ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, ENERGY MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

• US 20160011619A1
• Filed: 07/07/2015
• Published: 01/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: CHOSOKABE, Kiriko
• Application Number:
  US14/793,214
• Publication Number:
  US 20160011619A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05F 1/66 Regulating electric power
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/04 Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem" market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities G06Q30/0202
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply

Abstract

An energy management system includes a memory that stores electricity consumption amount of a target object separately for each one of a plurality of operational status of the target object, the electricity consumption amount being measured by an electricity measurement unit, and a processor that obtains information indicating the operational status of the target object for each day in the future from a calendar and predicts future electricity consumption amount for each day in the future, using the operational status of the target object for each day and the electricity consumption amount stored for each operational status.

Claims

1. An energy management system, comprising:

a memory to store electricity consumption amount of a target object separately for each one of a plurality of operational status of the target object, the electricity consumption amount being measured by an electricity measurement unit; and

a processor to obtain information indicating the operational status of the target object for each day in the future from a calendar, and

predict future electricity consumption amount for each day in the future, using the operational status of the target object for each day and the electricity consumption amount stored for each operational status.

2. The energy management system according to claim 1, wherein the processor predicts electricity bill in units of day based on the predicted electricity consumption amount and electricity bill previously charged in units of month.

3. The energy management system according to claim 2, wherein the processor calculates a reduction target of the electricity consumption amount in units of day.

4. The energy management system according to claim 3, wherein the processor calculates a reduction target of the electricity consumption amount for each time zone within a day based on the calculated reduction target of the electricity consumption amount in units of day.

5. The energy management system according to claim 4, wherein the processor calculates an upper limit value of the electricity consumption amount in units of hour based on the calculated reduction target of the electricity consumption amount for each time zone, the units of hour being defined by a base rate set by an electric company.

6. The energy management system according to claim 3, wherein the operational statuses include workdays when overtime is not recommended, normal workdays, special workdays, and holidays, and the reduction targets of the electricity consumption amount in units of day are configured, respectively, for the operational statuses in the descending order, the workdays when overtime is not recommended, the normal workdays, the special workdays, and the holidays

7. An energy management method, comprising:

storing electricity consumption amount of a target object separately for each one of a plurality of operational status of the target object, the electricity consumption amount being measured by an electricity measurement unit;

obtaining information indicating the operational status of the target object for each day in the future from a calendar; and

predicting future electricity consumption amount for each day in the future, using the operational status of the target object for each day and the electricity consumption amount stored for each operational status.

8. A non-transitory, computer-readable recording medium storing a program that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to implement an energy management method, the method comprising the steps of:

storing electricity consumption amount of a target object separately for each one of a plurality of operational status of the target object, the electricity consumption amount being measured by an electricity measurement unit;

obtaining information indicating the operational status of the target object for each day in the future from a calendar; and

predicting future electricity consumption amount for each day in the future, using the operational status of the target object for each day and the electricity consumption amount stored for each operational status.