Patent ID: 9471045
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G01K,G01R,G05B,G05F,G06Q,Y02P,Y04S

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: determining a measured signature of a consumable product supplied to a building; determining, by an autonomous processor, a stop time of a building system from the measured signature, wherein the stop time is an approximate time when the building system stopped accessing the consumable product; retrieving, by the autonomous processor, an occupancy time of the building; determining, by the autonomous processor, an unused ramp time of the building system, wherein the unused ramp time is a time interval between the determined stop time of the building system and the occupancy time of the building; in response to the determining the unused ramp time, using a feedback control system utilizing outside temperature to reduce the unused ramp time; and determining a start time score of the building, wherein the start time score is a metric comparing the unused ramp time to a desired ramp time.