Active Energy Budget Control Management
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method for operating a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system, comprising:
- receiving an input of an energy budget for the HVAC system for a specified period of time;
determining a set point for the HVAC system that will cause an amount of energy used in operating the HVAC system over the specified period of time to meet the energy budget; and
operating the HVAC system at the set point.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system is disclosed as comprising a system controller configured to receive an input of an energy budget for the HVAC system for a specified period of time, determine a set point for the HVAC system that will cause an amount of energy used in operating the HVAC system over the specified period of time to meet the energy budget, and operate the HVAC system at the set point.
-
Citations
20 Claims
-
1. A method for operating a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system, comprising:
-
receiving an input of an energy budget for the HVAC system for a specified period of time; determining a set point for the HVAC system that will cause an amount of energy used in operating the HVAC system over the specified period of time to meet the energy budget; and operating the HVAC system at the set point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
-
-
12. A system controller for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system, the system controller comprising:
a processor configured to; receive an input of an energy budget for the HVAC system for a specified period of time; determine a set point for the HVAC system that will cause an amount of energy used in operating the HVAC system over the specified period of time to meet the energy budget; and operate the HVAC system at the set point. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
-
20. A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system comprising:
a system controller configured to operate the HVAC system at a set point determined by the system controller based on an energy budget entered into the system controller.
Specification