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US 2022/0034948 A1Published application
System for providing quantitative energy efficiency metrics
AssigneeEnervee Corporation
InventorsRobert Van Buskirk, Richard Busby, Matthias Kurwig
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Abstract
A system and method of analyzing, manipulating, and combining various items of resource consuming device (“RCD”) performance information to produce quantitative metrics usable to rank or compare RCDs. The method can apply to RCDs such as cars, appliances, residential households or electronics.
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A system for providing quantitative energy efficiency metrics for resource consuming devices (“RCD”) comprising:
- (a) a server comprising a processor;
- (b) a device data interface configured to receive consumption data and capability data;
- (c) a RCD interface configured to provide efficiency information;
- wherein the processor is configured to:
- (i) receive a set of RCD consumption data, via the device data interface, that includes a metric of resource consumption for a RCD;
- (ii) receive a set of RCD capability data, via the device data interface, and determine one or more capability metrics for the RCD based on the set of RCD capability data, wherein each of the one or more capability metrics describes the magnitude of a capability of the RCD;
- (iii) determine a raw efficiency rating based on the metric of resource consumption and at least one capability metric of the one or more capability metrics;
- (iv) create a RCD dataset based on the raw efficiency rating;
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- (v) provide the RCD dataset to a recipient device via the RCD interface.
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A method for providing quantitative energy efficiency metrics for resource consuming devices (“RCD”) comprising:
- (a) configuring a server to receive consumption data and capability data via a device data interface and provide efficiency information via a RCD interface;
- (b) receiving, by a processor of the server, a set of RCD consumption data, via the device data interface, that includes a metric of resource consumption for a RCD;
- (c) receiving, by the processor, a set of RCD capability data, via the device data interface, and determining one or more capability metrics for the RCD based on the set of RCD capability data, wherein each of the one or more capability metrics describes the magnitude of a capability of the RCD;
- (d) determining, by the processor, a raw efficiency rating based on the metric of resource consumption and at least one capability metric of the one or more capability metrics;
- (e) creating, by the processor, a RCD dataset based on the raw efficiency rating;
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- (f) providing, by the processor, the RCD dataset to a recipient device via the RCD interface.
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A system for providing quantitative energy efficiency metrics for resource consuming devices (“RCD”) comprising:
- (a) a server comprising a processor;
- (b) a device data interface configured to receive consumption data and capability data, wherein the device data interface communicatively couples the server with a RCD and a third party information source;
- (c) a RCD interface configured to provide efficiency information;
- wherein the processor is configured to:
- (i) receive a set of RCD consumption data from the RCD that includes a metric of resource consumption for the RCD;
- (ii) receive a set of RCD capability data from the RCD and determine one or more capability metrics for the RCD based on the set of RCD capability data, wherein each of the one or more capability metrics describes the magnitude of a capability of the RCD;
- (iii) when determining the one or more capability metrics for the RCD:
- (A) select a subset of identifying information from the set of RCD capability data, wherein the subset of identifying information comprises information identifying a model of the RCD;
- (B) receive a set of model description data from the third party information source based on the model of the RCD;
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- (C) analyze the set of model description data to identify the one or more capability metrics for the RCD;
- (iv) determine a raw efficiency rating based on the metric of resource consumption and at least one capability metric of the one or more capability metrics;
- (v) create a RCD dataset based on the raw efficiency rating;
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- (vi) provide the RCD dataset to a recipient device via the RCD interface.
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