| 摘要 |
Techniques for determining efficiency ratings for businesses are disclosed. A computing device can identify energy efficient entities (e.g., homes, buildings, businesses, points of interest, etc.) for a geographic region. The efficiency of an entity can be determined based on that entity's consumption of resources including, for example, electricity, water, natural gas, etc., that are delivered to a dwelling or commercial structure of the entity, for example. Entities can be scored and ranked based on their respective energy efficiencies. Such entity efficiency information can be presented to users, for example, in the form of a listing of entities (e.g., “green business guide”) that provides various information describing those entities, together with respective efficiency ratings for each of the businesses. Users can reference the listing, for example, when deciding which businesses to support in an effort to promote businesses that value energy conservation. |
| 主权项 |
1. A computing device, the computing device comprising:
at least one processor; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing device to perform the operations of:
receiving, from a client device, a search query for businesses that are located in a geographic region;identifying a first business and a second business, both the first business and the second business being located in the geographic region;determining a first energy efficiency score for the first business, the first energy efficiency score being based in part on an overall energy consumption by the first business over a period of time;determining a second energy efficiency score for the second business, the second energy efficiency score being based in part on an overall energy consumption by the second business over the period of time; andproviding, to the client device, a listing of businesses that are located in the geographic region, the listing including information describing the first business and the second business, wherein the information also includes the first efficiency score for the first business and the second efficiency score for the second business. |
