jean-paul gibson: project at yale (screenshots in no particular order)
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Pretty hot that day!
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All of these buttons were clickable and often went to other menus.
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This building is more commonly referred to as OML.
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This thermometer changed color between red or blue depending on the outside temperature. I thought it was pretty neat when I figured out how to do it. I don't think many people noticed until I pointed it out though.
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If I could find any historical information on the building being viewed I included it just for reference.
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Location of Osborn Memorial Lab (OML).
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Yale's President could live in this house for free.
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Building I worked in. Kline Biology Tower (KBT).
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All of this data was displayed in real-time.
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Screens like this that had floor plans were color coded depending on which Air Handling Unit was controlling the room. It's not very obvious because all these screenshots are in black and white.
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If any of these units had a number in "alarm" status, the box for it would blink red. I also made a separate screen (not shown) that displayed any units in alarm.
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Most of the buildings did not have floor plans. OML was one of the few buildings that did, and for every floor.
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These animated screens, which depict the air handling units, look better in color. All the data boxes are updated in real-time. Fans show to be spinning when they are on and idle when off. Dampers show open or closed. The arrows move and change color depending on the air direction. Hot or cold water valves that are open will show red or blue dots to indicate flow.
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All these arrows move depending on which fans are on, dampers being open or closed and etc.
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These switches are functional. For example, this switch selects which Supply Fan operates as the lead. Supply Fan 1 has been selected. This can be verified looking at this static picture. The damper after Supply Fan 2 is closed and there are no arrows which indicate air flow going to it.
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If either Supply Fan was failing, this box would be flashing red.
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This particular unit is more straight forward than the one on the previous page. It also does not have as many pages of controls or independent data provided.
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Note: This valve is partially open. There are colored dots to visually indicate water flow.
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Note: This valve is closed. It has no colored dots to indicate water flow.
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This is just a quick overview screen of some of the more critical data that was monitored for OML. Some of the features were adjustable (Any box that has two buttons with arrows on them). Screens like this saved you having to check on each unit individually.
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This system didn't have a lot going on when I took this screen shot. Any pump running would have a section resembling a turbine in the middle spinning. Also, all the control valves are shut.
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This system shows Pump One to be running.
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This screen shows information about the send and return chilled water between OML and Sachem Street.
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OML had many experimentation labs where it was critical that the temperature and humidity be within a certain range. This is a quick overview screen showing those values for each lab room. Any value in alarm would flash red and someone responsible for the experiment in that lab was contacted. Generally, things did not go over very well when that happened.
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Out of all the laboratories, I believe room 501 was considered to be the important and heavily monitored.