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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2021
Altus Thermal, Inc., Melrose, MA (US);
Michael Rigney, Melrose, MA (US);
Michael Ting, Boston, MA (US);
ALTUS THERMAL, INC., Melrose, MA (US);
Abstract
A water heating system including a tank at least one of an electric heating element and/or a heat pump assembly for heating the water in the tank and a controller operatively coupled to the at least one of an electric resistance heating element and/or a heat pump assembly configured to control operation of the water heating system is disclosed. The controller is configured to gather information comprising at least one of user preferences for the system, specifications for energy related systems of a home in which the water heating system is installed, specifications for how the water heating system is physically configured within the home, environmental parameters for a location in which the water heating system is installed, and is configured to process this information to control the water heater system to operate according to the information.