Method and System for Rating Building Energy Performance
AssigneeArevs, LLC
InventorDean H. Durst
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Abstract
A method of predicting energy usage having the steps of providing a computer, providing a temperature database, providing a building asset rating database, receiving inputs from a user having a floor area measure of a building, an energy usage measurement, an energy usage start date, an energy usage end date, and a geographic location identifier, determining an estimated energy rating as a function of said inputs, said temperature database, and said building asset rating database, and providing said estimated energy rating to calculate an energy value adjustment for the price of the building.
Claims19
A method of predicting energy usage comprising the steps of:
- providing a computer;
- providing a temperature database;
- providing a building asset rating database;
- receiving inputs from a user comprising:
- a floor area measure of a building;
- an energy usage measurement;
- an energy usage start date;
- an energy usage end date;
- and a geographic location identifier;
- determining an estimated energy rating as a function of said inputs, said temperature database, and said building asset rating database;
- and providing said estimated energy rating to said user.
A method of predicting energy usage comprising the steps of:
- providing a computer;
- providing a temperature database;
- providing a building asset rating database;
- receiving inputs from a user comprising:
- a floor area measure of a building;
- an energy usage measurement from a heating bill;
- an energy usage start date from the heating bill;
- an energy usage end date from the heating bill;
- and a geographic location identifier;
- determining an estimated energy rating as a function of said inputs, said temperature database, and said building asset rating database;
- and providing said estimated energy rating to said user;
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- wherein said step of determining an estimated energy rating as a function of said inputs comprises the steps of:
- calculating the number of degree days between said energy usage start date and said energy usage end date for said building data geographic location identifier using data in said temperature database;
- calculating the energy usage per unit floor area per degree day;
- correlating the calculated energy usage per unit floor area per degree day with an asset-based energy rating in said building asset rating database.
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