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INDUSTRY 4.0

Column

How Augmented Reality
Could Help the HVAC&R
Industry to Evolve
INTERVIEWS BY MARY KATE MCGOWAN, MANAGING EDITOR

Augmented reality (AR) can make invisible information visible. From pipes in the
walls to how to put together a prefabricated HVAC&R assembly, AR technology can
uncover hidden truths to quickly resolve challenges in design, construction and
operations and maintenance processes. Several industry professionals discuss how AR
could help the HVAC&R industry to evolve.
In any stage of the design, construction and operations
processes, AR allows anyone to work on the project and
see it in real time from anywhere. AR technology is still
in its infancy, but some industry players have adopted
this Industry 4.0 technology.
" AR is one type of immersive technology, which is continuing to rapidly mature, but still has received limited
implementation on projects, " said John Messner, professor of architectural engineering at The Pennsylvania
State University.
And, using extended reality technology, such as augmented reality, is a better way to leverage data, said
Jordan Lawver, senior business area manager of AR/MR/
VR at Trimble Inc. The technologies help those use existing data with the primary benefit of allowing anyone on
a construction site to understand a design in context.
To understand what augmented reality provides the
HVAC&R system, engineers must understand the various levels of physical-digital interactions available with
evolving technology, said 2020-21 ASHRAE President
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Charles E. Gulledge III, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE.
" With the advent of smart objects and connected
information, we can design systems virtually. Via virtual
design and construction, we have the capacity to visualize complete building and system configurations before
they ever become physical, " he said.

What is Augmented Reality?

" Anything that superimposes a computer-generated
image on a user's view of the real world is a kind of
AR, " said Zahra Ghorbani, a Ph.D. student at Penn
State whose research is focused on leveraging AR
for facilities management. Filters in Instagram and
Snapchat are simple examples of AR. So is the IKEA
Place app, which uses AR to allow customers to place
digital representations of furniture in their homes
before purchasing them, said Ghorbani, who is also
the BIM manager for Penn State's Office of Physical
Plant.
AR takes a physical world element or setting and



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