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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2016
Earth Networks, Inc., Germantown, MD (US);
University of Maryland, College Park, MD (US);
Christopher Dale Sloop, Mount Airy, MD (US);
David Oberholzer, Brookville, MD (US);
Robert S. Marshall, Ijarnsville, MD (US);
Jungho Kim, College Park, MD (US);
Michael Siemann, Bethesda, MD (US);
Earth Networks Inc., Germantown, MD (US);
The University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD (US);
Abstract
Described herein are methods and systems, including computer program products, for optimizing and controlling the energy consumption of a building. A computing device generates thermal response coefficients for the building based on energy characteristics of the building and weather data associated with the location of the building. The computing device an energy response for each of a plurality of different points in time based on the thermal response coefficients and forecasted weather conditions. The computing device selects minimal energy requirements based on an energy consumption cost. The computing device determines a series of temperature set points based on the corresponding energy response and the minimal energy requirements. The computing device transmits the series of temperature set points to a thermostat, which adjusts operating parameters using each series of temperature set points when a time value matches the point in time associated with each series of temperature set points.