Energy management system, energy management method, and unit for providing information on energy-saving recommended equipment
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1. An energy management system, comprising:
- an equipment-information obtaining means for obtaining equipment information on how equipment has been used;
an energy-saving equipment-information storing means for storing energy-saving equipment information on the performance of a plurality of pieces of energy-saving equipment whose energy consumption is more efficient than that of the equipment;
an energy-saving recommended-equipment information creating means for obtaining energy-saving equipment information from the energy-saving equipment-information storing means, then based on the obtained energy-saving equipment information and the equipment information obtained by the equipment-information obtaining means, from among the plurality of pieces of energy-saving equipment, selecting, as energy-saving recommended equipment, energy-saving equipment according to how the equipment has been used, and creating energy-saving recommended-equipment information on the selected energy-saving recommended equipment; and
a displaying means for displaying the energy-saving recommended-equipment information created by the energy-saving recommended-equipment information creating means.
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Abstract
An energy management system is provided which is capable of calculating, based on equipment information on electrical equipment which is used by a resident, a power consumption estimated when a replacement is made with energy-saving equipment, then comparing and displaying it and the power consumption of the electrical equipment owned by the resident, and thereby, allowing the resident to become aware of how the replacement helps save energy.
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10 Claims
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1. An energy management system, comprising:
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an equipment-information obtaining means for obtaining equipment information on how equipment has been used; an energy-saving equipment-information storing means for storing energy-saving equipment information on the performance of a plurality of pieces of energy-saving equipment whose energy consumption is more efficient than that of the equipment; an energy-saving recommended-equipment information creating means for obtaining energy-saving equipment information from the energy-saving equipment-information storing means, then based on the obtained energy-saving equipment information and the equipment information obtained by the equipment-information obtaining means, from among the plurality of pieces of energy-saving equipment, selecting, as energy-saving recommended equipment, energy-saving equipment according to how the equipment has been used, and creating energy-saving recommended-equipment information on the selected energy-saving recommended equipment; and a displaying means for displaying the energy-saving recommended-equipment information created by the energy-saving recommended-equipment information creating means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An energy management method, which is executed by using an equipment-information obtaining unit which obtains predetermined information from equipment, an energy-saving equipment-information storage unit which stores energy-saving equipment information on the performance of a plurality of pieces of energy-saving equipment whose energy consumption is more efficient than that of the equipment, an energy-saving recommended-equipment information creation unit which creates energy-saving recommended-equipment information on energy-saving recommended equipment whose energy consumption is more efficient than that of the equipment from among the pieces of energy-saving equipment, and a display unit which displays the energy-saving recommended-equipment information, comprising:
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an equipment-information obtaining step of, by using the equipment-information obtaining unit, obtaining equipment information on how equipment which is used in a house has been used; an energy-saving recommended-equipment information creating step of, by using the energy-saving recommended-equipment information creation unit, obtaining the energy-saving equipment information stored in the energy-saving equipment-information storage unit, then based on the obtained energy-saving equipment information and the equipment information obtained in the equipment-information obtaining step, from among the plurality of pieces of energy-saving equipment, selecting, as energy-saving recommended equipment, energy-saving equipment according to how the equipment has been used, and creating energy-saving recommended-equipment information on the selected energy-saving recommended equipment; and a displaying step of, by using the display unit, displaying the energy-saving recommended-equipment information created in the energy-saving recommended-equipment information creating step.
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10. A unit for providing information on energy-saving recommended equipment, which provides, as energy-saving recommended-equipment information, information on energy-saving equipment whose energy efficiency is higher than that of equipment which is used in a house at present, comprising:
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an equipment-information obtaining means for obtaining equipment information on how the equipment which is used in a house has been used; an energy-saving equipment-information obtaining means for obtaining energy-saving equipment information from an energy-saving equipment-information storing means which stores energy-saving equipment information on the performance of a plurality of pieces of energy-saving equipment whose energy consumption is more efficient than that of the equipment; an estimated energy-quantity arithmetically-operating means for calculating, based on the energy-saving equipment information obtained by the energy-saving equipment-information obtaining means and the equipment information obtained by the equipment-information obtaining means, the quantity of energy estimated when the equipment which is used in a house is replaced with the energy-saving equipment; an energy-saving recommended-equipment selecting means for comparing the estimated energy quantity calculated by the estimated energy-quantity arithmetically-operating means and the consumed energy quantity obtained by the equipment-information obtaining means, and selecting, as energy-saving recommended equipment, energy-saving equipment which has the estimated energy quantity smaller than the consumed energy quantity; and a transmitting means for transmitting, to a display unit, the energy-saving recommended-equipment information on the energy-saving recommended equipment selected by the energy-saving recommended-equipment selecting means.
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