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HVAC system configuration and zone management

  • US 10,409,305 B2
  • Filed: 04/13/2017
  • Issued: 09/10/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for constructing an HVAC system for a structure having distinct thermal zones, comprising the steps of:

  • defining, by a device comprising a processor, the structure;

    defining, by the device, an HVAC topology included in the structure;

    identifying, by the device, common elements of the HVAC topology associated with a distinct thermal zone;

    defining, by the device, a zone group comprising distinct zones sharing a common element;

    modifying, by the device, membership of the zone group in response to a determination that a first zone of the zone group no longer shares the common element with a second zone of the zone group; and

    determining, by the device, a different common element shared by the first zone.

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