Method and apparatus for measuring negawatt usage of an appliance

摘要

The present invention may include measuring energy usage of one or more appliances for a selected usage metric, receiving reference energy usage data indicative of energy usage of one or more reference appliances for the selected usage metric, comparing the measured energy usage of the one or more appliances for the selected usage metric to the one or more received sets of reference energy usage data for the selected usage metric, and reporting an amount of energy savings based on the comparison of measured energy usage of the one or more appliances and the one or more received sets of reference energy data.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
measuring energy usage of one or more appliances for a selected usage metric, wherein measuring the selected usage metric comprises one or more of measuring an aggregated energy usage of a configuration of appliances, measuring an energy used by one or more appliances for a selected number of appliance operations, and measuring a total energy used by one or more appliances over a cumulative time period; receiving reference energy usage data from a remote system indicative of real-time or near real-time energy usage of one or more reference appliances used in a geographic region for the selected usage metric, wherein the geographic region is selected from a group consisting of a neighborhood, a city, a state, and a country; comparing the measured energy usage of the one or more appliances for the selected usage metric to the one or more received sets of reference energy usage data for the selected usage metric; and reporting an amount of energy savings based on the comparison of measured energy usage of the one or more appliances and the one or more received sets of reference energy data.