Big data in building energy efficiency: understanding of big data and main challenges

Abstract

Data generation has increased drastically over the past few years. Data management has also grown in importance because extracting the significant value out of a huge pile of raw data is of prime important thing to make different decisions. One of the important sectors nowadays is construction sector, especially building energy efficiency field. Collecting big amount of data, using different kinds of big data analysis can help to improve construction process from the energy efficiency perspective. This article reviews the understanding of Big Data, methods used for Big Data analysis and the main problems with Big Data in the field of energy.