Best Practices for Emission and Energy Management
First Claim
1. A method for assisting a client to reduce environmental impact or energy usage, comprising:
- receiving a request to find recommendations for best practices for an organizational unit to reduce environmental impact or energy usage;
in response to receiving the request for to find recommendations for best practices for the organizational unit to reduce environmental impact or energy usage, selecting, using a processor, relevant best practices based on a goal of the organizational unit;
transmitting queries for relevant attribute values of the organizational unit based on the relevant best practices;
receiving the attribute value;
at least one of filtering and ranking the relevant best practices based on the attribute values to form recommended best practices; and
transmitting the recommended best practices.
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Abstract
A centralized emission and energy management system is implemented via a server that is accessible to a client organization. In response to a request to recommend best practices for an organizational unit to reduce environmental impact or energy usage, the system selects relevant best practices based on reduction goals and the organizational unit'"'"'s particular industry. Based on attribute values for the relevant best practices and the organizational unit, the system filters/ranks the relevant best practices to form recommended best practices. The system may transmit a forecast of energy savings, cost impacts, and environmental impacts over an implementation time period for a draft procedure created from a recommended best practice. The system may generate a request for proposal (RFP) including an approved procedure to a vendor. The system may maintain ratings and feedbacks on the approved procedure and the vendor. The system generally enforces authentication, authorization, and auditing for access to the system.
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1. A method for assisting a client to reduce environmental impact or energy usage, comprising:
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receiving a request to find recommendations for best practices for an organizational unit to reduce environmental impact or energy usage; in response to receiving the request for to find recommendations for best practices for the organizational unit to reduce environmental impact or energy usage, selecting, using a processor, relevant best practices based on a goal of the organizational unit; transmitting queries for relevant attribute values of the organizational unit based on the relevant best practices; receiving the attribute value; at least one of filtering and ranking the relevant best practices based on the attribute values to form recommended best practices; and transmitting the recommended best practices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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