Patent ID: 11861741
Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  F | IPC F  G

Claim 19:
20. The controller of claim 19, wherein updating the first value of the rate variable to the second value of the rate variable comprises:
calculating a difference between a base value of the equipment usage variable and an amount of the equipment usage variable used during the first portion of the optimization period;
determining, for each of a plurality of different values of the rate variable, a corresponding value of the equipment usage variable that results from simulating a cost of operating the equipment over an amount of time remaining in the optimization period at the corresponding value of the rate variable; and
selecting, as the second value of the rate variable, a value of the rate variable that results in the corresponding value of the equipment usage variable being substantially equal to the difference between the base value of the equipment usage variable and the amount of the equipment usage variable used during the first portion of the optimization period.