US 2014/0278327 A1 · Methods and Systems Architecture to Virtualize Energy Functions and Processes into a Cloud Based Model

Abstract

A system for creating an energy performance and predictive model. The system includes a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium which performs the steps obtaining parametric information objects that represent actual physical objects and modifying the parametric information objects by embedding data related to energy performance characteristics unique to the device represented. The system further performs the steps grouping the modified parametric information objects that define actual real world interrelationships to create a complete virtualized project and parsing the virtualized model data set to create a first parsed data set and a second parsed data set. The first parsed data set creates the project system control application, which acts upon and coordinates the actions of the real device through the virtual field bus. The second parsed data set creates the project's virtualized energy performance project and represents the subset of the virtualized performance environment where other virtualized devices can act upon it.

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Dependent claims

In a system for creating an energy performance and predictive model, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the system to create virtualized energy objects that represent physical systems, characteristics, and performance by performing the following steps:

obtaining parametric information objects that represent actual physical objects;
modifying the parametric information objects by embedding data related to energy performance characteristics unique to the device represented;
grouping the modified parametric information objects that define actual real world interrelationships to create a complete virtualized project;
and
parsing the virtualized model data set to create a first parsed data set and a second parsed data set, wherein:
the first parsed data set creates the project system control application, which acts upon and coordinates the actions of the real device through the virtual field bus;
and
the second parsed data set:
creates the project's virtualized energy performance project;
and
represents the subset of the virtualized performance environment where other virtualized devices can act upon it.

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A virtual thermostat for virtualizing energy functions and processes, the virtual thermostat comprising:

a sensor array, wherein the sensor array includes:
an interior temperature sensor at a thermostat location, wherein the interior temperature sensor is configured to measure the temperature within an interior space;
an outdoor temperature sensor, wherein the outdoor temperature sensor is configured to measure the temperature sensor of an outdoor location in proximity to the interior space;
and
a supply air temperature sensor, wherein the supply air temperature sensor is configured to measure the temperature of conditioned air that is being supplied to the interior space;
one or more computer readable media, wherein the one or more computer readable media contain a set of computer-executable instructions to be executed by the logic device, the set of computer-executable instructions configured to:
receive input from the sensory array;
create a unique representation of the physical systems controlled;
create a unique data set of the virtualized systems and connect this data set to other networked devices using machine to machine interaction;
allow the virtualized thermostat to share simple user data and user requests with other consumption or generational models;
allow the data set representing the virtualized thermostat to exist outside of the controlled system;
and
employ sophisticated control logic/algorithms to output one or more control signals designed to affect the desired conditioning.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Methods and Systems Architecture to Virtualize Energy Functions and Processes into a Cloud Based Model

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Methods and Systems Architecture to Virtualize Energy Functions and Processes into a Cloud Based Model

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