Assessing performance of an HVAC system
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsPhilipp Anton Roosli, Michael Asmussen, Gregory W Howard
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Abstract
Methods, devices, and systems for assessing performance of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system are described herein. One method includes counting a number of interactions with an HVAC system associated with a multi-dwelling unit during a defined period of time, and assessing a performance of the HVAC system based on the number of interactions.
Claims19
A method for assessing performance of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, comprising:
- counting, by a computing device, a number of interactions with a thermostat of an HVAC system associated with a multi-dwelling unit during a defined period of time, wherein the number of interactions include at least one of:
- an adjustment of a heating or cooling setting of the thermostat of the HVAC system;
- an adjustment of a fan setting of the thermostat of the HVAC system;
- and
- an adjustment of an AUTO mode setting of the thermostat of the HVAC system;
- and
- assessing, by the computing device, a performance of the HVAC system based on the number of interactions;
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- detecting or measuring a deterioration or failure of the HVAC system.
A machine-readable non-transitory medium storing instructions, executable by a machine to cause the machine to:
- count a number of interactions with a thermostat of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system associated with a multi-dwelling unit during a defined period of time, wherein the number of interactions include at least one of:
- an adjustment of a heating or cooling setting of the thermostat of the HVAC system;
- an adjustment of a fan setting of the thermostat of the HVAC system;
- and
- an adjustment of an AUTO mode setting of the thermostat of the HVAC system;
- assign a point value to each of the number of interactions;
- assess a performance of the HVAC system based on the point values assigned to each of the number of interactions;
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- detect or measure a deterioration or failure of the HVAC system.
A system comprising a processing resource in communication with a non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the computer-readable medium contains a set of instructions and wherein the processing resource is designed to execute the set of instructions to:
- count a number of interactions with a thermostat of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system associated with a multi-dwelling unit during a defined period of time, wherein the period of time corresponds to a time of day, wherein the number of interactions include at least one of:
- an adjustment of a heating or cooling setting of the thermostat of the HVAC system;
- an adjustment of a fan setting of the thermostat of the HVAC system;
- and
- an adjustment of an AUTO mode setting of the thermostat of the HVAC system;
- assess a performance of the HVAC system based on the number of interactions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.