公开(公告)号：US07565227B2

公开(公告)日：2009-07-21

申请号：US11889632

申请日：2007-08-15

申请人： Amy Richard ,  Peter Kelly-Detwiler ,  Joseph Franz

发明人： Amy Richard ,  Peter Kelly-Detwiler ,  Joseph Franz

IPC分类号： G05D3/12 ,  G05D5/00 ,  G05D9/00 ,  G05D11/00 ,  G05D17/00 ,  G01R21/00 ,  G01R21/07 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06F1/00

CPC分类号： H02J3/14 ,  G06Q10/06312 ,  H02J9/005 ,  H02J2003/143 ,  H02J2003/146 ,  Y02B70/3225 ,  Y02B70/3233 ,  Y02B70/3266 ,  Y04S20/222 ,  Y04S20/224 ,  Y04S20/225 ,  Y04S20/242

摘要： An energy usage coordinator controls the energy usage of individual buildings of a group (or portfolio) of buildings in one or more load zones. These buildings have all contracted with an energy company which controls (directly or indirectly) the energy usage coordinator. By agreeing to lower energy usage during times of peak usage (when the energy company may otherwise have to pay very high prices on the spot or short term market), the owners or managers of the buildings receive a preferential energy rate from the energy company. Such a preferential rate may be in the form of a fixed rate reduction or a variable rate reduction. Alternatively, the energy company may determine that the energy is currently selling for twice what its building portfolio has contracted to pay for it so it requests some portion of the portfolio to reduce usage so that it can sell the excess/saved energy in the market.

公开(公告)号：US08219505B2

公开(公告)日：2012-07-10

申请号：US11889706

申请日：2007-08-15

申请人： Amy Richard ,  Peter Kelly-Detwiler ,  Joseph Franz

发明人： Amy Richard ,  Peter Kelly-Detwiler ,  Joseph Franz

IPC分类号： G01R11/56

CPC分类号： G06Q10/04 ,  G06Q40/04 ,  G06Q50/06

摘要： A controller and/or a gateway acts as a feedback-based energy estimator for controlling initial and refined estimates of energy usage of one or more buildings controlled by the controller or gateway. An initial estimate of a building's energy needs for a specified time in the future (e.g., a month or a week ahead) are calculated, and then over time, in conjunction with an energy company, the initial estimate (and subsequent estimates) is revised based on the costs of the energy predicted or quoted by the energy company. The controller may examine jobs to be performed at the time as well as predictive information that may affect the building's energy needs (e.g., the predicted temperature for the time of the predicted energy needs). As expectations change (or as predicted factors such as temperature change), the energy company may be informed of the additional energy that will be needed (e.g., if the predicted temperature is increasing and cooling will be needed) or the excess energy that is expected (e.g., if the predicted temperature is decreasing and less cooling will be needed).

摘要翻译： 控制器和/或网关用作基于反馈的能量估计器，用于控制由控制器或网关控制的一个或多个建筑物的能量使用的初始和精细估计。 计算未来一个特定时间（例如，一个月或一个星期）建筑物能源需求的初步估算，然后随着时间的推移，与能源公司一起，对初始估计（及其后的估计）进行修订 基于能源公司预测或报价的能源成本。 控制器可以检查当时要执行的作业以及可能影响建筑物的能量需求的预测信息（例如，预测能量需要时的预测温度）。 随着预期的变化（或预测的因素如温度变化），能源公司可能会被通知将需要的额外能源（例如，如果预测的温度正在增加并且需要冷却）或预期的超能量 （例如，如果预测的温度降低并且需要较少的冷却）。