Social learning softthermostat for commercial buildings
First Claim
1. A method for determining in a first building with a first location and a second location a first temperature setting of a climate control device enabled to affect the first and the second location, comprising:
- a processor enabled to receive from a first user interface via a first soft thermostat embodied in a first instance of a software application allocated to a first user on a first computing device an instruction for a preferred temperature for the first location and the processor enabled to receive from a second user interface via a second soft thermostat embodied in a second instance of the software application allocated to a second user on a second computing device an instruction for a preferred temperature for the second location; and
the processor arbitrating the received preferred temperature settings based on a constraint to set the climate control device to determine a first arbitrated temperature setting as the first temperature setting, wherein the arbitrating is based on an optimization criterion that minimizes a difference between the preferred temperature of the first location and the first arbitrated temperature setting and the preferred temperature of the second location and the first arbitrated temperature setting.
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Abstract
A building has climate control equipment which controls a temperature at different locations. Different locations may be in different control zones controlled by different control devices. An occupant of a location submits a desired location temperature through a user interface on a computing device to a networked server. Setting of a desired temperature is constrained by energy saving policies and by conditions of surrounding locations. An arbitrator device determines based on constraints a new temperature setting. The new temperature setting is accompanied by an energy saving feedback. The occupants confirms the new setting. A climate control device is instructed to apply a device setting to achieve the new temperature. A climate profile of the occupant is learned from previous temperature settings by the occupant.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for determining in a first building with a first location and a second location a first temperature setting of a climate control device enabled to affect the first and the second location, comprising:
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a processor enabled to receive from a first user interface via a first soft thermostat embodied in a first instance of a software application allocated to a first user on a first computing device an instruction for a preferred temperature for the first location and the processor enabled to receive from a second user interface via a second soft thermostat embodied in a second instance of the software application allocated to a second user on a second computing device an instruction for a preferred temperature for the second location; and the processor arbitrating the received preferred temperature settings based on a constraint to set the climate control device to determine a first arbitrated temperature setting as the first temperature setting, wherein the arbitrating is based on an optimization criterion that minimizes a difference between the preferred temperature of the first location and the first arbitrated temperature setting and the preferred temperature of the second location and the first arbitrated temperature setting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system to determine in a first building with a first location and a second location a first temperature setting of a climate control device enabled to affect the first and the second location, comprising:
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a memory enabled to store data, including instructions; a processor enabled to execute instructions retrieved from the memory to perform the steps; receiving from a first user interface via a first soft thermostat embodied in a first instance of a software application allocated to a first user on a first computing device an instruction for a preferred temperature for the first location and the processor enabled to receive from a second user interface via a second soft thermostat embodied in a second instance of the software application allocated to a second user on a second computing device an instruction for a preferred temperature for the second location; and arbitrating the received preferred temperature settings based on a constraint to set the climate control device to determine a first arbitrated temperature setting as the first temperature setting, wherein the arbitrating is based on an optimization criterion that minimizes a difference between the preferred temperature of the first location and the first arbitrated temperature setting and the preferred temperature of the second location and the first arbitrated temperature setting. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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