| 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 computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, by an energy management service unit that is configured to be coupled to a plurality of energy management devices of a plurality of sites, energy usage data of a particular site of the plurality of sites; wherein the energy usage data includes information indicating one or more temperature setpoints of a particular energy management device of the particular site and, for each of the one or more temperature setpoints, one or more first values indicating one or more of: an amount of time elapsed for the particular site to reach each of the one or more temperature setpoints, an amount of time the particular energy management device is activated to reach each of the one or more temperature setpoints, and an amount of energy consumed by the particular energy management device to reach each of the one or more temperature setpoints; generating, based on the energy usage data, one or more second values indicating one or more of: an average amount of time elapsed to change the temperature of the particular site by one or more degrees, an average amount of time the particular energy management device is activated to change the temperature of the particular site by one or more degrees, and an average amount of energy consumed by the particular energy management device to change the temperature of the particular site by one or more degrees; determining that one or more of the one or more second values exceeds a specified threshold value; in response to determining that one or more of the one or more second values exceeds the specified threshold value, generating a notification. |
