Patent Document ID: 10108215
Application ID: 14984612
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A building characterization apparatus, comprising: participant stores, configured to store identifiers for buildings participating in a demand response program; baseline data stores, configured to store a plurality of baseline energy use data sets for said buildings; a building lag optimizer, configured to receive said identifiers for said buildings, and configured to retrieve said plurality of baseline energy use data sets from said baseline data stores for said buildings, and configured to generate energy use data sets for each of said buildings, each of said energy use data sets comprising energy consumption values along with corresponding time and outside temperature values, wherein said energy consumption values within said each of said energy use data sets are shifted by one of a plurality of lag values relative to said corresponding time and outside temperature values, and wherein each of said plurality of lag values is different from other ones of said plurality of lag values, and configured to perform a regression analysis on said each of said energy use data sets to yield corresponding regression model parameters and a corresponding residual, and configured to determine a least valued residual from all residuals yielded, said least valued residual indicating a corresponding energy lag for said each of said buildings, and regression model parameters that correspond to said least valued residual, and wherein said corresponding energy lag describes a transient energy consumption period preceding a change in outside temperature; and a dispatch processor, configured to retrieve said identifiers from said participant stores and to provide said identifiers to said building lag optimizer, and configured to receive a plurality of energy lags, each associated with a corresponding one of said buildings, and configured to generate a dispatch schedule for a demand response program event according to a prioritization of said plurality of energy lags; and a dispatch control element, coupled to said dispatch processor, configured to control a specified load shedding by performing load shedding actions in the order provided by said dispatch schedule, wherein said dispatch schedule directs for dispatch of ones of said buildings having greater energy lags prior to others of said buildings having lesser energy lags.