Method and system for energy management
First Claim
1. A method of managing energy consumption associated with a premises, including the steps of:
- generating and storing an initial energy profile of the premises, the profile including information inferred by physical characterizing the premises;
computing an expected energy usage associated with the premises over a predetermined time period based upon the information in the initial energy profile;
recording actual energy usage associated with the premises over the predetermined time period;
adaptively updating the initial energy profile based upon comparison of the recorded energy usage, the expected energy usage and the inferred characterizing of the premises; and
using the adaptively updated energy profile and the actual energy usage to manage energy consumption associated with the premises.
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Abstract
A method (300) of managing energy consumption associated with premises includes firstly generating (302) and storing an initial energy profile (304) of the premises. The profile (304) includes information characterizing the premises, such as occupancy patterns, function of the premises, geographical location, installed appliances (108), and so forth. An expected energy usage (308) associated with the premises is computed over a predetermined time period based upon the information in the initial energy profile (304). Actual energy usage (312) associated with the premises is then recorded over the predetermined time period and the energy profile (304) is adaptively updated based upon the recorded energy usage (312). The energy profile (304) and the actual energy usage (312) are used to manage energy consumption associated with the premises. An installable system (100) and apparatus (102) for implementing the method at premises are also provided.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of managing energy consumption associated with a premises, including the steps of:
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generating and storing an initial energy profile of the premises, the profile including information inferred by physical characterizing the premises; computing an expected energy usage associated with the premises over a predetermined time period based upon the information in the initial energy profile; recording actual energy usage associated with the premises over the predetermined time period; adaptively updating the initial energy profile based upon comparison of the recorded energy usage, the expected energy usage and the inferred characterizing of the premises; and using the adaptively updated energy profile and the actual energy usage to manage energy consumption associated with the premises. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for managing energy consumption associated with premises, the system including:
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a metering unit which is configured to provide time-dependent readings of energy usage associated with the premises; and a microprocessor-based controller including an interface for communicating with the metering unit, and having a data store containing information representing an initial energy profile of the premises, wherein the initial expected energy profile includes information inferred by physical characterizing the premises, wherein the controller is configured to; compute an expected energy usage associated with the premises over a predetermined time period based upon the information in the energy profile; receive from the metering units, and record in the data store, actual energy usage associated with the premises over the predetermined time period; adaptively update the information representing the initial energy profile of the premises, based upon comparison of the recorded energy usage, the expected energy usage and the inferred characterizing of the premises; and use the adaptively updated information representing the energy profile of the premises, and the actual recorded energy usage, to manage energy consumption associated with the premises. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer-implemented apparatus for managing energy consumption associated with premises, the apparatus including:
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a microprocessor; at least one memory device, operatively coupled to the microprocessor; at least one input/output peripheral interface, operatively coupled to the microprocessor and configured to communicate with a metering unit which provides time-dependent reading of energy usage associated with the premises, wherein the at least one memory device includes a data store containing information representing an initial energy profile of the premises, wherein the initial energy profile includes information inferred by physical characterizing the premises, and wherein the at least one memory device further contains executable instruction code which, when executed by the microprocessor, implements a method including the steps of; computing an expected energy usage associated with the premises over a predetermined time period based upon the information representing the initial energy profile of the premises; receiving from the metering unit, and recording in the data store, actual energy usage associated with the premises over the predetermined time period; adaptively updating the information representing the energy profile of the premises based upon comparison of the recorded energy usage, the energy usage and the inferred characterizing of the premises; and using the adaptively updated information representing the energy profile of the premises, and the actual record associated with the premises, to manage energy consumption associated with the premises.
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