US-12625486-B2 - Building construction components and methods

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Abstract

A method for constructing a pre-fabricated component of a building, including: configuring a pre-fabricated component of a building based on energy informed modelling; wherein the pre-fabricated component is able to be assembled with at least one other pre-fabricated component into the building at a final site for the building. A method for constructing a building, including: performing site analysis to determine at least one environmental condition; and optimizing at least one pre-fabricated component of the building based on energy informed modelling based on one or more of historical data of a location of the building, weather patterns of the location, climate data of the location, temperature data of the location, solar data of the location, orientation data of the location, occupancy rate of the building, building insulation data, ventilation and infiltration data, exterior fenestration, shades implementation, or pre-fabricated component configuration.

Inventors

Jackson Wyatt
Joseph Ashkarian

Assignees

CABN CO LTD.

Dates

Publication Date: 20260512
Application Date: 20220819

Claims (12)

1 . A method for constructing a building at a construction site, comprising: executing, using at least one first processor, an energy informed model (EIM) configured for: identifying a location associated with the construction site; determining (i) historical climate data associated with the location, and (ii) a latitudinal solar azimuth at the location, averaged over a year; determining a solar gain at the location, at any point in the year, based on the averaged solar azimuth and compensated with the historical climate data; and based on the solar gain, determining an optimal building configuration that (i) minimizes solar gain inside the building at weather temperatures above 24° C. at the location, and (ii) maximizes solar gain inside the building at weather temperatures below 21° C. at the location, wherein determining the optimal building configuration includes determining: (i) insulation properties for floors and walls of the building, (ii) placement of windows and doors around the building, (iii) angles for walls and roofs, and (iv) a building orientation; assembling the building at the construction site by joining together pre-fabricated components according to the optimal building configuration, wherein the pre-fabricated components comprise walls, floors, windows, doors, and roofs; and controlling, using at least one second processor, a temperature inside the building to within a comfort temperature range between 21° C. and 24° C. by: monitoring an output of at least one sensor configured to measure one or more of humidity and temperature inside the building; and controlling one or more systems to adjust the temperature within the building to within the comfort temperature range, wherein the one or more systems comprise one or more of automatic: (i) shading devices, (ii) dimmable lighting, (iii) humidification system, (iv) devices for controlling energy consumption, and (iv) heat recovery ventilators.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the pre-fabricated components are sized and dimensioned to fit within a standard shipping container.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the pre-fabricated components further comprise one or more of a solar panel, integrated energy system, and hydraulic floor heating system.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the pre-fabricated components further comprise at least one cross laminated timber wall optimized for energy efficiency.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the pre-fabricated components further comprise at least one renewable energy system.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a foundation for the building comprises helical piles.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the pre-fabricated components are configured with energy informed design software.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the pre-fabricated components comprise a roof containing a solar panel.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the energy informed model (EIM) is further configured for: determining the optimal building configuration based on one or more of orientation data of the location, occupancy rate of the building, building insulation data, ventilation and infiltration data, exterior fenestration, shades implementation, or pre-fabricated component configuration.
10 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising assembling the building to include one or more of rain water harvesting, grey water recycling, or low flow plumbing.
11 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising assembling the building to include at least one biophilic design component.
12 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising assembling the building to include one or more of: an intelligent control system for optimizing energy consumption of the building; an automatic shading device; an automatic dimmable lighting control; automatic humidification based on a monitored climate condition; automatic energy consumption control based on a monitored climate condition; or a heat recovery ventilator controllable by a learning thermostat based on behaviour of an occupant of the building.

Description

FIELD The present specification relates generally to construction, and more specifically to components for construction. BACKGROUND Constructing a home can be costly, energy inefficient, and expensive. SUMMARY In accordance with an aspect, there is provided a method for constructing a pre-fabricated component of a building, including: configuring a pre-fabricated component of a building based on energy informed modelling; wherein the pre-fabricated component is able to be assembled with at least one other pre-fabricated component into the building at a final site for the building. In some embodiments, the pre-fabricated component is sized and dimensioned to fit within a standard shipping container; In some embodiments, the pre-fabricated component comprises one or more of a window, door, solar panel, integrated energy system, floor, hydraulic floor heating system, wall, or a roof. In some embodiments, the pre-fabricated component comprises at least one cross laminated timber walls optimized for energy efficiency. In some embodiments, the pre-fabricated component comprises at least one renewable energy system. In some embodiments, a foundation for the building comprises helical piles. In some embodiments, the pre-fabricated component is configured with energy informed design software. In some embodiments, the pre-fabricated component is a roof containing a solar panel. In some embodiments, the building is configured based on energy informed modelling of the final site based on one or more of historical data of the final site, weather patterns of the final site, climate data of the final site, temperature data of the final site, solar data of the final site, orientation data of the final site, occupancy rate of the building, building insulation data, ventilation and infiltration data, exterior fenestration, shades implementation, or pre-fabricated component configuration. In accordance with an aspect, a method for constructing a building includes: performing site analysis to determine at least one environmental condition; and optimizing at least one pre-fabricated component of the building based on energy informed modelling based on one or more of historical data of a location of the building, weather patterns of the location, climate data of the location, temperature data of the location, solar data of the location, orientation data of the location, occupancy rate of the building, building insulation data, ventilation and infiltration data, exterior fenestration, shades implementation, or pre-fabricated component configuration. In some embodiments, the optimizing configures a comfort zone temperature, wherein temperature within the building is maintained within the comfort zone. In some embodiments, the optimizing comprises one or more of selection, placement, or insulation of at least one pre-fabricated component of the building based on a solar azimuth of the latitude of the location of the building averaged over the year, adjusted for acceptable variation. In some embodiments, the optimizing comprises one or more of selection, placement, or insulation of at least one pre-fabricated component of the building based on one or more of historical climate, weather, or solar data for the location of the building. In some embodiments, the optimizing is based on solar gain data. In some embodiments, constructing the building includes having at least one integration with the at least one environmental condition. In some embodiments, the at least one environmental condition comprises solar positioning. In some embodiments, the at least one environmental condition comprises climate. In some embodiments, the building is constructed to include one or more of rain water harvesting, grey water recycling, or low flow plumbing. In some embodiments, the building is constructed to include at least one biophilic design component. In some embodiments, the building is constructed to include one or more of: an intelligent control system for optimizing energy consumption of the building; an automatic shading device; an automatic dimmable lighting control; automatic humidification based on a monitored climate condition; automatic energy consumption control based on a monitored climate condition; or a heat recovery ventilator controllable by a learning thermostat based on behaviour of an occupant of the building. In accordance with an aspect, there is provided the devices, assembly, system, method, computer-implemented method, and computer-implemented system, and non-transitory computer readable medium implementing one or more or all of the features described herein. Other aspects and features and combinations thereof concerning embodiments described herein will be become apparent to those ordinarily skilled in the art upon review of the instant disclosure of embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying figures. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The principles of the invention may better be understood with reference to the acco