BRICK Schema

aid: brick
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/brick/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: BRICK Schema
tags:
- Building Information Modeling
- BIM
- Smart Buildings
- Ontology
- Semantic Web
- IoT
- HVAC
- Energy Management
type: Index
kind: standard
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/brick.png
access: Open
created: '2025-02-17'
modified: '2026-04-21'
position: Consumer
description: BRICK is an open-source community-driven ontology standard for standardizing semantic descriptions of physical,
  logical, and virtual assets in buildings and the relationships between them. Using Semantic Web (RDF/OWL) technology, BRICK
  v1.4.4 enables interoperability across building management systems, reducing the cost of deploying analytics and energy
  efficiency initiatives. It supports HVAC, lighting, fire, security, and other building subsystems under a unified extensible
  vocabulary with SHACL-based validation.
apis:
- aid: brick:ontology
  name: BRICK Ontology
  tags:
  - Ontology
  - RDF
  - OWL
  - Building Systems
  - Semantic Web
  humanURL: https://brickschema.org/
  properties:
  - url: https://brickschema.org/
    type: Website
  - url: https://docs.brickschema.org/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://ontology.brickschema.org/
    type: OntologyBrowser
  - url: https://github.com/BrickSchema/Brick
    type: GitHubRepository
  description: The BRICK ontology v1.4.4 defines a standardized vocabulary of building system concepts, relationships, and
    data model for smart building analytics. Available as RDF/OWL files, BRICK describes sensors, equipment, locations, and
    control points in HVAC, lighting, fire safety, and security systems. Includes SHACL shapes for ontology validation and
    Python tooling via the brickschema Python package.
common:
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/BrickSchema/Brick/issues
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/BrickSchema/Brick/releases
- type: ContributionGuide
  url: https://github.com/BrickSchema/Brick/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
- type: License
  name: BSD-3-Clause
  url: https://github.com/BrickSchema/Brick/blob/master/LICENSE
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/brick-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://brickschema.org/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.brickschema.org/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/BrickSchema
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/BrickSchema/Brick
- type: OntologyBrowser
  url: https://ontology.brickschema.org/
- type: Community
  url: https://groups.google.com/g/brickschema
- type: PyPIPackage
  url: https://pypi.org/project/brickschema/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.23'