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US 8,013,757 B2Granted
Method and arrangement for registering and evaluating energy consumption
AssigneeSiemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsLutz Bardehle, Dieter Klaus, Thorsten Laux
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Abstract
Registering energy consumption in part of a building, an item of state information of at least one energy load being acquired, the state information being transmitted to a control center, and the state information, a state duration and a specific statement of the consumption of the energy load being used to determine and evaluate the energy consumption in the control center. It is possible to dispense with separate energy consumption measuring units as a result of the energy consumption being registered by multiplying the switched-on duration by a specific statement of the energy consumption (that is to say power) of the energy load.
Claims20
A method for registering energy consumption comprising:
- a first switching device acquiring first state information of at least one first load, the first switching device and the at least one first load associated with a first room of a plurality of rooms in a building;
- a second switching device acquiring second state information of at least one second load, the second switching device and the at least one second load associated with a second room of the plurality of rooms in the building;
- the first switching device transmitting the first state information to a control center via a data network;
- the second switching device transmitting the second state information to the control center via the data network;
- determining a first duration of operation of the at least one first load based on the first state information;
- determining a second duration of operation of the at least one second load based on the second state information;
- determining a first statement of consumption of the at least one first load, the first statement of consumption comprising a first rate of energy consumption of the at least one first load;
- determining a second statement of consumption of the at least one second load, the second statement of consumption comprising a second rate of energy consumption of the at least one second load;
- the control center evaluating a first amount of energy consumption of the at least one first load, the evaluating the first amount of energy consumption comprising determining if the at least one first load is operational from the first state information and multiplying the first duration of operation by the first statement of consumption to assess the first amount of energy consumption if the at least one first load is operational;
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- the control center evaluating a second amount of energy consumption of the at least one second load, the evaluating the second amount of energy consumption comprising determining if the at least one second load is operational from the first state information and multiplying the second duration of operation by the second statement of consumption to assess the second amount of energy consumption if the second state information indicates the at least one second load is operational;
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- wherein the control center comprises at least one server;
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- wherein the control center uses the first amount of energy consumption in a first billing function for energy consumption in the first room;
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- wherein the control center uses the second amount of energy consumption in a second billing function for energy consumption in the second room.
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A system for registering energy consumption, comprising:
- a first switching device for controlling an operating state of at least one first load and acquiring first information about the operating state of the at least one first load, the first switching device and the at least one first load being associated with a first room of a plurality of rooms;
- a second switching device for controlling an operating state of at least one second load and acquiring second information about the operating state of the at least one second load, the second switching device and the at least one second load being associated with a second room of the plurality of rooms;
- a data network for communicating the first information about the operating state of the at least one first load and the second information about the operating state of the at least one second load;
- a control center for evaluating the first information and the second information;
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- wherein the first switching device transmits the first information to the control center via the data network;
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- wherein the second switching device transmits the second information to the control center via the data network;
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- wherein the control center comprises at least one server;
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- wherein the control center determines a first duration of the operating state of the at least one first load and a first statement of consumption of the at least one first load based on the transmitted first information, the first statement of consumption comprising a first rate of energy consumption of the at least one first load;
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- wherein the control center determines a second duration of the operating state of the at least one second load, and a second statement of consumption of the at least one second load based on the transmitted second information, the second statement of consumption comprising a second rate of energy consumption of the at least one second load;
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- wherein the control center determines if the at least one first load is operational from the first information and multiplies the first duration by the first statement of consumption to obtain a first amount of energy consumption if the at least one first load is operational;
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- wherein the control center determines if the at least one second load is operational from the second information and multiplies the second duration of operation by the second statement of consumption to obtain a first amount of energy consumption if the at least one second load is operational;
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- wherein the control center uses the first amount of energy consumption in a first billing function for energy consumption in the first room;
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- wherein the control center uses the second amount of energy consumption in a second billing function for energy consumption in the second room.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.