Systems, methods, and apparatus to generate an energy consumption index
First Claim
1. A method to generate an energy consumption index, the method comprising:
- measuring, via a first sensor, resources consumed at a home associated with a person and calculating a home energy value indicative of the resources consumed at the home;
measuring, via a second sensor, resources consumed by the person while located outside the home and calculating an out of home energy value indicative of the resources consumed by the person while located outside the home;
identifying goods purchased by the person and calculating a purchase energy value indicative of an amount of energy required to manufacture the goods and to manufacture packaging of the goods; and
generating, via a logic circuit, an energy consumption index associated with the person based on the home energy value, the out of home energy value, and the purchase energy value.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and apparatus to generate an energy consumption index are disclosed. In one described example, a method to generate an energy consumption index is disclosed, the method including measuring resources consumed at a home associated with a first person and calculating a home energy value indicative of the resources consumed at the home and measuring resources consumed by the person while located outside the home and calculating an out of home energy value indicative of the resources consumed by the person while located outside the home. The example method further includes identifying goods purchased by the person and calculating a purchase energy value indicative of the resources associated with the purchased goods, and generating an energy consumption index associated with the person based on the home energy value, the out of home energy value, and the purchase energy value.
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19 Claims
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1. A method to generate an energy consumption index, the method comprising:
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measuring, via a first sensor, resources consumed at a home associated with a person and calculating a home energy value indicative of the resources consumed at the home; measuring, via a second sensor, resources consumed by the person while located outside the home and calculating an out of home energy value indicative of the resources consumed by the person while located outside the home; identifying goods purchased by the person and calculating a purchase energy value indicative of an amount of energy required to manufacture the goods and to manufacture packaging of the goods; and generating, via a logic circuit, an energy consumption index associated with the person based on the home energy value, the out of home energy value, and the purchase energy value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus to generate an energy consumption index, comprising:
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an activity converter to convert activity information associated with activities performed by one or more household members to at least one of a home energy value or an out of home energy value; a raw material converter to convert raw material information associated with raw material usage to a second home energy value; a purchases converter to convert purchases information associated with purchased goods to a purchase energy value indicative of an amount of energy required to manufacture the goods and to manufacture packaging of the goods; a transportation converter to convert transportation information associated with transporting one or more household members to a transportation energy value; and a logic circuit to compute an energy index based on one or more of the first home energy value, the out of home energy value, the second home energy value, the purchase energy value, and the transportation energy value. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A tangible article of manufacture, storing machine readable instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to at least:
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measure resources consumed at a home associated with a person and calculate a home energy value indicative of the resources consumed at the home; measure resources consumed by the person while located outside the home and calculate an out of home energy value indicative of the resources consumed by the person while located outside the home; identify goods purchased by the person and calculate a purchase energy value indicative of an amount of energy required to manufacture the goods and to manufacture packaging of the goods; and generate an energy consumption index associated with the person based on the home energy value, the out of home energy value, and the purchase energy value. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method to generate energy consumption data, comprising:
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querying a database for a purchases energy value associated with an item purchased by an individual; querying the database or a second database for an out of home energy value associated with activity information corresponding to the individual for an out of home, non-transportation activity; combining, via a logic circuit, the purchases energy value and the out of home energy value; assigning a combined energy value to a purchasing household or a purchasing individual; and outputting an indicator representing energy consumption of the household or the individual. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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