Patent ID: 8401807
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: G01D,G05B,Y02B,Y04S

Abstract:
1. Method for energy consumption monitoring in an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) environment, wherein said ICT environment ( 1 ) includes a multitude of energy consuming electrically-powered components ( 2 , 3 ) that have instruments for energy consumption monitoring and have energy consumption models that derive one or more energy consumption metrics for the respective component ( 2 , 3 ) from said component's ( 2 , 3 ) current performance metrics, the method comprising the steps of: ascertaining changes related to said ICT environment ( performing an assessment of available energy consumption monitoring techniques that use at least one of (a) the instruments for energy consumption monitoring and (b) the energy consumption models; and based on the result of said assessment selecting one or more of the energy consumption monitoring techniques that best satisfy said change of said ICT environment (