Method and apparatus for automated building energy control

An energy control system, comprising:

• training data stores, that provides first interval based energy consumption streams corresponding to a facility;
• a facility model processor, coupled to said training data stores, that receives said first interval based energy consumption streams and second interval based energy consumption streams corresponding to said facility, and that develops and maintains weather-normalized baseline energy consumption data for said facility, wherein said weather-normalized baseline energy consumption data is derived from said first interval based energy consumption streams;
• a sources metadata stores, that provides validation, estimation, and editing (VEE) rules corresponding to each of the second interval based energy consumption streams for performing VEE;
• a post VEE readings data stores, that provides tagged energy consumption data sets that are each associated with a corresponding one of said second interval based energy consumption streams, each of said tagged energy consumption data sets comprising groups of contiguous interval values tagged as having been validated, wherein said groups correspond to correct data;
• a VEE configuration engine, that reads said post VEE readings data stores upon initiation of an event and, for said each of said tagged energy consumption data sets, that creates anomalies having different durations using only said groups of contiguous interval values, and that generates estimates for said anomalies by employing estimation techniques for each of said different durations and, for said each of said different durations, that selects a corresponding one of said estimation techniques for subsequent employment when performing VEE of subsequent energy consumption data associated with said each of said different durations for said corresponding one of said second interval based energy consumption streams;
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• a global model module, that receives said weather-normalized baseline energy consumption data and post VEE readings data, and that develops an energy consumption model based on said weather-normalized baseline energy consumption data and said post VEE readings data, and that controls overall energy consumption within said facility based on said energy consumption model by scheduling run times of one or more building elements.

A method for controlling energy consumption, the method comprising:

• via training data stores, providing first interval based energy consumption streams corresponding to a facility;
• receiving the first interval based energy consumption streams and second interval based energy consumption streams corresponding to the facility, and developing and maintaining weather-normalized baseline energy consumption data for the facility, wherein the weather-normalized baseline energy consumption data is derived from the first interval based energy consumption streams;
• providing tagged energy consumption data sets that are each associated with a corresponding one of the second interval based energy consumption streams, each of the tagged energy consumption data sets comprising groups of contiguous interval values tagged as having been validated, wherein the groups correspond to correct data;
• reading the post VEE readings data stores upon initiation of an event;
• for the each of the tagged energy consumption data sets, creating anomalies having different durations using only the groups of contiguous interval values;
• generating estimates for the anomalies by employing estimation techniques for each of the different durations;
• for the each of the different durations, selecting a corresponding one of the estimation techniques for subsequent employment when performing VEE of subsequent energy consumption data associated with the each of the different durations for the corresponding one of the second interval based energy consumption streams;
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• receiving the weather-normalized baseline energy consumption data and post VEE readings data, and developing an energy consumption model based on the weather-normalized baseline energy consumption data and the post VEE readings data, and controlling overall energy consumption within the facility based on the energy consumption model by scheduling run times of one or more building elements.