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US 8,527,105 B1Granted
Energy monitoring
AssigneeDaintree Networks, Pty. Ltd.
InventorsJason Yew Choo Choong, Peter Graeme Cobb
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Abstract
Methods, software and systems for determining and monitoring the energy consumption of electrical load devices (e.g., variable load devices and non-variable load devices) in an environment (e.g., an office building or a house).
Claims20
An energy monitoring system, comprising:
- energy consumption detection systems, each energy consumption system determines energy consumption values for a respective plurality of load devices, the energy consumption values being measures of the energy consumed by load devices during given time periods, wherein the plurality of load devices comprise:
- variable load devices, each of the variable load devices having selectable load states and energy consumption values ranging from an OFF energy consumption value to a maximum energy consumption value, wherein the energy consumption values are proportional to the selected load state of the variable load device;
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- non-variable load devices, each of the non-variable load devices having a single load state and energy consumption values ranging from a first energy consumption value to a maximum energy consumption value, wherein the energy consumption values correspond to the single load state of the non-variable load device;
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- load controller devices in data communication with the plurality of load devices, wherein each of the load controller devices communicate with the variable load devices to select the selectable load states of the variable load devices;
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- an energy aggregation module in data communication with the energy consumption detection systems and the load controller devices, wherein:
- for each of the variable load devices, the energy aggregation module:
- correlates each of the energy consumption values with the load state causing that energy consumption value based on which energy consumption values were received during selected load states;
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- generates an energy consumption profile specifying energy consumption values of the variable load device at different load states based on the correlation;
- for each of non-variable load devices, the energy aggregation module:
- receives energy consumption values corresponding to the single load state;
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- generates an energy consumption profile specifying energy consumption values of the non-variable load device;
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- the energy aggregation module generates environment energy consumption data for a given time period based on the load states and energy consumption profiles of the plurality of load devices.
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A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- for each of a plurality of load devices, receiving energy consumption values of the load device, wherein an energy consumption value is a measure of the energy consumed by the load device during a given time period, and wherein the plurality of load devices comprise:
- variable load devices, each of the variable load devices having selectable load states and energy consumption values ranging from an OFF energy consumption value to a maximum energy consumption value, wherein the energy consumption values are proportional to the selected load state of the variable load device;
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- non-variable load devices, each of the non-variable load devices having a single load state and energy consumption values ranging from a first energy consumption value to a maximum energy consumption value, wherein the energy consumption values correspond to the single load state of the non-variable load device;
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- for each of the variable load devices:
- correlating each of the energy consumption values with the load state causing that energy consumption value based on which energy consumption values were received during selected load states;
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- generating an energy consumption profile specifying energy consumption values of the variable load device at different load states based on the correlation;
- for each of non-variable load devices:
- receiving energy consumption values corresponding to the single load state;
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- generating an energy consumption profile specifying energy consumption values of the non-variable load device;
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- generating environment energy consumption data for a given time period based on the load states and energy consumption profiles of the plurality of load devices.
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A non-transitory computer storage medium encoded with a computer program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by data processing apparatus cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations, comprising:
- for each of a plurality of load devices, receiving energy consumption values of the load device, wherein an energy consumption value is a measure of the energy consumed by the load device during a given time period, and wherein the plurality of load devices comprise:
- variable load devices, each of the variable load devices having selectable load states and energy consumption values ranging from an OFF energy consumption value to a maximum energy consumption value, wherein the energy consumption values are proportional to the selected load state of the variable load device;
- and non-variable load devices, each of the non-variable load devices having a single load state and energy consumption values ranging from a first energy consumption value to a maximum energy consumption value, wherein the energy consumption values correspond to the single load state of the non-variable load device;
- and for each of the variable load devices:
- correlating each of the energy consumption values with the load state causing that energy consumption value based on which energy consumption values were received during selected load states;
- and generating an energy consumption profile specifying energy consumption values of the variable load device at different load states based on the correlation;
- for each of non-variable load devices:
- receiving energy consumption values corresponding to the single load state;
- and generating an energy consumption profile specifying energy consumption values of the non-variable load device;
- and generating environment energy consumption data for a given time period based on the load states and energy consumption profiles of the plurality of load devices.
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