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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2012
Kenneth G. Caldeira, Redwood City, CA (US);
Alistair K. Chan, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Daniel B. Cook, Seattle, WA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);
Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, WA (US);
John Latham, Boulder, CO (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Bellevue, WA (US);
Thomas J. Nugent, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Stephen H. Salter, Edinburgh, GB;
Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, WA (US);
David B. Tuckerman, Lafayette, CA (US);
Thomas Allan Weaver, San Mateo, CA (US);
Charles Whitmer, North Bend, WA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);
Kenneth G. Caldeira, Redwood City, CA (US);
Alistair K. Chan, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Daniel B. Cook, Seattle, WA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);
Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, WA (US);
John Latham, Boulder, CO (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Bellevue, WA (US);
Thomas J. Nugent, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Stephen H. Salter, Edinburgh, GB;
Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, WA (US);
David B. Tuckerman, Lafayette, CA (US);
Thomas Allan Weaver, San Mateo, CA (US);
Charles Whitmer, North Bend, WA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);
ELWHA LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention may include measuring energy usage of one or more appliances for a selected usage metric, receiving reference energy usage data indicative of energy usage of one or more reference appliances for the selected usage metric, comparing the measured energy usage of the one or more appliances for the selected usage metric to the one or more received sets of reference energy usage data for the selected usage metric, and reporting an amount of energy savings based on the comparison of measured energy usage of the one or more appliances and the one or more received sets of reference energy data.