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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2018
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Ranjeet Kumar, Madison, WI (US);
Michael J. Wenzel, Grafton, WI (US);
Matthew J. Ellis, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Mohammad N. Elbsat, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Kirk H. Drees, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Victor Manuel Zavala Tejeda, Madison, WI (US);
Tyco Fire & Security GmbH, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, CH;
Abstract
A building energy system includes equipment configured to consume, store, or discharge one or more energy resources purchased from a utility supplier. At least one of the energy resources is subject to a demand charge. The system further includes a controller configured to determine an optimal allocation of the energy resources across the equipment over a demand charge period. The controller includes a stochastic optimizer configured to obtain representative loads and rates for the building or campus for each of a plurality of scenarios, generate a first objective function comprising a cost of purchasing the energy resources over a portion of the demand charge period, and perform a first optimization to determine a peak demand target for the optimal allocation of the energy resources. The peak demand target minimizes a risk attribute of the first objective function over the plurality of the scenarios.