BRICK Schema

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.

BRICK Schema publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Building Information Modeling, BIM, Smart Buildings, Ontology, and Semantic Web.

BRICK Schema’s developer surface includes documentation and 7 more developer resources.

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21.2/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemium

1 APIs

Building Information ModelingBIMSmart BuildingsOntologySemantic WebIoTHVACEnergy Management

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 21.2/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 2.6 / 20

Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Brick Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

GitHubRepository

GitHubRepository

PyPIPackage

PyPIPackage

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Community

Community

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

OntologyBrowser

OntologyBrowser

Source (apis.yml)

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: 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: '0.19'

BRICK Schema

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APIs 1

BRICK Ontology

Pricing Plans 1

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