Orchestrated energy

A method for managing energy within an energy system over a period, the method comprising:

• determining, by a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system controller, a plurality of physical characteristics of the energy system;
• determining, by the HVAC system controller, a plurality of environmental conditions that can affect energy consumption by the energy system;
• selecting, by the HVAC system controller, from among a plurality of modeling parameter sets and based at least in part on the determined environmental conditions, at least one modeling parameter set;
• calibrating, by the HVAC system controller, a model based at least in part on:
• one or more of the determined plurality of physical characteristics of the energy system, and
• the selected at least one modeling parameter set;
• generating, by the HVAC system controller, a control schedule for the energy system based at least in part on the calibrated model.

A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, if executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform a method for managing energy within an energy system over a period, the method comprising:

• obtaining a plurality of generic models representative of energy consumption;
• determining environmental conditions for the energy system, wherein determining at least one environmental condition for the energy system comprises invoking a device abstraction layer or service to communicate with a first device;
• identifying one or more constraints for the period;
• identifying one or more objectives for the period;
• linearizing one or more constraints for the energy system;
• and
• generating a control schedule for the energy system during the period based at least in part on the identified one or more constraints for the period, the identified one or more objectives for the period, and the linearized constraints for the energy system.