Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Thermostat set point identification
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Application No.: US14242333Application Date: 2014-04-01
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Publication No.: US09727063B1Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Erik Shilts , Yoni Ben-Meshulam , Ben Packer , Richard Tyler Curtis
- Applicant: OPOWER, INC.
- Applicant Address: US VA Arlington
- Assignee: OPOWER, INC.
- Current Assignee: OPOWER, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Arlington
- Agency: Cooper Legal Group, LLC
- Main IPC: G01M1/38
- IPC: G01M1/38 ; G05B13/00 ; G05B15/00 ; G05D23/00 ; G05D23/19

Abstract:
A thermostat set point estimation method and system that selects a plurality of candidate thermostat set points, determines for each of the plurality of candidate thermostat set points a predicted energy usage amount corresponding to the candidate thermostat set point, determines for each of the plurality of candidate thermostat set points an error value corresponding to the candidate thermostat set point using an actual energy usage amount and the predicted energy usage amount corresponding to the candidate thermostat set point, and identifies an estimated thermostat set point by selecting the candidate thermostat set point having the error value that is lowest from the plurality of candidate thermostat set points.
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