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An energy management system and method providing a holistic premise energy optimization and energy efficiency reclamation system comprised of an interconnected system of software, analytics and automated process that optimizes the energy generation and storage technologies, energy consumption, energy demand and energy utilization of energy consuming assets within a premise.

A method of processing financial data may include determining if a relationship exists between a particular item of said financial data and a quantifiable quality-related characteristic. It may further include generating data quantifying usage of the quality-related characteristic based on a particular item of financial data.

Methods and systems for facilitating efficient travel management are disclosed. Exemplary embodiments comprise a processor configured to make selections from among a plurality of vehicle travel modes based on a vehicle travel mode selection rule using, at least in part, received travel plan information. In a preferred embodiment, this selection can be based on any of a number of factors, including monetary costs and carbon emissions associated with different vehicle travel mode options.

The present invention relates to dispensing of a substance from a container by means of a dispensing apparatus. Specifically, the exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to (1) a container and (2) the automated method for opening such container and (3) the automated method of dispensing of the contents from such container into a customer receptacle or glass.

Novel solutions to the challenges of obtaining accurate information about a user's or an organization's carbon footprint. In some cases, these solutions can obtain and/provide feedback about a user's carbon output based on the user's habits and choices. Some solutions are designed to supply services to individuals as well as commercial ventures and for a variety of vehicle fleets, including without limitation construction equipment. In different aspects, systems in accordance with various embodiments enable a variety of types of users to create their own carbon emission generation profile based on vehicle type; track, estimate, and store their emissions in a database; analyze their results and performance, using established methods and metrics and/or automatically update all operating parameters of interest.

A light emitting diode (LED) is provided that includes a host substrate formed from a first material, an n-type layer formed over the host substrate, an active region formed over the n-type layer, and a p-type layer formed over the active region. A layer is formed adjacent to the host substrate and includes a second material, the second material being different from the first material or having a refractive index different from a refractive index of the first material. Further, the second material is formed with a tapered outwards sidewall profile.

A system and a method for providing power to a marine vessel and, more particularly to a tugboat is disclosed. The system includes diesel engines and generators and batteries which can be charged using power supplied by the generators, shore power or regenerated power. The tugboat is operated utilizing battery power only and the generators are used to provide additional power if needed or to recharge the batteries.

The present invention relates to dispensing of a substance from a container by means of a dispensing apparatus. Specifically, the exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to (1) a container and (2) the automated method for opening such container and (3) the automated method of dispensing of the contents from such container into a customer receptacle or glass.

An integrated platform management apparatus to which SDN and NFV technologies are applied includes a VIM controlling and managing virtualized computing, storage, and network resources of a NFVI and interaction of the resources of the NFVI; a VNFM controlling at least one network function and virtualization of the at least one the network function so that a part of the at least one network function and the NFVI is implemented in software; and a NFV orchestrator displaying appliance functions of a plurality of VNFs in form of icons on a UI screen, and provides integrated wired, mobile, and hyper-connection communication services by connecting functions corresponding to icons selected by an OSS or a BSS among the icons displayed on the UI screen in form of a forwarding graph.

A reformation power plant generates clean electricity from carbonaceous material and high pressure CO₂ which can be easily sequestered or utilized for a beneficial purpose, such as fuel production. The reformation power plant design utilizes a reformation process that reforms carbonaceous fuel with super-heated steam into a high-pressure gaseous mixture that is rich in carbon dioxide and hydrogen gas. This high-pressure gas exchanges excess heat with the incoming steam from a boiler and continues onward to a condenser. Once cooled, the high-pressure gas goes through a methanol separator, after which the CO₂-rich gas is sequestered underground or beneficially re-used. The remaining hydrogen-rich gas is combusted through a gas turbine. The gas turbine provides power to a generator and also regenerative heat for the boiler. Finally, the generator converts mechanical energy into electricity, which is transferred to the electric grid. Therefore, carbon-free electricity is generated from coal, biomass, or other carbon-based feedstock.

An power-saving amplifying device is disclosed, the power-saving amplifying device uses a micro controller unit (MCU) to receive a control signal transmitted by a volume controller and to generate a decision signal based on the control signal; the MCU transmits the decision signal to the volume controlling circuit for obtaining a drive signal, then the volume controlling circuit transmits the drive signal to a power amplifier for driving a speaker to output a sound with a required volume; the MCU also calculates an output value of a PWM signal and transmits the PWM signal to a DC integrating circuit for rectifying and integrating the PWM signal into a DC voltage; the DC voltage is coupled with a voltage control terminal of the power supply to increase or decrease the DC voltage outputted by the power supply to the power amplifier, thereby reducing power consumption by using the volume to control the output voltage of the power supply.

The invention discloses an energy consumption control system and method for area buildings, relating to the technical field of comprehensive building energy consumption control. The system comprises a distributed video sensor unit, machine vision recognition unit, a distributed comfort sensor unit, a subarea information fusion unit, a single building control unit and an area control center unit, wherein the distributed video sensor unit comprises a plurality of video sensors distributed in different subareas in one building, the machine vision recognition unit is connected with the distributed video sensor unit, the distributed comfort sensor unit comprises a plurality of comfort sensors distributed in different subareas in the one building, the subarea information fusion unit is used for generating a distribution control demand of each subarea in the one building, the single building control unit is used for generating the control demand of the one building, and the area control center unit is used for performing area energy consumption balance and optimization to generate control information. The system provided by the invention can be used for realizing area energy consumption balance and optimization, energy consumption balance and optimization of buildings and consumption balance and optimization of cold and heat sources and a tail end so as to finally obtain the optimal point of balance between comfort and energy consumption and reduce the energy consumption and carbon emission of area buildings.

The invention discloses a microgrid-based regional interconnection system and method for electric vehicle charging stations. The system is established in a layered architecture mode and comprises a central control unit, regional coordination scheduling units, microgrid data scheduling units and electric vehicle charging station units. The control unit is a control unit of a highest layer, takes charge of scheduling allocation of the regional coordination scheduling units, and sends a decision and an allocation instruction to each layer. The regional coordination scheduling units are in charge of integrating data in regions, transmitting the data to a data knowledge base, and transmitting the decision and the instruction of the central control unit to other units. The microgrid data scheduling units monitor running states of a distributed power generation system and an energy storage apparatus, acquire electric quantity data in a microgrid, and transmit the electric quantity data to the regional coordination scheduling units through soft buses. The electric vehicle charging station units acquire data of the charging stations in the regions and transmit the data to the regional coordination scheduling units on one hand, and perform energy management of local battery energy storage units on the other hand. According to the system and the method, the charging stations can be better served and the resources are reasonably allocated for realizing microgrid energy scheduling.

The invention discloses an automatic electric power scheduling system and method. The automatic electric power scheduling system comprises an electric power scheduling control system, an electric power scheduling command system and an electric power scheduling early-warning system. The electric power scheduling control system further comprises a resource control system and a power grid electric power scheduling system. The electric power scheduling command system comprises a power grid scheduling command platform and user web terminals connected to the power grid scheduling command platform. The electric power scheduling early-warning system is capable of giving an alarm. According to the invention, market integration based on load responses is combined with a control mode, and a technical framework of active and reactive power spares participating in an electric power market based on down-to-up load responses is provided. By providing the active and reactive power spare capacity of an electric power system, and on the premise that the safe and stable operation of the electric power system is not affected, the operation economy of the electric power system is improved, the operation economic benefit of the electric power system is improved, the carbon discharge capacity of a power plant is reduced, and both economic benefits and environment benefits are achieved.