Patent ID: 8428785

Claim:
A computerized method for enterprise energy automation, the method comprising, at a computer: (a) monitoring data from an energy supply and delivery system; (b) extracting data from a plurality of building automation systems in a group of buildings; (c) determining an energy performance model for each of the plurality of building automation systems using the extracted data from the plurality of building automation systems, wherein each energy performance model comprises a speed of response to a load shifting strategy and a magnitude of load shifting available; (d) using the energy performance model for each of the plurality of building automation systems to build a portfolio-wide energy performance model defining a flexibility of the portfolio of buildings on both a day-ahead and real-time basis; (e) determining an optimum operating strategy for the plurality of building automation systems using the portfolio-wide energy performance model and pricing information received as a part of the monitored data from the energy supply and delivery system; and (f) sending a bid to the energy supply and delivery system for an energy supply and delivery system product as a part of the determined optimum operating strategy.