Electric power consumption management system and method
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsKazuaki IWAMURA, Hideki TONOOKA, Yuichi MASHITA
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Abstract
The present invention performs the following to estimate the power consumption of the whole area. For a “building” from which power consumption data cannot be acquired, the present invention identifies a building, whose attribute is similar to that of the building and from which power consumption data can be acquired, and estimates the power consumption of the “building”, from which power consumption data cannot be acquired, from the power consumption data on the identified building. The “building”, which is a unit for calculating and managing power consumption data, is a concept that includes facilities, structures, and other objects.
Claims10
A power consumption management system for managing power consumed in an area where there is a plurality of buildings, said power consumption system comprising:
- storing means that stores attribute data on each of the plurality of buildings in advance;
- acquisition means that acquires power consumption data on at least a part of the plurality of buildings;
- search means that searches for attribute data on a data-non-acquired building from which the power consumption data is not acquired;
- identification means that identifies a data-acquired building which has attribute data, corresponding to attribute data that is searched for, and from which the power consumption data is acquired;
- estimation means that estimates power consumption data on the data-non-acquired building using power consumption data on an identified data-acquired building;
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- management means that manages the power based on estimated power consumption data and acquired power consumption data.
A power consumption management method for managing power consumed in an area where there is a plurality of buildings, said power consumption method comprising:
- storing attribute data on each of the plurality of buildings in a storage device in advance;
- acquiring power consumption data on at least a part of the plurality of buildings;
- searching for attribute data on a data-non-acquired building from which the power consumption data is not acquired;
- identifying a data-acquired building which has attribute data, corresponding to attribute data that is searched for, and from which the power consumption data is acquired;
- estimating power consumption data on the data-non-acquired building using power consumption data on an identified data-acquired building;
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- managing the power based on estimated power consumption data and acquired power consumption data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.