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

Claim 0:
1. A control device for controlling consumption of a resource, the control device comprising:
a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the control device to at least:
receive real time information that indicates a price of the resource;
determine 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:
determine a difference in the price and the defined price threshold;
provide the difference in the price and the defined price threshold as input to a function to determine an amount to reduce a first output capacity of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) device, wherein the first output capacity reduced by the amount is a reduced non-zero output capacity; and
instruct the HVAC device to continue to consume the resource but operate at the reduced non-zero output capacity, without adjustment of an HVAC 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.