OPTIMIZATION OF UTILITY CONSUMPTION FOR PROPERTY

• US 20160125487A1
• Filed: 10/30/2014
• Published: 05/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Burton Energy Group
• Original Assignee: Burton Energy Group
• Inventors: Hamby, Jason
• Application Number:
  US14/528,599
• Publication Number:
  US 20160125487A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 13/021 in which a variable is automatically adjusted to optimise the performance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply

Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments for optimizing utility usage. A computing device parses utility billing data for a property to generate utility consumption data for the property to determine a current utility consumption rate for the property. The computing device analyzes property data for the property to determine an optimum utility consumption rate for the property. The computing device determines that the current utility consumption rate for the property is greater than the optimum utility consumption rate for the property. The computing device determines a list of solutions to reduce the current utility consumption rate for the property to the optimum utility consumption rate for the property. The computing device sends an electronic message to a client computing device associated with the property, wherein the electronic message comprises the list of solutions to reduce the current utility consumption rate for the property to the optimum utility consumption rate for the property.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable in at least one computing device, comprising:

code that parses utility billing data to identify a current utility consumption rate for a property;

code that analyzes property data to determine an optimum utility consumption rate for the property;

code that determines that the current utility consumption rate for the property exceeds the optimum utility consumption rate for the property; and

code that identifies a potential cause of the current utility consumption rate for the property exceeding the optimum utility consumption rate for the property, wherein the potential cause is identified based at least in part on property data for the property.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the program further comprises code that sends an electronic message to a client computing device associated with the property, wherein the electronic message comprises a notification of the current utility consumption rate for the property and the potential cause of the current utility consumption rate for the property exceeding the optimum utility consumption rate for the property.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the program further comprises code that normalizes the utility billing data on a calendar month basis.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the program further comprises:

code that encodes within a page at least one of;

the utility billing data, the current utility consumption rate for the property and the optimum utility consumption rate for the property, or the potential cause of the current utility consumption rate for the property exceeding the optimum utility consumption rate for the property; and

code that sends the page to a client computing device for rendering on a display of the client computing device in response to receiving a request from the client computing device for the page.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the current utility consumption rate corresponds to a current water consumption rate for the property and the optimum utility consumption rate corresponds to an optimum water consumption rate for the property.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the currently utility consumption rate corresponds to a current electricity consumption rate for the property and the optimum utility consumption rate corresponds to an optimum electricity consumption rate for the property.

7. A system, comprising:

at least one data store, comprising property data corresponding to a property;

at least one computing device in data communication with the at least one data store; and

an application executed in the at least one computing device, the application comprising;

logic that parses utility consumption data for the property to determine a current utility consumption rate for the property, wherein the utility consumption data is generated by at least one sensor located on the property;

logic that analyzes the property data to determine an optimum utility consumption rate for the property;

logic that determines that the current utility consumption rate for the property is greater than the optimum utility consumption rate for the property; and

logic that restricts utility usage for the property to match the current utility consumption rate for the property to the optimum utility consumption rate for the property.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the current utility consumption rate corresponds to a current water consumption rate for the property and the optimum utility consumption rate corresponds to an optimum water consumption rate for the property.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the currently utility consumption rate corresponds to a current electricity consumption rate for the property and the optimum utility consumption rate corresponds to an optimum electricity consumption rate for the property.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the property data comprises at least one of:

a list of electricity consuming appliances located on the property, weather data for the property, micro-climate data for the property, interior square footage of at least one building on the property, a list of systems used at the property, a list of devices used at the property, or data defining construction materials used for the at least one building on the property.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the logic that restricts utility usage for the property further comprises:

logic that identifies an unused section of the property based at least in part on the property data; and

logic that terminates at least one utility to the unused section of the property.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the logic that restricts utility usage for the property further comprises:

logic that identifies an unused section of the property based at least in part on the property data; and

logic that adjusts a system servicing the unused section of the property to cause the system to use less of a resource corresponding to the current utility consumption rate for the property.

13. The system of claim 7, wherein the system comprises a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system and the logic that adjusts the system servicing the unused section of the property to use less of the resource corresponding to the current utility consumption rate further comprises:

logic that identifies a weather forecast for a micro-climate at the property; and

logic that sends an electronic message across a network to the HVAC system, wherein the electronic message adjusts a threshold temperature that triggers operation of the HVAC system.

14. The system of claim 7, wherein the application further comprises:

logic that generates a report comprising the current utility consumption rate for the property; and

logic that sends the report to a client computing device associated with the property.

15. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

parsing, via a computing device, utility billing data for a property to generate utility consumption data for the property to determine a current utility consumption rate for the property;

analyzing, via the computing device, property data for the property to determine an optimum utility consumption rate for the property;

determining, via the computing device, that the current utility consumption rate for the property is greater than the optimum utility consumption rate for the property;

determining, via the computing device, a list of solutions to reduce the current utility consumption rate for the property to the optimum utility consumption rate for the property; and

sending, via the computing device, an electronic message to a client computing device associated with the property, wherein the electronic message comprises the list of solutions to reduce the current utility consumption rate for the property to the optimum utility consumption rate for the property.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 15, further comprising importing, via the computing device, the property data for the property from a remote data store, wherein the remote data store is associated with the property.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 15, further comprising normalizes the utility billing data on a calendar month basis.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 15, wherein the list of solutions are based at least in part on the property data.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 15, wherein the currently utility consumption rate corresponds to a current electricity consumption rate for the property and the optimum utility consumption rate corresponds to an optimum electricity consumption rate for the property.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 15, wherein the currently utility consumption rate corresponds to a current electricity consumption rate for the property and the optimum utility consumption rate corresponds to an optimum electricity consumption rate for the property.