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US 2026/0278705 A1Published application
Energy efficiency data collection service
AssigneeItron, Inc.
InventorMichael Ting
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Abstract
An energy efficiency data collection system architecture may be configured to enable efficient and accurate collection of energy efficiency data associated with users and/or sites associated with users and generation of profiles associated with the users based on the energy efficiency data. An energy efficiency data collection service may receive location information, image data, and user-input data from an application operating on a mobile device associated with a user. The energy efficiency data collection service may generate profiles based on the information received from the application and may provide incentives to the users in response to participating in an energy efficiency data collection survey.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- determining location information associated with a mobile device via a location tracking device located within the mobile device;
- capturing image data of at least one equipment, wherein the image data comprises equipment-specific performance characteristics including at least one of rated annual energy consumption, rated annual water consumption, rated efficiency metrics, rated capacity measurements, or equipment vintage information;
- determining an order in which to request efficiency data by maximizing value of partially completed energy efficiency data surveys;
- transmitting control signals to cause the mobile device to display a request for user input data;
- receiving the user input data;
- transmitting the location information, the user input data, and the image data to a computing device to cause the computing device to generate or update a profile containing energy efficiency data and to cause the computing device to associate the profile with a user and a site;
- and
- receiving at least one of an equipment-specific energy or water savings recommendation from the computing device via the profile.
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A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the system to perform acts comprising:
- determining location information associated with a mobile device via a location tracking device located within the mobile device;
- capturing image data of at least one equipment, wherein the image data comprises equipment-specific performance characteristics including at least one of rated annual energy consumption, rated annual water consumption, rated efficiency metrics, rated capacity measurements, or equipment vintage information;
- determining an order in which to request efficiency data by maximizing value of partially completed energy efficiency data surveys;
- transmitting control signals to cause the mobile device to display a request for user input data;
- receiving the user input data;
- transmitting the location information, the user input data, and the image data to a computing device to cause the computing device to generate or update a profile containing energy efficiency data and to cause the computing device to associate the profile with a user and a site;
- and
- receiving at least one of an equipment-specific energy or water savings recommendation from the computing device via the profile.
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A mobile device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the mobile device to perform acts comprising:
- determining location information associated with the mobile device via a location tracking device located within the mobile device;
- capturing image data of at least one equipment, wherein the image data comprises equipment-specific performance characteristics including at least one of rated annual energy consumption, rated annual water consumption, rated efficiency metrics, rated capacity measurements, or equipment vintage information;
- determining an order in which to request efficiency data by maximizing value of partially completed energy efficiency data surveys;
- transmitting control signals to cause the mobile device to display a request for user input data;
- receiving the user input data;
- transmitting the location information, the user input data, and the image data to a computing device to cause the computing device to generate or update a profile containing energy efficiency data and to cause the computing device to associate the profile with a user and a site;
- and
- receiving at least one of an equipment-specific energy or water savings recommendation from the computing device via the profile.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.