Green Power Labs Inc.

Zheng Qin

Alexandre Pavlovski

Dmitriy Anichkov

Kenneth J Caird

Brent Strader

Aaron Caldwell

Liqi Ge

Trent Hilliard

James Fletcher

Pawan Lingras

Ilia Pavlovski

A method for generating an AI-based building energy model for a client building, comprising: generating an energy profile database by: defining a set of building parameters; generating energy profiles by simulating a set of physical building models; and, populating the energy profile database with the energy profiles; determining an energy profile for the client building by: splitting the energy profile database into groups and clustering each group into a set of clusters; selecting a cluster; and, selecting the energy profile in the cluster that is a closest match to that of the client building; selecting a physical building model from a building model database that corresponds to the energy profile; calibrating the physical building model to generate an adjusted building model; and, generating a set of training datasets from the adjusted building model and inputting the set of training datasets into an AI module to generate the AI-based model.

Method and system for generating a building energy model for a client building

A method for controlling an operating condition of an electric power grid having an intermittent power supply coupled thereto, comprising: using an energy variability controller, controlling variability of a delivered power output of the intermittent power supply to the grid by: monitoring an actual environmental value for a location proximate the intermittent power supply, an available power output of the intermittent power supply being dependent on the actual environmental value; when the actual environmental value is increasing and hence the available power output is increasing, increasing the delivered power output according to a predetermined rate of increase; monitoring a forecast environmental value for the location; when the forecast environmental value is decreasing, decreasing the delivered power output according to a predetermined rate of decrease; and, limiting the delivered power output to below a predetermined threshold. The electric power grid may be or may include an electric power microgrid.

Utility grid, intermittent energy management system

A method for controlling temperature in a thermal zone within a building, comprising: using a processor, receiving a desired temperature range for the thermal zone; determining a forecast ambient temperature value for an external surface of the building proximate the thermal zone; using a predictive model for the building, determining set points for a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning ('HVAC') system associated with the thermal zone that minimize energy use by the building; the desired temperature range and the forecast ambient temperature value being inputs to the predictive model; the predictive model being trained using respective historical measured value data for at least one of the inputs; and, controlling the HVAC system with the set points to maintain an actual temperature value of the thermal zone within the desired temperature range for the thermal zone.

Predictive building control system and method for optimizing energy use and thermal comfort for a building or network of buildings

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