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A method of tracking and reporting energy performance for businesses

An enterprise, performance technology, applied in data processing applications, instruments, computing, etc.

Pending Publication Date: 2015-12-23
OPOWER
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[0050] The term "small and medium business" (used interchangeably herein with the term "small business") generally refers to a utility company designation for a customer with an enterprise account, where the average resource drawn by the customer (e.g., pull power) within predefined limits. Small and medium businesses may include commercial (eg, retail, service, construction, etc.), industrial (eg, manufacturing), and government offices and functions (eg, post office, administration, police, etc.). For example, a utility company may designate a business as small if it has a peak demand that uses 300 kilowatts or less per month. Of course, other limits exist, based on the claims provided by the utility companies.

[0051] "Local Directory Service Provider" means a third-party service that maintains records of a business's characteristic information, such as:

[0052] Type of business (retail, service, restaurant, movie theater, legal services, accounting services, dental prac...

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Methods and computer systems report and track resource performance for business customers. The computer system receives usage data about a resource associated with a customer of a utility, including hourly usage information about the resource metered at a business premises of the customer. The computer system receives operational data associated with the business premises, including hours of operations information describing when the business premises is open to patrons. The computer system determines resource performance data for the business premises using the received usage data and the received operational data, including information about: (i) resource usage at the business premises during the hours when open to patrons, and (ii) resource usage at the business premises during the hours when closed to patrons. The computer system causes a reporting of this information to the customer of the resource.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 822,067, filed May 10, 2013, entitled "Method of Tracking and Reporting Energy Performance for Businesses" and U.S. Patent Application No. 14 / 253,258, filed April 15, 2014, entitled "Method of Tracking and Reporting Energy Performance for Businesses" , each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety for all purposes. technical field [0003] The present invention relates to energy usage, and more particularly to tracking and reporting energy performance for a business. Background technique [0004] It is generally known to track the energy performance of a business in order to reduce energy use and reduce business expenses related to energy use. There are commercially available services and energy management solutions to track energy performance for enterprises. Such services or systems are typically purchased by the ...

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IPC IPC(8): G06Q50/06
CPCG06Q50/06Y02P90/84Y02P90/82G06Q10/06395
Inventor 本杰明·大卫·福斯特
Owner OPOWER
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