The SEAS Building ontology describes a taxonomy of buildings, building spaces, and rooms.
Some categorizations are based on the energy efficiency related to their insulation etc., although the actual values for classes depend the country specific regulations and geographical locations.
Other categorizations are based on occupancy and activities. There is no single accepted categorization available. This taxonomy uses some types selected from:
This ontology should limit the overlap with the following existing specialized ontologies:
Label: AssemblyBuilding
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/AssemblyBuilding
places used for people gathering for entertainment, worship, and eating or drinking. Examples: churches, restaurants.
sub class of: NonResidentalBuilding
Label: Attic
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/Attic
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
Label: Balcony
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/Balcony
An accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window.
Label: Basement
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/Basement
A story of a building, partly or wholly underground.
Label: Bathroom
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/Bathroom
Bathroom is mainly used for bathing & washing up related activities.
Label: Bedroom
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/Bedroom
Bedroom is used mainly for sleeping.
Label: Building
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/Building
Buildings are roofed constructions which can be used separately, have been built for permanent purposes, can be entered by persons and are suitable or intended for protecting persons, animals or objects.
Label: BuildingSpace
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/BuildingSpace
A Space is a 3D volume bounded by surfaces. According to the FIEMSER definition, a building space in SAREF defines the physical spaces of the building.
Label: Building Space Connection
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/BuildingSpaceConnection
Connection between two building spaces, where they may potentially exchange heat, humidity, agents.
Label: Building Space Frontier
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/BuildingSpaceFrontier
Surface that marks the frontier of a building space, and represents the connection point to other building spaces.
Label: BuildingSpatialStructure
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/BuildingSpatialStructure
A man made structure with spatial properties.
Label: BuildingStorey
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/BuildingStorey
The storey represents a (nearly) horizontal aggregation of spaces that are vertically bound.
Label: Ceiling
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/Ceiling
Ceiling is a downwards tilted horizontal surface.
Label: CivilEngnineeringWork
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/CivilEngineeringWork
Civil engineering works are all constructions not classified under buildings : railways, roads, bridges, highways, airport runways, dams etc.
Label: Closed Building Space Connection
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/ClosedBuildingSpaceConnection
A closed building space connection is a closed connection between two building spaces.
This separation may for instance be a wall, i.e., a (tilted more than 60 percent) vertical surface.
Instances of seas:ClosedBuildingSpaceConnection may be typed by classes from specialized building ontologies.
Label: Construction
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/Construction
Constructions are structures connected with the ground which are made of construction materials and components and/or for which construction work is carried out.
Label: Corridor
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/Corridor
A gallery or passage connecting parts of a building; hallway.
Label: Dining Room
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/DiningRoom
A room in which meals are eaten, as in a home or hotel, especially the room in which the major or more formal meals are eaten.
Label: Door
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/Door
the large flat piece of wood, glass etc that you move when you go into or out of a building, room, vehicle etc, or when you open a cupboard (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online)
Label: EducationalBuilding
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/EducationalBuilding
Schools and day care centers.
Label: Elevator
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/Elevator
Elevator is used to transport people between different floors.
Label: Floor
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/Floor
A floor is a upwards tilted horzontal surface, could be divided to interior, exposed (outside) or raised floor.
Label: Greenhouse
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/Greenhouse
A building, room, or zone, usually chiefly of glass, in which the temperature is maintained within a desired range, used for cultivating tender plants or growing plants out of season.
Label: Hall
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/Hall
A large entrance room of a house or building.
Label: HolidayBuilding
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/HolidayBuilding
A secondary residential building used only occasionally during vacations such as a summerhouse or cottage.
Label: Tree house
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/HomeOffice
A work or office space set up in a person’s home and used exclusively for business on a regular basis.
Label: IndustrialBuilding
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/IndustrialBuilding
Buildings used for industrial production, e.g. factories, workshops, slaughterhouses, breweries, assembly plants, etc.
Label: InstitutionalBuilding
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/InstitutionalBuilding
Institutions such as hospitals providing medical and surgical treatment and nursing care for ill or injured people.
Label: Kitchen
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/Kitchen
Kitchen is a room used mainly for cooking and possibly eating.
Label: Laundry
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/Laundry
A room or zone, as in a home or apartment building, reserved for doing the family wash.
Label: Living Room
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/LivingRoom
Living Room is the main room of daytime activity.
Label: Lobby
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/Lobby
An entrance hall, corridor, or vestibule, as in a public building, often serving as an anteroom; foyer.
Label: LowEnergyHouse
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/LowEnergyHouse
A house typically consuming half the energy than a norm house.
Label: MercantileBuilding
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/MercantileBuilding
Places where goods are displayed and sold. Examples: grocery stores, department stores, and gas stations.
Label: NonResidentalBuilding
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/NonResidentalBuilding
A non-residential building is a building at least half of which is used for other than residential purposes.
Label: NormHouse
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/NormHouse
A building fulfilling the minimal criteria for energy efficiency.
Label: Office
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/Office
A room, set of rooms, or building where the business of a commercial or industrial organization or of a professional person is conducted.
Label: BusinessBuilding
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/OfficeBuilding
Places where services are provided. Examples: banks, insurance agencies.
Label: OneDwellingBuilding
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/OneDwellingBuilding
Detached house.
Label: Open Building Space Connection
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/OpenBuildingSpaceConnection
An open building space connection is a connection between two building spaces that is open.
This connection may for instance be a hole in a wall, or a virtual separation between two offices in an open space.
Instances of seas:OpenBuildingSpaceConnection may be typed by classes from specialized building ontologies.
Label: Opennable Building Space Connection
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/OpennableBuildingSpaceConnection
An opennable building space connection is a connection between two building spaces that has a certain degree of openness.
This connection may for instance be a window or a door.
Instances of seas:OpennableBuildingSpaceConnection may be typed by classes from specialized building ontologies.
Label: PassiveHouse
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/PassiveHouse
A house typically consuming a quarter of the energy than a norm house.
Label: PlusEnergyBuilding
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/PlusEnergyBuilding
A net plus-energy building is a building that over a year does generates more energy than it uses.
Label: PowerplantBuilding
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/PowerplantBuilding
Places housing any type of a power plants.
Label: ResidentalBuilding
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/ResidentalBuilding
A residential building is a building at least half of which is used for residential purposes.
Label: Roof
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/Roof
A (tilted more than 60 percent) vertical surface that separates building spaces.
Label: Room
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/Room
A room in a building space enclosed by surfaces, this could also be modelled as role of space, not subclass of the space itself.
Label: Sauna
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/Sauna
Sauna is a special type bathroom for enjoying heated steam.
Label: SiteOfBuilding
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/SiteOfBuilding
Building site is a locale containing one or more separate buildings. They are zones.
Label: SmallHouse
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/SmallHouse
A detached small residential building.
Label: Stairs
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/Stairs
A construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into smaller vertical distances, called steps.
Label: StorageBuilding
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/StorageBuilding
Places where items are stored. Examples: warehouses, reservoirs and silos.
Label: Storage Room
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/StorageRoom
Room for storage.
Label: Swimming Pool
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/Sunroom
A structure, either attached or integrated into a building, which allows enjoyment of the surrounding landscape while being sheltered from adverse weather.
Label: Swimming Pool
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/SwimmingPool
A tank or large artificial basin, as of concrete, for filling with water for swimming.
Label: Tree House
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/TreeHouse
A small house, especially one for children to play in, built or placed up in the branches of a tree.
Label: Utility Room
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/UtilityRoom
Room for other special utilities and hobbies.
Label: Wall
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/Wall
A roof upwards tilted surface tilted up part of upper envelope of building.
Label: Window
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/Window
a space or an zone of glass in the wall of a building or vehicle that lets in light (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online)
Label: Yard
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/Yard
A small usually walled and often paved zone open to the sky and adjacent to a building.
Label: ZeroEnergyBuilding
IRI: https://w3id.org/seas/ZeroEnergyBuilding
A net zero-energy building (ZEB) is a building that over a year does not use more energy than it generates.