Patent ID: 11953218
Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  G | IPC F  G

Claim 12:
13. A non-transitory storage medium comprising instructions executable by a processor, wherein the processor implements a method in response to executing the instructions, the method comprising:
operating a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) device to consume a resource, and at a first output capacity in order to satisfy a set point;
receiving real time information that indicates a price of the resource;
determining from the real time information that the price of the resource has exceeded a defined price threshold;
in response to determining the price has exceeded the defined price threshold:
determining a difference in the price and the defined price threshold;
providing the difference in the price and the defined price threshold as input to a function to determine an amount to reduce the first output capacity of the HVAC device, wherein the first output capacity reduced by the amount is a reduced non-zero output capacity; and
operating the HVAC device to continue to consume the resource but at the reduced non-zero output capacity that is less than the first output capacity, without adjustment of the set point, and without implementation of a setback in which the HVAC device is shut off for a time in order to satisfy the setback.