Collaborative energy benchmarking systems and methods
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G05D-003/12
G01R-021/00
G06Q-030/02
H04L-029/08
출원번호
US-0634435
(2015-02-27)
등록번호
US-9329212
(2016-05-03)
발명자
/ 주소
Benes, Charles Reid
Premus, Rebecca Fay
Ruth, Michael Kent
Stimmel, Carol L.
Tuck, Adrian Christopher
Wheeler, Andrew James
출원인 / 주소
Tendril Networks, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Perkins Coie LLP
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초록▼
Systems and methods for providing collaborative energy benchmarking are described. Information including background data, energy consumption data, temporal data, and/or other information is gathered from multiple sources and stored in a central database. Based on the stored information, energy bench
Systems and methods for providing collaborative energy benchmarking are described. Information including background data, energy consumption data, temporal data, and/or other information is gathered from multiple sources and stored in a central database. Based on the stored information, energy benchmarks are created for measuring residential energy usage. Energy usage data is displayed to consumers in multiple formats, and permits consumers to directly compare their energy usage data to other consumers or groups of consumers, in addition to their own energy usage. In some embodiments, energy challenge programs encourage reduction of energy usage. Through such programs, consumers create and present challenges for themselves and/or other consumers, such as to reduce energy usage during a given timeframe. The progress of the group and individual consumers is displayed during the course of a challenge.
대표청구항▼
1. A computer-readable memory storing instructions that, if executed by a computing system having a processor, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising: for each of a plurality of consumers, receiving information associated with energy usage of the consumer from a database,receivi
1. A computer-readable memory storing instructions that, if executed by a computing system having a processor, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising: for each of a plurality of consumers, receiving information associated with energy usage of the consumer from a database,receiving background information about at least one property of the consumer from the database, andcreating one or more energy benchmarks that measure the energy usage of the consumer;creating an energy performance display that communicates the one or more energy benchmarks to at least one consumer from among a subset of the plurality of consumers;receiving a challenge definition from the at least one consumer from among the subset of the plurality of consumers, wherein the received challenge definition defines an energy conservation challenge that is associated with reducing energy usage and that is based on at least one of the created one or more energy benchmarks; andmeasuring performance of each consumer of a group of at least two different consumers according to the received challenge definition. 2. The computer-readable memory of claim 1, wherein the received background information about the at least one property of the consumer comprises: information about the size of the at least one property of the consumer,wherein the one or more energy benchmarks are created based at least in part on the received information associated with the energy usage of the consumer and the received background information about the at least one property of the consumer, including the information about the size of the at least one property of the consumer. 3. The computer-readable memory of claim 1, wherein the received background information about the at least one property of the consumer comprises: information about the age of the at least one property of the consumer,wherein the one or more energy benchmarks are created based at least in part on the received information associated with the energy usage of the consumer and the received background information about the at least one property of the consumer, including the information about the age of the at least one property of the consumer. 4. The computer-readable memory of claim 1, wherein the received background information about the at least one property of the consumer comprises: information about construction materials of the at least one property of the consumer,wherein the one or more energy benchmarks are created based at least in part on the received information associated with the energy usage of the consumer and the received background information about the at least one property of the consumer, including the information about construction materials of the at least one property of the consumer. 5. The computer-readable memory of claim 1, wherein the received challenge definition includes an indication of a group of at least two different consumers to which the challenge applies. 6. The computer-readable memory of claim 1, further comprising: providing for display portions of a map corresponding to a first subgroup of the plurality of consumers in a first color;providing for display portions of the map corresponding to a second subgroup of the plurality of consumers different from the first subgroup of the plurality of consumers in a second color different from the first color; andproviding for display portions of the map corresponding to a third subgroup of the plurality of consumers belonging to neither the first subgroup of consumers nor the second subgroup of consumers in a third color different from the first color and different from the second color. 7. A method, performed by a computer having a processor, the method comprising: creating one or more energy benchmarks that measure energy usage of a consumer, wherein at least one of the one or more energy benchmarks is created based at least in part on information associated with the energy usage of the consumer and information about at least one property of the consumer; andreceiving a challenge definition from the consumer, wherein the received challenge definition defines: an energy conservation challenge that is associated with reducing energy usage and that is based on at least one of the created one or more energy benchmarks, andwherein each of the components comprises computer-executable instructions stored in the memory for execution by the processor. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the received challenge definition includes an indication of a group of at least two different consumers to which the energy conservation challenge applies. 9. The method of claim 7, wherein the information associated with the energy usage of the consumer comprises information about the size of the at least one property of the consumer, information about construction materials of the at least one property of the consumer, and information about the age of the at least one property of the consumer and wherein the one or more energy benchmarks are created based at least in part on the information about the size of the at least one property of the consumer, the information about construction materials of the at least one property of the consumer, and the information about the age of the at least one property of the consumer. 10. The method of claim 7, further comprising: for each of a plurality of consumers of a first group, determining the progress of the consumer of the first group during the course of the energy conservation challenge. 11. The method of claim 7, further comprising: for each of a plurality of consumers of a first group,calculating the amount of energy reduction that is required from the consumer to meet the energy conservation challenge. 12. The method of claim 7, further comprising: providing the received challenge definition to a social networking site. 13. A computing system, having a memory and a processor, the computing system comprising: a component configured to receive information associated with energy usage of a consumer;a component configured to create, based on at least a portion of the received information, one or more energy benchmarks that measure the energy usage of the consumer, wherein at least one of the one or more energy benchmarks is created based at least in part on information about at least one property of the consumer; anda component configured to receive a challenge definition from the consumer, wherein the received challenge definition defines: an energy conservation challenge that is associated with reducing energy usage and that is based on at least one of the created one or more energy benchmarks, andwherein the received challenge definition includes an indication of a group of at least two different consumers to which the challenge applies,wherein each of the components comprises computer-executable instructions stored in the memory for execution by the processor. 14. The computing system of claim 13, further comprising: a component configured to measure performance of each consumer of the group of at least two different consumers according to the received challenge definition. 15. The computing system of claim 13, wherein the received information associated with the energy usage of the consumer comprises information about the size of the at least one property of the consumer. 16. The computing system of claim 13, wherein the one or more energy benchmarks are created based at least in part on information about the size of the at least one property of the consumer. 17. The computing system of claim 13, wherein the received information associated with the energy usage of the consumer comprises information about construction materials of the at least one property of the consumer. 18. The computing system of claim 13, wherein the one or more energy benchmarks are created based at least in part on information about construction materials of the at least one property of the consumer. 19. The computing system of claim 13, wherein the received information associated with the energy usage of the consumer comprises information about the age of the at least one property of the consumer. 20. The computing system of claim 13, wherein the one or more energy benchmarks are created based at least in part on information about the age of the at least one property of the consumer.
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