Method and system for energy management

摘要

A method (300) of managing energy consumption associated with premises includes firstly generating (302) and storing an initial energy profile (304) of the premises. The profile (304) includes information characterizing the premises, such as occupancy patterns, function of the premises, geographical location, installed appliances (108), and so forth. An expected energy usage (308) associated with the premises is computed over a predetermined time period based upon the information in the initial energy profile (304). Actual energy usage (312) associated with the premises is then recorded over the predetermined time period and the energy profile (304) is adaptively updated based upon the recorded energy usage (312). The energy profile (304) and the actual energy usage (312) are used to manage energy consumption associated with the premises. An installable system (100) and apparatus (102) for implementing the method at premises are also provided.

主权项

1. A method of managing energy consumption associated with a premises, including the steps of:
generating and storing an initial energy profile of the premises, the profile including information inferred by physical characterizing the premises; computing an expected energy usage associated with the premises over a predetermined time period based upon the information in the initial energy profile; recording actual energy usage associated with the premises over the predetermined time period; adaptively updating the initial energy profile based upon comparison of the recorded energy usage, the expected energy usage and the inferred characterizing of the premises; and using the adaptively updated energy profile and the actual energy usage to manage energy consumption associated with the premises.