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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2000
Takashi Yabutani, Hitachinaka, JP;
Takaaki Miyabe, Mito, JP;
Atsushi Abe, Hitachi, JP;
Yuji Yamamoto, Hitachi, JP;
Tetsuo Fujigaki, Hitachi, JP;
Taichirou Yabuno, Hitachi, JP;
Kazuo Sato, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An energy saving service offering method and apparatus are provided, in which a present electric power consumption of a supervised load facility of a user, who owns the supervised load facility, including a motor, and who desires to save energy, and inverter control operation data produced when an inverter has been installed in the supervised load facility and performing a motor speed control operation are determined. Further, a merit refund corresponding to saved electric power consumption determined by referring to a difference between said present electric power consumption data and the inverter control operation data is calculated. Finally, a charge and billing operation based on the merit refund under contract conditions established between a energy saving service provider and its contractor is performed.