Patent ID: 8719185
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: G06Q,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method of calculating future energy consumption for a property comprising the steps of: a) receiving, at a server, over a network, from a user computer, a selection of a first time period; b) receiving, at the server, over the network, from the user computer, a selection of a starting time for the first time period; c) retrieving, from a database connected to the server, historical energy consumption data for the property for a plurality of subdivisions of the first time period, wherein the historical consumption data for the first time period comprises data for one or more subdivisions of a first previous year, wherein the first previous year is one year previous to the first time period; d) performing by a processor the steps of: e) when historical consumption data for one or more subdivisions of the first previous year is unavailable, retrieving historical consumption data, from the database, from one or more of a plurality of subdivisions of a second previous year, wherein the second previous year is more than one year prior to said first time period, and performing by a processor the steps of: