Patent ID: 8762250
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: G06Q,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating greenhouse gas emission control, the method comprising: taking an inventory of greenhouse gas (“GHG”)-producing assets of an enterprise by a GHG inventory module coupled to the GHG-producing assets, wherein the inventory is generated to indicate for at least one of the GHG producing assets, component parts of the GHG producing asset responsible for a portion of GHG emissions from the GHG producing asset; monitoring the GHG emission rate for each GHG-producing asset in the inventory by a GHG sensor module coupled to the GHG-producing assets; monitoring the GHG emission rate of at least one part of at least one of the monitored GHG producing assets indicated in the inventory by the GHG sensor module coupled to the GHG producing assets; and automatically scheduling maintenance for a specific GHG-producing asset in the inventory, by an asset maintenance module executed by a computer processor, in the event the following occurs: (1) the GHG emission rate for the specific GHG-producing asset and the component part of the GHG producing asset exceeds a specified rate limit; and (2) the growth rate of the GHG emission rate for the specific GHG-producing asset and the component part of the GHG producing asset exceeds a specified growth rate limit.