OPTIMIZATION OF ATTRIBUTES IN A PORTFOLIO OF COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES

• US 20120323637A1
• Filed: 02/24/2012
• Published: 12/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2011
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Qcoefficient, Inc., The Board of Regents of the University of Colorado (University of Colorado System)
• Original Assignee: Qcoefficient, Inc.
• Inventors: Henze, Gregor P., Cushing, Vincent J.
• Application Number:
  US13/405,153
• Publication Number:
  US 20120323637A1
• 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 90/84 Greenhouse gas [GHG] management systems

Abstract

Deployment of commercial and industrial (“C&I”) facilities in wholesale markets may be optimized by unbundling attributes from the facilities and combining those attributes for deployment. Buildings within portfolios may include complimentary attributes, features, and capabilities that can be coordinated for synergistic effect. The optimization may include mathematically unbundling attributes of each facility that may be mathematically and optimally aggregated into synthetic resources that are matched for selecting particular markets. These synthetic resources may be deployed optimally in the selected markets.

Claims

1. A computerized method comprising:

identifying facilities for energy optimization;

unbundling components from each of the identified facilities;

optimizing the unbundled components by rebundling components into optimal aggregations; and

deploying the rebundled components.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the optimizing comprises receiving resources from markets, wherein the deploying comprises receiving resources from the markets based on the rebundled components.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the markets comprise gas and electricity delivery.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the resources comprise energy delivery.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the unbundling and optimizing utilizes decision analysis for optimizing the deploying of the rebundled components.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the optimizing comprises selecting which of the markets deploy certain of the resources and further selecting when those resources are deployed.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the attributes comprise at least one of a thermostat value, air ventilation, or humidity level.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein data representing instructions executable by a programmed processor for optimizing energy usage, the storage medium comprising instructions operative for:

accessing one or more facilities that receive resources from one or more markets;

identifying attributes from the facilities;

aggregating the identified attributes for optimal usage of the resources; and

deploying the resources from the markets based on the aggregation of the attributes.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 8 wherein the attributes comprise at least one of a thermostat value, air ventilation, or humidity level.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 8 wherein the identifying and aggregating utilizes decision analysis for optimizing the deploying of the resources.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 8 wherein the markets comprise gas and electricity delivery.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 11 wherein the resources comprise energy delivery.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 8 wherein the optimal usage of the resources comprises selecting which of the markets deploy certain of the resources and further selecting when those resources are deployed.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 8 wherein the identifying and aggregating are iteratively repeated for optimizing the aggregation of the attributes.

15. A system for optimizing facility energy usage comprising:

an optimizer that receives attributes from a plurality of facilities and receives information about resources provided by a plurality of markets, the optimizer comprising;

an unbundler that identifies the attributes from each of the facilities;

an aggregator coupled with the unbundler that combines the attributes from the facilities into an optimal aggregation; and

a deployer coupled with the aggregator that utilizes the optimal aggregation for deployment of the resources from the markets.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the deployer controls receipt and delivery of the resources based on the aggregated attributes.

17. The system of claim 15 wherein the markets comprise gas and electricity delivery.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein the resources comprise energy delivery.

19. The system of claim 15 wherein the at least one of the unbundler, aggregator, or deployer utilizes decision analysis for optimizing the aggregation of attributes and the deployment of resources based on that aggregation.

20. The system of claim 15 wherein the attributes comprise at least one of a thermostat value, air ventilation, or humidity level.