ENERGY SEARCH ENGINE METHODS AND SYSTEMS
First Claim
1. A method to assess energy usage, the method comprising:
- receiving in a substantially continuous way a measurement of actual energy consumption;
receiving in a substantially continuous way a measurement of ambient conditions; and
comparing the measurement of actual energy consumption with a target energy consumption to calculate a substantially continuous energy performance assessment, wherein the target energy consumption is based at least in part on the measurement of ambient conditions.
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Abstract
Systems and methods dynamically assess energy efficiency by obtaining a minimum energy consumption of a system, receiving in a substantially continuous way a measurement of actual energy consumption of the system, and comparing the minimum energy consumption to the measurement of actual energy consumption to calculate a substantially continuous energy performance assessment. The system further provides at least one of a theoretical minimum energy consumption based at least in part on theoretical performance limits of system components, an achievable minimum energy consumption based at least in part on specifications for high energy efficient equivalents of the system components, and the designed minimum energy consumption based at least in part on specifications for the system components.
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20 Claims
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1. A method to assess energy usage, the method comprising:
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receiving in a substantially continuous way a measurement of actual energy consumption; receiving in a substantially continuous way a measurement of ambient conditions; and comparing the measurement of actual energy consumption with a target energy consumption to calculate a substantially continuous energy performance assessment, wherein the target energy consumption is based at least in part on the measurement of ambient conditions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method to dynamically assess energy efficiency, the method comprising:
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obtaining a minimum energy consumption of a system; receiving in a substantially continuous way a measurement of actual energy consumption of the system; and comparing the minimum energy consumption to the measurement of actual energy consumption to calculate a substantially continuous energy performance assessment. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method to dynamically assess energy usage, the method comprising:
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obtaining an expected energy usage for a building having installed building systems and a load profile; receiving in a substantially continuous way measurements of actual energy consumption after an installation of at least one energy improvement measure for the building; establishing an energy usage for the building with the load profile based at least in part on the measurements received after the installation of the at least one energy improvement measure; and determining an impact of the at least one energy improvement measure. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus to dynamically assess energy usage of a system, the apparatus comprising:
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computer hardware including at least one computer processor; and computer readable-storage comprising computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the computer hardware to perform operations defined by the computer-executable instructions comprising; obtaining a minimum energy consumption of a system; receiving in a substantially continuous way a measurement of actual energy consumption of the system; and comparing the minimum energy consumption to the measurement of actual energy consumption to calculate a substantially continuous energy performance assessment. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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