Patent ID: 11892737
Assignee: VIEW, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC G  E  Y | IPC E  G

Claim 21:
22. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions for controlling optically switchable windows of a building, which program instructions, when executed by one or more processors, are configured to cause the one or more processors to:
(a) determine tinting instructions that address a period of reduced power in the building for (I) a first zone of optically switchable windows that are non-critical windows in unoccupied rooms and/or on a shaded side of the building and (II) a second zone of optically switchable windows that are critical windows in occupied rooms and/or on a sunny side of the building; and
(b) transition, or hold, tint of the first and second zones of optically switchable windows using the tinting instructions;
wherein the tinting instructions include preference for using available power for the second zone of optically switchable windows over the first zone of optically switchable windows.