Patent ID: 9383737
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: G05B,H02J,Y02B,Y04S

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for managing energy usage of a building, the method comprising: obtaining at least one energy usage value from a metering device, the at least one energy usage value based on an amount of energy used by one or more devices of the building corresponding to an operational condition of the building over a cycle, wherein the operational condition is based on an occupancy schedule of the building; binning, by an energy system manager, the at least one energy usage value according to the operational condition; determining, by the energy system manager, a minimum feasible load for the operational condition based on a plurality of binned energy usage values obtained over a plurality of cycles from the metering device, the minimum feasible load representing a minimum energy usage to power the one or more devices of the building corresponding to the operational condition; determining, by the energy system manager, whether a data point for energy usage corresponding to the operational condition is above a threshold based on the minimum feasible load; and generating and sending an alert, by the energy system manager, when the data point is above the threshold.