Group management apparatus and group management system

A group management apparatus configured to manage a plurality of air conditioning facilities installed in a plurality of buildings as a plurality of groups, the group management apparatus comprising:

• an obtaining section configured to obtain operational data of the air conditioning facilities through a plurality of control units disposed in the buildings on a one-to-one basis, the control units being configured to control the air conditioning facilities within the buildings;
• and
• an extracting section configured to extract one or more groups satisfying predetermined conditions from the groups based on a plurality of assessment perspectives,
• the extracting section being further configured to extract said one or more groups satisfying the predetermined conditions from the groups based on at least one of
• a result of comparing an individual operational data of the air conditioning facilities belonging to one of the groups with an individual operational data of the air conditioning facilities belonging to another one of the groups, and
• a result of comparing a group operational data of one of the groups used as an entire operational data of the air conditioning facilities belonging to the one of the groups with a group operational data of another one of the groups,
• said one or more groups satisfying the predetermined conditions being one or more of the air conditioning facilities having a trouble regarding one of the assessment perspectives, and
• the extracting section being further configured to extract said one or more groups having a trouble based on both the result of comparing between the individual operational data and the result of comparing between the group operational data.

A group management system configured to manage a plurality of air conditioning facilities respectively installed in a plurality of buildings as a plurality of groups, the group management system comprising:

• a plurality of control units disposed in the buildings on a one-to-one basis, the control units being configured to control the air conditioning facilities within the buildings;
• and
• a group management apparatus connected to the control units, the group management apparatus being configured to manage the air conditioning facilities as a plurality of groups through the control units, the group management apparatus including
• an obtaining section configured to obtain operational data of the air conditioning facilities;
• an extracting section configured to extract one or more groups satisfying predetermined conditions from the groups respectively including the air conditioning facilities based on a plurality of assessment perspectives;
• and
• a screen generating section configured to generate screens displaying a result extracted by the extracting section,
• the extracting section being further configured to extract said one or more groups satisfying the predetermined conditions from the groups based on at least one of
• a result of comparing an individual operational data of the air conditioning facilities belonging to one of the groups with an individual operational data of the air conditioning facilities belonging to another one of the groups, and
• a result of comparing a group operational data of one of the groups used as an entire operational data of the air conditioning facilities belonging to the one of the groups with a group operational data of another one of the groups,
• the screen generating section being configured to generate the screens showing the result in an order of the magnitude of trouble with respect to the plurality of assessment perspectives.