ENERGY MANAGEMENT COMPUTER SYSTEM

摘要

The disclosure provides an energy management system that is based on a distributed architecture that includes networked energy management devices located at a plurality of sites and a collection of energy management program applications and modules implemented by a centralized energy management service unit. The energy management program applications and modules are responsible for facilitating customer access to the system, configuring energy management devices, and collecting, storing, and analyzing energy management data collected from the plurality of sites. The energy management system is adaptable to a wide variety of energy usage requirements and enables customers to configure energy management devices at customer sites using scheduling templates, to define and customize site groupings for device configuration and data analysis purposes, and to request and view various statistical views of collected energy usage data.

主权项

1. A data processing system, comprising:
an energy management service unit that is configured to be coupled to a plurality of energy management devices located at a plurality of sites; wherein the energy management service unit is configured to cause collection of energy usage data from the plurality of energy management devices located at a plurality of sites, and to store the energy usage data; a computer-readable storage medium coupled to the energy management service unit and storing one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to store a plurality of site groupings, to operate a management interface configured to receive requests for statistical views of particular energy usage data associated with one or more of the plurality of site groupings, and to generate and cause display of the requested statistical views on a computer display unit.