Patent ID: 11921478
Assignee: CLEAN POWER RESEARCH, L.L.C.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  G | IPC F  G

Claim 12:
13. A method according to claim 10, further comprising the steps of:
finding the thermal mass M of the building in accordance with:, M
  =
  
   
    [
    
     
      
       
        UA
        Total
       
       (
       
        
         
          T
          _
         
         Outdoor
        
        -
        
         
          T
          _
         
         Indoor
        
       
       )
      
      +
      
       
        (
        250
        )
       
       ⁢
       
        P
        _
       
      
      +
      
       
        Electric
        _
       
       (
       
        
         3
         
          ,
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         412
         ⁢
            
         Btu
        
        
         1
         ⁢
            
         kWh
        
       
       )
      
     
     
      (
      
       
        T
        
         t
         +
         
          Δ
          ⁢
          t
         
        
        Indoor
       
       -
       
        T
        t
        Indoor
       
      
      )
     
    
    ]
   
   ⁢
   Δ
   ⁢
   t
  
 

where UATotal represents the thermal conductivity, TIndoor represents the average indoor temperature during the empirical test, TOutdoor represents the average outdoor temperature during the empirical test, P represents the average number of occupants during the empirical test, Electric represents average indoor electricity consumption during the empirical test, t represents the time at the beginning of the empirical test, Δt represents the duration of the empirical test, Tt+ΔtIndoor represents the ending indoor temperature, TtIndoor represents the starting indoor temperature, and Tt+ΔtIndoor≠TtIndoor.