh:VolumeShape --
brick:Entity
brick:aliasOf owl:ObjectProperty 0 * brick:Entity --
brick:deprecation owl:ObjectProperty Marks a concept as deprecated 0 * bsh:DeprecationShape --
brick:hasLocation owl:ObjectProperty Subject is physically located in the location given by the object 0 * brick:Location --
brick:isReplacedBy owl:ObjectProperty 0 * brick:Entity --
brick:latitude owl:DatatypeProperty 0 *
sh:or ( xsd:float | xsd:decimal | xsd:integer | xsd:double )
--
brick:longitude owl:DatatypeProperty 0 *
sh:or ( xsd:float | xsd:decimal | xsd:integer | xsd:double )
--
brick:timestamp owl:DatatypeProperty 0 * xsd:dateTime --
rec:Space
rec:geometry -- geometry
Polygon representing the spatial extent of this Space.
0 1 rec:Geometry --
rec:georeference owl:ObjectProperty georeference
A georeference creates a relationship between the local coordinate system used within a building (e.g., measured in meters) and a geographic coordinate system (e.g., lat, long, alt), such that locally placed Spaces can be resolved and rendered in that geographic coordinate system (e.g., for mapping purposes).
0 1 rec:Georeference
sh:IRI
--
rec:hasPart owl:ObjectProperty has part
0 * rec:Space
sh:IRI
--
rec:isLocationOf owl:ObjectProperty is location of
0 * sh:IRI --
rec:isPartOf owl:ObjectProperty is part of
0 1 rec:Space
sh:IRI
--

Implementation

@prefix brick: <https://brickschema.org/schema/Brick#> .
@prefix bsh: <https://brickschema.org/schema/BrickShape#> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix rec: <https://w3id.org/rec#> .
@prefix sh: <http://www.w3.org/ns/shacl#> .
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
@prefix tag: <https://brickschema.org/schema/BrickTag#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

brick:Building a owl:Class,
        sh:NodeShape ;
    rdfs:label "Building"@en ;
    rdfs:subClassOf brick:Location ;
    owl:deprecated true ;
    skos:definition "An independent unit of the built environment with a characteristic spatial structure, intended to serve at least one function or user activity [ISO 12006-2:2013]"@en ;
    sh:property [ sh:or ( [ sh:class brick:Floor ] [ sh:class brick:Room ] [ sh:class brick:Space ] [ sh:class brick:Zone ] [ sh:class brick:Wing ] ) ;
            sh:path brick:hasPart ],
        bsh:hasAddressShape,
        bsh:hasbuildingPrimaryFunctionShape,
        bsh:hasbuildingThermalTransmittanceShape,
        bsh:hasyearBuiltShape ;
    sh:rule [ a sh:TripleRule ;
            sh:object tag:Building ;
            sh:predicate brick:hasTag ;
            sh:subject sh:this ],
        [ a sh:TripleRule ;
            sh:object tag:Location ;
            sh:predicate brick:hasTag ;
            sh:subject sh:this ] ;
    brick:deprecatedInVersion "1.4.0" ;
    brick:deprecationMitigationMessage "Brick location classes are being phased out in favor of RealEstateCore classes. For a replacement, consider rec:Building" ;
    brick:hasAssociatedTag tag:Building,
        tag:Location ;
    brick:isReplacedBy rec:Building .