Weather data quality control and ranking method
First Claim
1. A method of quality control for weather data, the method comprising:
- receiving weather data from at least one weather data provider, the weather data including information pertaining to a plurality of weather parameters;
automatically identifying an inaccurate weather parameters from among the plurality of weather parameters using a process; and
estimating and presents to a user an energy usage, an energy cost, or a cost savings associated with a building or a piece of equipment using the weather data exclusive of the inaccurate weather parameter.
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Abstract
A method and system for performing quality control checks upon weather data are provided. The weather data includes information pertaining to a plurality of weather parameters. The quality control checks may identify inaccurate weather parameters or be used to rank weather data sets. The quality control checks include hourly, daily, and forecast quality control checks performed upon hourly, daily, and forecast weather parameter data. The method and system may exclude the inaccurate weather parameters identified from a reasonable weather database. The method and system may determine reasonable or approximate weather parameters that approximate the actual weather parameters. The system may rank a plurality of weather data sets based upon the accuracy determination. The reasonable weather data or the weather data ranked as the most accurate may be used to calculate energy or cost savings for building energy conservation measures.
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39 Claims
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1. A method of quality control for weather data, the method comprising:
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receiving weather data from at least one weather data provider, the weather data including information pertaining to a plurality of weather parameters; automatically identifying an inaccurate weather parameters from among the plurality of weather parameters using a process; and estimating and presents to a user an energy usage, an energy cost, or a cost savings associated with a building or a piece of equipment using the weather data exclusive of the inaccurate weather parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of quality control for weather data, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of weather data sets, each weather data set including information pertaining to a plurality of weather values; identifying inaccurate weather values; ranking the weather data sets based upon the accuracy of the respective weather; and estimating and outputting to a user an energy usage, an energy cost, or a cost savings for associated with a building or a piece of equipment using a first weather data set ranked to be more accurate than a second weather data set. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A system for identifying inaccurate weather parameters, the system comprising:
a processor operable to receive weather data and perform quality control checks on the weather data, the weather data including information pertaining to a plurality of weather parameters, wherein the quality control checks identify an erroneous weather parameters and the processor calculates and presents to a user an energy usage, an energy cost, or a cost savings associated with a building or a piece of equipment using the weather data exclusive of the erroneous weather parameter. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A computer-readable medium having instructions executable on a computer stored thereon, the instructions comprising:
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receiving a plurality of weather data sets, each weather data set including information pertaining to a plurality of weather values; ranking the weather data sets based upon the accuracy of the respective weather values; and calculating and outputting to a user an energy load, an energy cost, or a cost savings for a building using a weather data set ranked to be the most accurate. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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