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Title: Systems and methods for data analytics for virtual energy audits and value capture assessment of buildings

Abstract

A system may provide virtual energy audits of one or more target buildings. The system may retrieve weather data and energy usage data specific to a given target building from a weather server and a utility server, respectively. The system may store predefined building characteristics corresponding to the given target building in local memory. Based on the weather data, energy usage data, and/or predefined building characteristics, the system may generate one or more building markers that characterize the energy usage and efficiency of the given target building. Building efficiency diagnostics and energy conservation prognostics may be generated based on the building markers and may be sent by the system to be displayed via a user interface of a client device. The energy conservation prognostics may include one or more energy conservation measure recommendations and corresponding predicted cost/energy savings.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
OSTI Identifier:
1924945
Patent Number(s):
11403647
Application Number:
16/409,578
Assignee:
Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06N - COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS
DOE Contract Number:  
AR0000668
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 05/10/2019
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING

Citation Formats

Abramson, Alexis, French, Roger, Pickering, Ethan, Hossain, Mohammad, Khalilnejad, Arash, and Haddadian, Rojiar. Systems and methods for data analytics for virtual energy audits and value capture assessment of buildings. United States: N. p., 2022. Web.
Abramson, Alexis, French, Roger, Pickering, Ethan, Hossain, Mohammad, Khalilnejad, Arash, & Haddadian, Rojiar. Systems and methods for data analytics for virtual energy audits and value capture assessment of buildings. United States.
Abramson, Alexis, French, Roger, Pickering, Ethan, Hossain, Mohammad, Khalilnejad, Arash, and Haddadian, Rojiar. Tue . "Systems and methods for data analytics for virtual energy audits and value capture assessment of buildings". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1924945.
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abstractNote = {A system may provide virtual energy audits of one or more target buildings. The system may retrieve weather data and energy usage data specific to a given target building from a weather server and a utility server, respectively. The system may store predefined building characteristics corresponding to the given target building in local memory. Based on the weather data, energy usage data, and/or predefined building characteristics, the system may generate one or more building markers that characterize the energy usage and efficiency of the given target building. Building efficiency diagnostics and energy conservation prognostics may be generated based on the building markers and may be sent by the system to be displayed via a user interface of a client device. The energy conservation prognostics may include one or more energy conservation measure recommendations and corresponding predicted cost/energy savings.},
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