Utility consumption disaggregation

• US 9,111,322 B2
• Filed: 03/19/2014
• Issued: 08/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ennovationz Inc.
• Original Assignee: Ennovationz Inc.
• Inventors: Amram, Martha, Sauder, Doug
• Primary Examiner(s): KASENGE, CHARLES R
• Application Number:
  US14/219,380
• Publication Number:
  US 20140207708A1
• Time in Patent Office: 517 Days
• Field of Search: 700/22, 700/286, 700/291, 700/295, 705/412, 705/413
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for itemizing energy consumption to generate and present a utility consumption profile based on disaggregated historical utility consumption data is presented. The computer-implemented method comprises obtaining data indicating historical utility consumption of a dwelling over a time period. A non-seasonal portion of the historical utility consumption data is then determined by first computing an average utility consumption based on one or more predetermined intervals within the time period, and then computing the non-seasonal portion by applying the average to the time period. The non-seasonal portion is then subtracted from the historical utility consumption data to obtain a seasonal portion of the historical utility consumption data. The seasonal and/or non-seasonal portion may be further disaggregated by end-use methods, and presented to the user in the utility consumption profile.

Claims

1. A system for itemizing energy consumption, comprising:

a server for receiving historical electricity utility consumption data of a dwelling over a time period;

wherein the server comprises;

a memory for storing the historical electricity utility consumption data;

a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the processor performs actions based at least in part on the stored instructions, including;

determining a non-seasonal portion of the historical electricity utility consumption data by (a) computing an average utility consumption based on one or more predetermined intervals within the time period, and (b) computing the non-seasonal portion by applying the average to the time period;

subtracting the non-seasonal portion from the historical electricity utility consumption data to obtain a seasonal portion of the historical electricity utility consumption data; and

generating a electricity utility consumption profile for the dwelling indicating non-seasonal consumption and seasonal consumption;

computing at least one non-seasonal electricity consumption level corresponding to at least one dwelling feature, and presenting the dwelling features and their corresponding consumption levels in the electricity consumption profile to a user;

obtaining at least one parameter of the at least one dwelling feature and using the at least one parameter to determine the at least one non-seasonal electricity consumption level;

subtracting a sum of the computed non-seasonal electricity consumption levels from the non-seasonal portion of the historical electricity consumption data to obtain a residual portion;

computing at least one always-on electricity consumption level corresponding to at least one dwelling feature and presenting the dwelling features and their corresponding consumption level to the user, wherein the always-on consumption level comprises electricity consumption of dwelling feature that substantially constantly consumes electricity; and

subtracting a sum of the always-on electricity consumption level from the residual portion of the historical electricity consumption data to obtain a portion indicating a level of confidence in the computation of the dwelling feature electricity consumption levels.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising computing at least one seasonal electricity consumption level corresponding to at least one seasonally operated dwelling feature, and presenting the at least one dwelling feature and the corresponding seasonal electricity consumption level in the electricity consumption profile to the user.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising obtaining the historical electricity utility consumption data from a utility bill.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising generating a comparison of the dwelling'"'"'s utility consumption profile and another utility consumption profile.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising computing an average of the historical electricity utility consumption data corresponding to a billing cycle used by a utility provider serving the dwelling, and indicating a billing tier applicable to the computed average consumption.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more predetermined intervals are determined based on a geographical region of the dwelling.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having executable computer program instructions embodied therein, the instructions comprising:

instructions obtaining data indicating historical electricity utility consumption of a dwelling over a time period;

instructions for determining a non-seasonal portion of the historical electricity utility consumption data by (a) computing an average utility consumption based on one or more predetermined intervals within the time period, and (b) computing the non-seasonal portion by applying the average to the time period;

instructions for subtracting the non-seasonal portion from the historical electricity utility consumption data to obtain a seasonal portion of the historical utility consumption data; and

instructions for generating a utility electricity consumption profile for the dwelling indicating non-seasonal consumption and seasonal consumption;

instructions for computing at least one non-seasonal electricity consumption level corresponding to at least one dwelling feature, and presenting the dwelling features and their corresponding consumption levels in the electricity consumption profile to a user;

instructions for obtaining at least one parameter of the at least one dwelling feature, and using the at least one parameter to determine the at least one non-seasonal electricity consumption level;

instructions for subtracting a sum of the computed non-seasonal electricity consumption levels from the non-seasonal portion of the historical electricity consumption data to obtain a residual portion; and

instructions for computing at least one always-on electricity consumption level corresponding to at least one dwelling feature and presenting the dwelling features and their corresponding consumption level to the user, wherein the always-on consumption level comprises electricity consumption of dwelling feature that substantially constantly consumes electricity; and

instructions for subtracting a sum of the always-on electricity consumption level from the residual portion of the historical electricity consumption data to obtain a portion indicating a level of confidence in the computation of the dwelling feature electricity consumption levels.