Comfort control system incorporating weather forecast data and a method for operating such a system
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1. A comfort controls system for at least one building, the system comprising:
- means to receive weather forecast data,means to combine said data with a group of external-building characteristics relating to at least one specific building to derive instructions signals for comfort controls operation of said at least one specific building;
means to direct said instructing signals to the building management control means for the appropriate specific building(s).
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Abstract
In a comfort controls system for multiple buildings (whether residential, commercial or industrial), a weather forecast unit sends weather forecast data over the Internet to a building management provider which handles building management services for a number of clients, each having a number of buildings and properties.
At the provider'"'"'s reception station, data on the external-building characteristics of all the buildings are compiled with the received data and then fed to the appropriate building management controls system.
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1. A comfort controls system for at least one building, the system comprising:
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means to receive weather forecast data, means to combine said data with a group of external-building characteristics relating to at least one specific building to derive instructions signals for comfort controls operation of said at least one specific building; means to direct said instructing signals to the building management control means for the appropriate specific building(s). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A comfort controls system for a plurality of buildings, the system comprising:
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means to receive weather forecast data, means to combine said data with a group of external-building characteristics for each of a plurality of specific buildings to derive instructions signals for comfort controls operation of the respective specific buildings; means to direct said instructing signals to the building management control means for each of said appropriate specific buildings.
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11. A method of operating a comfort controls system for at least one building, the method comprising:
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receiving weather forecast data, combining said data with a group of external-building characteristics relating to at least one specific building to derive instructions signals for comfort controls operation of said at least one specific building; directing said instructing signals to the building management control means for the appropriate specific building(s). - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer program product stored on a computer usable medium, comprising:
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computer readable program means for causing a computer to receive weather forecast data; computer readable program means for causing the computer to combine said data into a group of external-building characteristics relating to at least one specific building to derive instructions signals for comfort controls operation of said at least one specific building; and computer readable program means for causing the computer to direct said instructions signals to the building management control means for the appropriate specific building(s).
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