CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING FACILITY EQUIPMENT
First Claim
1. A control device for controlling facility equipment comprising:
- a receiving unit configured to receive time-of-use unit price information of an energy supplied to the facility equipment;
a first decision unit configured to decide a first time slot in which an index that includes a factor of an energy unit price approaches a peak in a first period based on the time-of-use unit price information;
a second decision unit configured to decide a second time slot prior to the first time slot and a third time slot subsequent to the first time slot in the first period; and
an adjustment control unit configured to execute an energy adjustment control to adjust an energy consumption of the facility equipment so that an amount of suppression of the energy consumption is higher in the first time slot than in the second and the third time slots.
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Abstract
The control device controls facility equipment and includes a receiving unit, first and second decision units and an adjustment control unit. The receiving unit receives time-of-use unit price information of an energy supplied to the facility equipment. The first decision unit decides a first time slot in which an index that includes a factor of an energy unit price approaches a peak in a first period based on the time-of-use unit price information. The second decision unit decides a second time slot prior to the first time slot and a third time slot subsequent to the first time slot in the first period. The adjustment control unit executes an energy adjustment control to adjust an energy consumption of the facility equipment so that an amount of suppression of the energy consumption is higher in the first time slot than in the second and the third time slots.
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1. A control device for controlling facility equipment comprising:
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a receiving unit configured to receive time-of-use unit price information of an energy supplied to the facility equipment; a first decision unit configured to decide a first time slot in which an index that includes a factor of an energy unit price approaches a peak in a first period based on the time-of-use unit price information; a second decision unit configured to decide a second time slot prior to the first time slot and a third time slot subsequent to the first time slot in the first period; and an adjustment control unit configured to execute an energy adjustment control to adjust an energy consumption of the facility equipment so that an amount of suppression of the energy consumption is higher in the first time slot than in the second and the third time slots. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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