Real-time Big Data Processing for Domain Experts, An Application to Smart Buildings

Smart Monitoring and Metering Infrastructures are gaining a relevant role in the current industrial panorama, reflecting an ever increasing need to keep-in-control all the processes and assets impacting on the production ecosystem of a company. However, the progressive increase of monitored features and quantities imposes stricter requirements on monitoring networks and software, driving a shift from the current database-centric approach to more scalable data-centric solutions. In this chapter we introduce a data-centric processing framework, based on state-of-the-art CEP engines, specifically designed to support domain experts to set up flexible, and re-usable, monitoring and alerting processes for very large industrial settings, with hundreds of sensors deployed in multiple locations. Real-world deployment in the building energy monitoring domain are presented and discussed.