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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2011
George Lo, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Thomas Gruenewald, Somerset, NJ (US);
Georg Muenzel, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
George Lo, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Thomas Gruenewald, Somerset, NJ (US);
Georg Muenzel, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, unknown;
Abstract
A method for managing power consumption within a facility includes receiving a request to reduce a total level of power consumption within the facility by a predetermined measure (S). A plurality of operating parameters indicative of how much power is being consumed by each of a plurality of facility systems is received (S). A corresponding cost associated with a marginal power reduction is determined for each of the plurality of facility systems using the received plurality of operating parameters (S). A power allocation to the facility system of the plurality of facility systems that is determined to have a lowest marginal cost of power reduction is incrementally reduced (S). The steps of determining a corresponding cost and incrementally reducing power are repeated until the total level of power consumption within the facility has been reduced by the predetermined measure.