Patent ID: 8830267

Claim:
A method, comprising: with an augmented reality building operations tool (ARBOT) server, receiving from a mobile client in a building an augmented reality request for equipment of a building system that is managed by an energy management system (EMS); in response, receiving, at the ARBOT server from the EMS, building management data for the equipment of the building system; with the ARBOT server, generating an overlay with at least one object based on the building management data, wherein the overlay is configured for concurrent display on a display screen of the mobile client with a real-time image of the equipment in the building; transmitting the overlay to the mobile client for display with the real-time image of the equipment, wherein a display location of the at least one object in the overlay is aligned with a position of the equipment in the real-time image such that the at least one object is displayed in the display screen proximate to or at least partially overlaying the real-time image of the equipment; after the transmitting of the overlay to the mobile client, receiving a client interaction request from the mobile client including a user selection of the at least one object in the overlay; and operating the ARBOT server to obtain additional building management data for the equipment associated with the at least one object in the overlay and to provide the additional building management data to the mobile client for display on the display screen.