Method and system for computing Energy Index

• US 20120259678A1
• Filed: 04/03/2012
• Published: 10/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Andrew William Naden, Michael Charles Overturf, Wojciech Marek Chrosny
• Original Assignee: Andrew William Naden, Michael Charles Overturf, Wojciech Marek Chrosny
• Inventors: Overturf, Michael Charles, Chrosny, Wojciech Marek, Naden, Andrew William
• Application Number:
  US13/438,790
• Publication Number:
  US 20120259678A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.36
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/82 Energy audits or management systems therefor

Abstract

An Energy Index that combines a measure of enterprise energy efficiency and a measure of sufficiency into a single energy index that will enable establishment and achievement of both energy efficiency and sufficiency. Traditionally enterprises monitored energy efficiency without consideration of sufficiency resources. A new Index is described that enables to monitor the performance of the on-site energy generation resources (sufficiency resources) and their contribution to the economic performance of the enterprise.

Claims

1. An energy index that combines economic output of an enterprise cost of energy, energy consumption and energy production from on-site resources into a single management indicator of energy performance.

2. An energy index according to claim 1, wherein, the index is implemented in a computerized system for computation of current, historical and forecasted values of the index.

3. An energy index according to claim 2, wherein, the index is used to assess financial benefits of different energy sourcing strategies including onsite/distributed generation.

4. An energy index according to claim 3, wherein, the index is used to evaluate the ability to implement different energy sourcing strategies at minimal cost.

5. An energy index according to claim 4, wherein, the index is used to manage the operation of a portfolio of energy assets.

6. An energy index according to claim 5, wherein, the index is used to direct energy efficiency improvement activities with respect to overall energy portfolio constraints

7. An energy index according to claim 1, wherein, the continuous minimization of the index is used to determined the sustainability of operational energy use.