发明名称 Systems, methods and apparatus for weather-based preconditioning
摘要 Accessing an energy management policy for a plurality of devices is described, wherein the devices are coupled with a first structure. The energy usage of the devices is monitored. An energy usage rule and energy usage is then compared. The energy management policy and energy usage is also compared. Based on the comparing, an instruction is generated to modify an energy usage profile of said device to correlate with the energy usage rule associated with the devices and the energy management policy, thereby enabling efficient energy management.
申请公布号 US9322565(B2) 申请公布日期 2016.04.26
申请号 US201414475029 申请日期 2014.09.02
申请人 Google Inc. 发明人 Weaver Jason C.;Kayton Bradley A.
分类号 G05D23/19;F24F11/00;H02J3/14;H04L12/12;H04L12/28;H04Q9/00;G06Q50/06;H04L29/08;H04W4/12;H04L12/24;H04W74/00;G06Q10/06;G05F1/66;G05B15/02;H02J3/00 主分类号 G05D23/19
代理机构 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP 代理人 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
主权项 1. A method of preconditioning a temperature of an enclosure, comprising: storing a schedule of temperature setpoints in a storage module communicatively coupled with a thermostat operatively coupled to an HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) system that provides heating and/or cooling at the enclosure, the schedule including a plurality of specific times and a desired temperature setpoint for the enclosure for each specific time, the desired temperature setpoint indicating a desired temperature of the enclosure; identifying, by an energy management module, an area that includes the enclosure; transmitting, by the energy management module, a request for weather information for the area; receiving, by the energy management module, data indicating a future weather prediction for the area in response to the request; identifying, by the energy management module, a specific time from the plurality of specific times in the stored schedule that will be affected by the future weather prediction; generating, by the energy management module, a new schedule of temperature setpoints based on a modification of the stored schedule of temperature setpoints, the new schedule of temperature setpoints including: a temperature setpoint moved in time, the temperature setpoint moved in time being a first desired temperature setpoint of the schedule of temperature setpoints moved forward in time so as to be set at one of the specific times that is earlier in time than the one of the specific times for which the first desired temperature setpoint was set prior to being moved in time; and operating the HVAC system at the enclosure in accordance with the new schedule of temperature setpoints.
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