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a technology for energy management and enterprises, applied in the field of enterprise energy management systems, can solve the problems of inability to track and manage energy consumption, difficulty in managing energy consumption, and large site or facility management systems
Inactive Publication Date: 2008-10-02
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Energy consumption is typically a significant and ever increasing operating expense faced by large sites or facilities, such as government, commercial retailers, and industrial facilities (collectively “sites”).
Currently, facility managers lack a system or tool to track and manage energy consumption by equipment assets located at a site.
Management of energy consumption is even more difficult for an enterprise including multiple facilities or sites distributed throughout a large geographic region.
Each year, enterprises lose profits due to their inability to effectively track energy management.
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[0017]FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing an energy management method 10, according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the energy management method 10 includes collecting relevant information relating to energy consuming equipment assets located at a site (block 12). Based on this information, an expected energy consumption profile is calculated for the site (block 14). Actual energy consumption data is then collected from the site on a periodic basis (block 16). The actual energy consumption data is then compared to the expected consumption profile (block 18). If the actual consumption data exceeds the expected consumption profile, action is taken to address the unexpected energy consumption (block 20). The collection process (block 12) is performed once for each piece of equipment and is distinct from the collection of actual energy consumption (block 16).
[0018]The equipment for which relevant information is collected (block 12) may include equipment consum...
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A system for managing energy consumption by equipment located at a site or a plurality of sites. The system includes a database including information relating to pieces of energy consuming equipment located at a site. A server is programmed to process utility bills and / or analyze data to predict trends in energy consumption.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]The present application is a Continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11 / 423,860, filed Jun. 13, 2006, which is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 768,957, filed Jan. 30, 2004, which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,062,389, on Jun. 13, 2006, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60 / 444,091, filed Jan. 31, 2003, all of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates generally to a system and method for managing energy consumption by equipment assets located at a site. More specifically, it relates to a system for tracking, evaluating, and responding to equipment energy consumption information at a site or a set of distributed sites.[0003]Energy consumption is typically a significant and ever increasing operating expense faced by large sites or facilities, such as government, commercial retailers, and indu...
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