Systems, methods and apparatus for encouraging energy conscious behavior based on aggregated third party energy consumption
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1. A method of encouraging energy-conscious behavior, comprising:
- determining, using an energy management system, energy usage information for each of a plurality of homes, the energy usage information for each home indicating an amount of energy consumption associated with the home;
comparing the amount of energy consumption associated with a first home in the plurality of homes to the amount of energy consumption associated with at least a second home in the plurality of homes;
determining similarities and differences between the amount of energy consumption associated with the first home and the amount of energy consumption associated with at least the second home based on the comparing; and
communicating, through a user interface associated with a first user of the first home, a second user'"'"'s energy usage information, the second user'"'"'s energy information being indicative of the amount of energy consumption associated with at least the second home.
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Abstract
Accessing an energy management policy for a plurality of devices is described, wherein the devices are coupled with a first structure. The energy usage of the devices is monitored. An energy usage rule and energy usage is then compared. The energy management policy and energy usage is also compared. Based on the comparing, an instruction is generated to modify an energy usage profile of said device to correlate with the energy usage rule associated with the devices and the energy management policy, thereby enabling efficient energy management.
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1. A method of encouraging energy-conscious behavior, comprising:
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determining, using an energy management system, energy usage information for each of a plurality of homes, the energy usage information for each home indicating an amount of energy consumption associated with the home; comparing the amount of energy consumption associated with a first home in the plurality of homes to the amount of energy consumption associated with at least a second home in the plurality of homes; determining similarities and differences between the amount of energy consumption associated with the first home and the amount of energy consumption associated with at least the second home based on the comparing; and communicating, through a user interface associated with a first user of the first home, a second user'"'"'s energy usage information, the second user'"'"'s energy information being indicative of the amount of energy consumption associated with at least the second home. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for encouraging energy-conscious behavior, comprising:
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one or more computer servers communicatively coupled to a plurality of energy management devices and configured to; determine energy usage information for each of a plurality of homes, the energy usage information for each home indicating an amount of energy consumption associated with the home; compare the amount of energy consumption associated with a first home in the plurality of homes to the amount of energy consumption associated with at least a second home in the plurality of homes; determine similarities and differences between the amount of energy consumption associated with the first home and the amount of energy consumption associated with at least the second home based on the comparing; and communicate, through a user interface associated with a first user of the first home, a second user'"'"'s energy usage information, the second user'"'"'s energy information being indicative of the amount of energy consumption associated with at least the second home. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, having instructions stored therein, which when executed cause a computer to perform a set of operations comprising:
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determining energy usage information for each of a plurality of homes, the energy usage information for each home indicating an amount of energy consumption associated with the home; comparing the amount of energy consumption associated with a first home in the plurality of homes to the amount of energy consumption associated with at least a second home in the plurality of homes; determining similarities and differences between the amount of energy consumption associated with the first home and the amount of energy consumption associated with at least the second home based on the comparing; and communicating, through a user interface associated with a first user of the first home, a second user'"'"'s energy usage information, the second user'"'"'s energy information being indicative of the amount of energy consumption associated with at least the second home. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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