Apparatus and method for displaying energy-related information

摘要

A method includes receiving energy-related information associated with multiple elements in a hierarchically-arranged domain. The method also includes determining a value of an energy-related metric for each of the elements using the energy-related information. The method further includes generating a graphical user interface using the metric values and presenting the graphical user interface to a user. The graphical user interface includes a treemap having multiple sections, each associated with one of the elements. The graphical user interface also includes a graph displaying energy-related information associated with a selected element. A size of each section in the treemap could be based on a size, importance, energy usage, and/or carbon emission of the associated element. A color and a color intensity of each section in the treemap could be based on the metric value of the associated element and/or a comparison of the absolute energy usage to a baseline.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
an interface configured to receive energy-related information from at least one monitoring device, the energy-related information associated with a plurality of elements in a hierarchically-arranged domain, each element representing one of a plurality of physical areas, one of a plurality of equipment components, or a combination of at least one physical area and at least one equipment component; a memory configured to store the energy-related information; and a processing system configured to:
identify energy usage associated with each element;generate a graphical user interface including a plurality of sections, each section representative of a specified one of the elements and having a size that is based on energy usage associated with the specified element relative to energy usage associated with other elements;present at least a portion of the graphical user interface to a user; andgenerate and present to the user, in response to identifying a selection of one of the sections in the graphical user interface, a graph including energy usage over a period of time for a selected element represented by the selected section, wherein each section has a color, the size of each section is based on an energy usage by that section's associated element, and a color and a color intensity of each section are based on a comparison of the energy usage by that section's associated element to a baseline energy usage for that section's associated element.