Patent ID: 9454141
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: F24F,G05B,G06Q,H02J,Y04S

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving data characterizing a present operating status of each of a plurality of load consuming resources within a plurality of buildings and ambient temperature within such buildings, each resource being remotely controllable in relation to its load consuming activities; first estimating, for each resource using one of a plurality of load capacity models and derived from the received data, an amount of potential load adjustment, the load capacity models being derived from coordinating testing of historical observations demonstrating how consumed load varies for each resource due to changes in ambient air temperature and building occupancy; second estimating, for each resource using one of a plurality of dispatch models and derived from the received data, a length of time that an amount of load being consumed by the resource can be reduced, the dispatch models being correlated to changes in ambient air temperature; determining an effective and aggregate load adjustment for the resources derived from the first estimating and the second estimating; determining, derived from determined dispatch durations, which of the resources should be controlled so as to alter aggregate load; transmitting data to at least one control unit to effect the effective and aggregate load adjustment at the determined resources; and wherein the at least one control unit comprises at least one processor and memory storing instructions causing data to be transmitted to one or more connected resources to cause a load consuming profile of such resources to selectively change.