System and method for energy and green-house gas inventory management

• US 20030069743A1
• Filed: 10/30/2001
• Published: 04/10/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Susann B. Nordrum
• Original Assignee: Susann B. Nordrum
• Inventors: Nordrum, Susann B.
• Application Number:
  US10/000,718
• Publication Number:
  US 20030069743A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/84 Greenhouse gas [GHG] management systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/845 Inventory and reporting systems for greenhouse gases [GHG]

Abstract

The invention includes a method for energy usage and green-house gas inventory management including: entering input data and input source descriptions for the input from green-house-gas-producing processes at a field site into a computer-readable file; passing the input data to a green-house-gas calculating module; outputting green-house-gas emissions based on the input data; passing the input, input source descriptions, and the output over a network to an output integration program; integrating the output with a plurality of other output from at least one other field sites; mapping the integrated output into a relational database schema; and storing the mapped integrated output in a relational database.

Claims

1. A method for energy and green-house gas inventory management comprising:

(a) entering input data and input source descriptions for the input from green-house-gas-producing processes at a field site into a computer-readable file;

(b) passing the input data to a green-house-gas calculating module;

(c) outputting green-house-gas emissions based on the input data;

(d) passing the input, input source descriptions, and the output over a network to an output integration program;

(e) integrating the output with a plurality of other output from a plurality of other field sites;

(f) mapping the integrated output into a relational database schema; and

(g) storing the mapped integrated output in a relational database.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising querying the relational database and returning the results of the query.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the calculating module further calculates energy consumption based on the input data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the input, source data for the input, and the output are passed over the network as a single flat file.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the input data is passed over a network to the calculating module located on a remote computer.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the network comprises the Internet.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising an intermediate integration step for processing input data from a plurality of field sites in a common geographic region.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising passing the data to an energy usage calculating module;

outputting energy usage based on the input data; and

passing the energy usage over the network to the output integration program.

9. A data processing apparatus for maintaining an inventory of green-house gas emissions, comprising:

(a) a CPU; and

(b) a memory operatively connected to the CPU, the memory containing a program adapted to be executed by the CPU and the CPU and memory cooperatively adapted to;

(1) displaying a form for inputting data and input source descriptions for the input from green-house-gas-producing processes at a field site into a computer-readable file;

(2) passing the input data to a green-house-gas calculating module;

(3) calculating green-house-gas emissions based on the input data;

(4) passing the input, input source descriptions, and the output over a network to an output integration program;

(5) integrating the output with a plurality of other output from a plurality of other field sites;

(6) mapping the integrated output into a relational database schema; and

(7) storing the mapped integrated output in a relational database.

10. The data processing apparatus of claim 9, wherein the CPU and memory are further cooperatively adapted to query the relational database and return the results of the query.

11. The data processing apparatus of claim 9, wherein the CPU and memory are further cooperatively adapted to calculate energy consumption based on the input data.

12. The data processing apparatus of claim 9, wherein the CPU and memory are further cooperatively adapted to pass the input, source data for the input, and the output over the network as a single flat file.

13. The data processing apparatus of claim 9, wherein the CPU and memory are further cooperatively adapted pass the input data over a network to the calculating module, wherein the calculating module is contained in a memory of a remote computer.

14. The data processing apparatus of claim 9, wherein the network comprises the Internet.

15. The data processing apparatus of claim 9, wherein the CPU and memory are further cooperatively adapted to further perform an intermediate integration step for processing input data from a plurality of field sites in a common geographic region.

16. The data processing apparatus of claim 9, further comprising means for remotely updating the means for calculating green-house-gas at each of the field sites.

17. The data processing apparatus of claim 9, wherein the relational database is accessible from a remote node over a network.

18. The data processing apparatus of claim 9, further comprising the memory cooperatively adapted to passing the data to an energy usage calculating module;

outputting energy usage based on the input data; and

passing the energy usage over the network to the output integration program.

19. A computer program embodied on at least one computer-readable medium, the computer program for maintaining an inventory of energy usage and green-house gas emissions, comprising:

(a) a code segment configured and adapted for displaying a form for inputting data and input source descriptions for the input from green-house-gas-producing processes at a field site into a computer-readable file;

(b) a code segment configured and adapted for passing the input data to a green-house-gas calculating module;

(c) a code segment configured and adapted for calculating green-house-gas emissions based on the input data;

(d) a code segment configured and adapted for passing the input, input source descriptions, and the output over a network to an output integration program;

(e) a code segment configured and adapted for integrating the output with a plurality of other output from a plurality of other field sites;

(f) a code segment configured and adapted for mapping the integrated output into a relational database schema; and

(g) a code segment configured and adapted for storing the mapped integrated output in a relational database.

20. The computer program of claim 19, further comprising a code segment configured and adapted for querying the relational database and returning the results of the query.

21. The computer program of claim 19, wherein the calculating module further comprises a code segment configured and adapted for calculating energy consumption based on the input data.

22. The computer program of claim 19, further comprising a code segment configured and adapted for passing the input data, source data for the input data, and the output the network as a single flat file.

23. The computer program of claim 19, further comprising a code segment configured and adapted for passing the input data over a network to the calculating module located on a remote computer.

24. The computer program of claim 19, wherein the network comprises the Internet.

25. The computer program of claim 19, further comprising a code segment configured and adapted for an intermediate integration step of processing input data from a plurality of field sites in a common geographic region.

26. The computer program of claim 19, further comprising a code segment configured and adapted for passing the data to an energy usage calculating module;

outputting energy usage based on the input data; and

passing the energy usage over the network to the output integration program.