CROSS-ENVIRONMENTALLY RELEVANT ITEM COMPLEXITY MANAGER FOR CARBON REDUCTION, RENEWABLE ENERGY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND POLLUTION REDUCTION

• US 20080275815A1
• Filed: 04/03/2008
• Published: 11/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: APX, Inc. (Xpansiv Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: APX, Inc. (Xpansiv Ltd.)
• Inventors: Shults, Robert B., Asteriadis, Sakis L., Musier, Reiner F. H., Heyeck, Michael, Chau, Hung A., Melby, John M.
• Application Number:
  US12/062,304
• Publication Number:
  US 20080275815A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/39
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06316 Sequencing of tasks or work
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06395 Quality analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0204 Market segmentation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 40/70 Smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the energy generation sector
• 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]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/90 Financial instruments for climate change mitigation, e.g. environmental taxes, subsidies or financing
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/50 Systems or methods supporting the power network operation or management, involving a certain degree of interaction with the load-side end user applications
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/10 Energy trading, including energy flowing from end-user application to grid
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/12 : Billing, invoicing, buying or selling transactions or other related activities, e.g. cost or usage evaluation
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/14 : Marketing, i.e. market research and analysis, surveying, promotions, advertising, buyer profiling, customer management or rewards

Abstract

Methods and systems for facilitating exchange of rights associated with environmentally relevant items are provided. The methods and systems may include identifying a carbon reduction credit as an environmentally relevant item recognized by a jurisdiction associated with a first type of environmentally relevant action, identifying a renewable energy credit as an environmentally relevant item recognized by a jurisdiction associated with a different type of environmentally relevant action, identifying an energy efficiency credit as an environmentally relevant item recognized by a jurisdiction associated with a different type of environmentally relevant action, identifying a pollution reduction credit as an environmentally relevant item recognized by a jurisdiction associated with a first type of environmentally relevant action and providing a cross-environmentally relevant item complexity manager module by which a user can manage actions relevant to all of the types of environmentally relevant items.

Claims

1. A method for facilitating exchange of rights associated with environmentally relevant items, comprising:

identifying a carbon reduction credit as an environmentally relevant item recognized by a jurisdiction associated with a first type of environmentally relevant action;

identifying a renewable energy credit as an environmentally relevant item recognized by a jurisdiction associated with a different type of environmentally relevant action;

identifying an energy efficiency credit as an environmentally relevant item recognized by a jurisdiction associated with a different type of environmentally relevant action;

identifying a pollution reduction credit as an environmentally relevant item recognized by a jurisdiction associated with a first type of environmentally relevant action; and

providing a cross environmentally relevant item complexity manager module by which a user can manage actions relevant to all of the types of an environmentally relevant item.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein all jurisdictions are the same.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein at least two of the jurisdictions differ.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the module is software-based.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the module determines an exchange rate between at least two of the environmentally relevant items.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the module generates a derivative environmentally relevant item based on at least two of the environmentally relevant items.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the module facilitates oversight of the environmentally relevant items.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the module provides a user interface.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the user interface contains a dashboard that display information relating to at least one environmentally relevant item.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the user interface facilitates tracking the application of environmentally relevant items relating to an activity.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the user interface facilitates presentation of alternative options for obtaining environmentally relevant items in different jurisdictions.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the environmentally relevant items reside in a single depository.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the depository includes other environmentally relevant items of different types.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the depository includes other environmentally relevant items relating to different jurisdictions.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the module is a subcomponent of a software platform for managing environmentally relevant items.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the platform is for a voluntary market.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the platform is for a mandatory market.

24. The method of claim 1, wherein the environmentally relevant items are entered in a single registry.

29. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing a software-based module for determining compliance.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein compliance is determined with respect to at least one law, rule or regulation.

32. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing a software-based module for retiring at least one environmentally relevant item.

33. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing a software-based module for reporting.

34. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing a software-based module for forensic reporting.

35. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing a software-based module for auditing.

36. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing a software-based module for auctioning at least one environmentally relevant item.

37. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing a software-based module for trading at least one environmentally relevant item.

41. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing a credit and clearing engine.

42. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing a timing manager.

43. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing a work flow manager.

44. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing a buying network.

46. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing a performance assessment facility.

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