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 resource-conscious behavior, comprising:
- determining, using a resource management system, resource usage information for each of a plurality of homes, the resource usage information for each home in the plurality of homes indicating an amount of resource consumption associated with the home;
comparing the amount of resource consumption associated with a first home in the plurality of homes to the amount of resource consumption associated with one or more other homes in the plurality of homes;
determining similarities and/or differences between the amount of resource consumption associated with the first home and the amount of resource consumption associated with the one or more other homes in the plurality of homes based on the comparing;
anonymizing the amount of resource consumption associated with the one or more other homes in the plurality of homes to generate anonymized resource consumption information;
communicating, with a first user of the first home, the anonymized resource consumption information, the anonymized resource consumption information for the one or more other homes in the plurality of homes being indicative of the amount of resource consumption associated with one or more other homes in the plurality of homes; and
causing a device to be controlled in the first home based on the anonymized resource information and/or on feedback from the first user in response to receiving the anonymized resource consumption information.
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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 resource-conscious behavior, comprising:
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determining, using a resource management system, resource usage information for each of a plurality of homes, the resource usage information for each home in the plurality of homes indicating an amount of resource consumption associated with the home; comparing the amount of resource consumption associated with a first home in the plurality of homes to the amount of resource consumption associated with one or more other homes in the plurality of homes; determining similarities and/or differences between the amount of resource consumption associated with the first home and the amount of resource consumption associated with the one or more other homes in the plurality of homes based on the comparing; anonymizing the amount of resource consumption associated with the one or more other homes in the plurality of homes to generate anonymized resource consumption information; communicating, with a first user of the first home, the anonymized resource consumption information, the anonymized resource consumption information for the one or more other homes in the plurality of homes being indicative of the amount of resource consumption associated with one or more other homes in the plurality of homes; and causing a device to be controlled in the first home based on the anonymized resource information and/or on feedback from the first user in response to receiving the anonymized resource consumption information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for encouraging resource-conscious behavior, comprising:
one or more computer servers communicatively coupled to a plurality of resource management devices and configured to; determine resource usage information for each of a plurality of homes, the resource usage information for each home in the plurality of homes indicating an amount of resource consumption associated with the home; compare the amount of resource consumption associated with a first home in the plurality of homes to the amount of resource consumption associated with one or more of other homes in the plurality of homes; determine similarities and/or differences between the amount of resource consumption associated with the first home and the amount of resource consumption associated with the one or more other homes in the plurality of homes based on the comparing; anonymize the amount of resource consumption associated with the one or more other homes in the plurality of homes to generate anonymized resource consumption information; communicate, with a first user of the first home, the anonymized resource consumption information, the anonymized resource consumption information for the one or more other homes in the plurality of homes being indicative of the amount of resource consumption associated with one or more other homes in the plurality of homes; and cause a device to be controlled in the first home based on the anonymized resource information and/or on feedback from the first user in response to receiving the anonymized resource consumption information. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. 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 resource usage information for each of a plurality of homes, the resource usage information for each home in the plurality of homes indicating an amount of resource consumption associated with the home; comparing the amount of resource consumption associated with a first home in the plurality of homes to the amount of resource consumption associated with one or more other homes in the plurality of homes; determining similarities and/or differences between the amount of resource consumption associated with the first home and the amount of resource consumption associated with the one or more other homes in the plurality of homes based on the comparing; anonymizing the amount of resource consumption associated with the one or more other homes in the plurality of homes to generate anonymized resource consumption information; communicating, with a first user of the first home, the anonymized resource consumption information, the anonymized resource consumption information for the one or more other homes in the plurality of homes being indicative of the amount of resource consumption associated with one or more other homes in the plurality of homes; and causing a device to be controlled in the first home based on the anonymized resource information and/or on feedback from the first user in response to receiving the anonymized resource consumption information. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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