33 results about "Energy auditing" patented technology

A method and system are provided for auditing, monitoring and controlling the energy consumption within a utility. Energy consumption data is obtained from a series of modules monitoring and controlling a variety of physical conditions, such as ambient light, temperature, pressure, air velocity, cooling, and heating, and devices. These modules transmit energy consumption and physical conditions data over a wireless personal area network (WPAN) through a transceiver. A central control station obtains the energy consumption data and stores it in an energy usage database. Energy management logic calculates and provides to the user an energy management solution, to reduce energy consumption and costs, by applying rule-based artificial intelligence to the stored energy consumption data in conjunction with information from the Internet. In one embodiment, the energy management solution can automatically control devices to effectively conserve energy.

The invention relates to an authentication and/or energy auditing system for a plug-in electric drive vehicle. A first device connects to a first power apparatus and establishes an electrical power path between the first and a remote device. The latter is connectable to a second power apparatus. The authentication system preferably includes a powerline transceiver to receive a request containing an identifier from the remote device over the power path. Control means controls operation of the first device and responds to the request to initiate an authentication process to determine whether or not the remote device is authentic and authorised to exchange power with the first device, and to activate a control switch to electrically connect the first device to the first power apparatus only upon an authentic and authorised determination. The energy auditing system measures energy received by each device in a specified time interval and electrically disconnects the first device from the first power apparatus when a power loss between the respective devices is detected.

The invention relates to an intelligent building energy management system. The intelligent building energy management system comprises a system configuration unit for setting an energy consumption management object and manager information, an energy consumption data acquisition unit for acquiring the energy consumption management object, an energy auditing management unit for auditing the energy consumption management object, an equipment energy consumption management unit for monitoring and managing in real time by taking equipment as a unit, a region energy consumption management unit for detecting and managing in real time by taking a region as a unit, an energy forecast management unit for counting and analyzing energy consumption data, an energy consumption alarm and demand control unit for controlling a demand according to a unit load group, a load and contract capacitance information, an energy evaluation unit for optimizing energy scheduling and balance, saving energy and improving reactive power consumption, an energy plan unit for making a rational energy use plan according to the current energy use situation, and an energy management database. By the intelligent building energy management system, the energy real-time balance management and monitoring management of building groups can be realized effectively.

The invention relates to a planning management control system for construction energy, which comprises a system setting unit, an energy consumption acquisition unit, an energy auditing management unit, a device energy consumption management unit, an area energy consumption management unit, an energy forecast management unit, an energy consumption alarm and demand control unit, an energy evaluation unit, and an energy planning implement unit, wherein the system setting unit is used for setting the information related to an energy consumption object and a manger; the energy consumption acquisition unit is used for acquiring the energy consumption object; the energy auditing management unit is used for auditing the energy consumption object; the device energy consumption management unit is used for monitoring and managing the device in real time; the area energy consumption management unit is used for monitoring and managing area in real time; the energy forecast management unit is used for performing data statistics and analysis on energy consumption; the energy consumption alarm and demand control unit is used for controlling the demand according to load set, load and contract volume information of the unit; the energy evaluation unit is used for optimizing the energy scheduling and balancing the energy consumption; and the energy planning implement unit is used for making a reasonable energy use plan according to the annual energy index and current energy use condition. The planning management control system for construction energy has various energy-saving management manners and can implement the meticulous energy-saving control according to the annual construction energy-saving target.

The invention relates to the energy monitoring and management technology field particularly relates to the online visual energy audit management system. It includes the electric demand energy auditing system, electric demand energy audit management system, mainly consisting of the following parts: the power monitoring main station; the power monitor; the data communication channel; the management application platform; the power monitor sends the collected information to the power monitoring main station through the data communication channel, and the data is processed by the management application platform and output to display. The government energy audit management system summaries the information received by the power monitoring main station. According to the summary information, the invention provides electric demand network reform scheme, which building the multi-level energy management system for the towns, counties, cities, provinces, based on industry, products, electricity nature; it has a better application effect and is easy to use.

The invention relates to an energy monitoring and auditing method which can be flexibly fixed and a total integrated system thereof, relating to an energy monitoring and auditing system. The method has the following steps of: setting an energy data collection station and establishing an energy consumption data collection network; communicating an enterprise local area network; operating energy data analysis subassembly processing data; and operating energy auditing subassembly processing data. The total integrated system comprises an energy data collection subsystem, an energy data analysis subsystem and an energy auditing subsystem, which are sequentially connected with each other through a network. The invention meets the requirements of energy audit, such as strong profession, good instantaneity, remote datum exchange and high availability; the invention has flexible fixed systems; and the invention can extend functions, is convenient to use and operate, and is suitable for different enterprises.

A method for energy demand management in a production flow line having a plurality of stations. The method includes calculating a slack time for the production flow line or a selected station and determining an option of operation mode flexibility. In addition the method includes performing a feasibility analysis of the option and providing a solution based on an elasticity measure. The method is supported by a mean value analysis technique and discrete event simulation. The method provides an automated energy auditing and analysis tool in a production system.

An energy auditing system and a method for obtaining a validated performance solution for a plant are provided. The system and method obtain plant data for calculating one or more performance metrics. An initial benchmark is generated using performance metrics, a tunable process model and an optimizer. A rules engine is then used for applying rules based on a dynamic input on the initial benchmark and current performance metrics, and for generating an output. A decision analysis module is then used for validating if the output meets the requirements of the dynamic input using a what-if analysis. If the requirements are met, then the output is provided as a validated performance solution. If the requirements are not met, then the benchmark is evolved and the validating steps are repeated.

The invention provides a multi-meter metering data acquisition method based on an Internet of Things technology. The method comprises the following steps that a, enterprise energy consumption data isacquired; b, the acquired data is uploaded to an enterprise superior unit through Internet of Things; c, the enterprise superior unit performs classified statistics on the acquired data to form various details and summarized reports; and d, an administrative competent unit performs energy audit calculation on the data, and transmits an analysis result and the data for analysis to a national energyconsumption monitoring center. According to the multi-meter metering data acquisition method, through comprehensive analysis of energy, different energy allocations are reasonably planned, and the energy loss is reduced on the whole; and electricity, water, gas and heat can be managed and applied in a centralized mode by separately adopting independent data, the structure is simple, the cost of devices for collecting and processing the data is low, and universality and expandability are high.

An online energy audit system based on Electromechanical to Internet of Things (EM2IoT) and for use in a building, comprising at least one versatile device and data management unit (DMU) adapted and configured for connecting, interacting, intercommunicating with each of energy metering devices, energy consuming devices, and/or environmental sensors installed in the building and manipulating first data received and transmitted therebetween by making use protocols including RS232, RS485, MODBUS, RTU, BACnet, Lonworks, KNX, M-BUS, and/or CAN; and for outputting and sending a second data derived from the first data in a dedicated format with TCP/IP protocol and/or UDP/IP protocol to a remote server or control management apparatus for performing system control and data analysis operations for enabling an online and real-time energy audit for the building.

A factory energy conservation and emission reduction statistic report automatic reporting system based on a contract energy management mode includes a factory DCS, a field statistics meter, a data server, a modem, Internet, a data receiving server, an energy management company and an energy audit compartment. The local user can monitor the energy consumption in real time through the system, the energy company can have a remote access to know the energy conservation situation of the factory through the networking function of the modem, and the energy conservation situation can be provided to the energy audit compartment for reference, so as to facilitate the monitoring and the statistics of the government department on the factory.

A method and system for providing energy audits including installation, verification and inspection of energy consuming components and energy producing components. An energy audit is conducted offline on an energy audit application on a network device for energy consuming components (e.g., lighting, heating, ventilation, air condition, etc.) and energy producing components (e.g., solar, wind, water, etc.) and automatically synchronized to a server network device when the network device is able to connect to a communications network and go on-line. Energy audit templates are provided to ensure all energy consuming components and energy producing components are fully defined and consistently identified on an electronic floorplan for a commercial or industrial building.

The embodiment of the invention provides a non-intrusive energy consumption monitoring system and method based on deep learning. The system comprises a non-intrusive sensor, edge computing equipment and a cloud management platform. The non-invasive sensor is used for collecting electrical parameters of a load electric appliance in real time, wherein the electrical parameters comprise voltage dataand current data, and the electrical parameters are transmitted to the edge computing equipment. The edge computing equipment is used for obtaining an energy consumption analysis result of the load electric appliance through a preset analysis model according to the overall analysis of the electrical parameters, and sending the energy consumption analysis result to the cloud management platform; and the cloud management platform is used for integrating data uploaded by the edge computing equipment, realizing energy consumption statistics and energy audit and supporting management and upgradingof the edge computing equipment. The scheme can be used for effectively monitoring energy consumption, is convenient to deploy and can be used for carrying out deep analysis.

The invention relates to a computer energy audit application module and belongs to the computer energy audit application technical field. The computer energy audit application module is composed of 25 specific modules covering the whole process of the work of energy audit projects. The computer energy audit application module can cover the whole process of the audit work of the energy audit projects, has lower requirements for computer configuration and computer operation level of auditing personnel, and is simple to operate; the computer energy audit application module accords with energy audit standards and has high practical application value. With the computer energy audit application module adopted, work efficiency and work quality of energy audit can be greatly improved, and energy audit cost can be saved, and energy audit archive informatization and standardization can be realized. The computer energy audit application module is a computer energy audit practical application product.

The invention discloses a data acquisition method based on energy audit, the first step is to establish a collection system, 2, front-end data acquisition, 3, front-end data transmission, 4, front-enddata recombination, wherein that front-end server reads the data in the data buff, and recombines the data segments before the breakpoint, the data segments in the data buff and the data segments after the data link is restored according to the time sequence to form a data set of rows; And storing them; 5, collecting data for big data processing, that front-end serv erintegrates the collected data and sends the collected data to the Hadoop mas data storage and parallel computing platform; collecting Distributed storage and computational results; And communicating the results with the data cube; The invention provides a data collection method based on energy audit, which adopts direct transmission and temporary allocation space storage and transmission after storage, has good system faulttolerance rate, and collects data for parallel operation and processing through large data cloud computing technology.

The invention discloses an intelligent light emitting diode (LED) lighting auditing control system. The system comprises a microprocessor, a timing unit which is arranged inside the microprocessor, and a constant voltage power supply unit, a display unit, a memory unit, a system input unit and an alarm unit which are connected with the periphery of the microprocessor. Data recorded by the system are emphasis data of energy auditing in an electron magnetic compatibility (EMC) operation mode. System time is input to be calibrated when the system is started so as to record peak total electrovalence, valley total electrovalence and plain total electrovalence and define a peak total time period, a valley total time period and a plain total time period. A singlechip records the data to an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM). When the system is operated, the singlechip records the operation time of the system, calculates produced cost, updates the data once every hour and records the updated data to the EEPROM. By the system, the problem of the energy auditing when an LED is popularized in the EMC operation mode is solved, the detailed energy consumption condition of the entire LED lighting system can be accurately recorded and the popularization of the EMC operation mode, energy conservation and emission reduction are positively promoted.

The invention discloses an energy auditing and online energy efficiency management device. The device comprises a system setting module, an energy consumption data collection module, an energy auditing management module and an energy prediction management module and further comprises a real-time energy optimization module, wherein the real-time energy optimization module includes an acquisition unit used for acquiring grid parameters including a consumer power load, the unit capacity, consumer power consumption data and an energy storage component parameter, a processing unit used for optimizing the grid power according to the grid parameters, a harmonic absorption unit used for performing harmonic absorption processing of signals processed by a processor, and a power factor improving unitwhich is connected in parallel with the harmonic absorption unit and is used for improving the power factor of the grid. The device is advantaged in that not only can auditing be achieved, but also online energy efficiency management can be achieved, in addition, the grid parameters can be optimized, harmonics in the grid are eliminated, and real-time energy optimization is achieved.

A method and system for managing and sourcing materials and services for energy retrofit projects. An electronic energy retrofit project portal provides real-time designing, specifying, searching, pricing, quoting, ordering, and tracking of energy audit project materials and services required for a desired energy retrofit project. The functionality of the electronic energy retrofit project portal is available in real-time directly and from within existing design programs that create and provide energy audits and available as a standalone portal.