US 12,228,302 B2
HVAC performance monitoring method
Nan Zhao, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Appl. No. 17/772,896
Filed by Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/056491
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/086684, PCT Pub. Date May 6, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/928,397, filed on Oct. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0011020 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. F24F 11/63 (2018.01); F24F 11/52 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01); F24F 120/14 (2018.01); F24F 120/20 (2018.01)
CPC F24F 11/63 (2018.01) [F24F 11/52 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01); F24F 2120/14 (2018.01); F24F 2120/20 (2018.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of monitoring performance of a building system to control ambient conditions within the interior of a structure, the method comprising:
detecting a physiological condition of one or more individuals within the interior of the structure, each of the one or more individuals being located in one or more areas of the interior;
detecting an ambient condition within each of the one or more areas of the interior of the structure;
determining a user activity for each of the one or more areas within the interior of the structure;
receiving a user rating from at least one of the one or more individuals for at least one of the one or more areas within the interior of the structure;
determining a wellness performance score for each of the one or more areas in response to at least the user rating, the physiological condition, the ambient condition, and the user activity that is assigned to an area within the interior of the structure where the individual is located;
adjusting operation of the building system in response to the wellness performance score;
receiving a location suggestion request from an individual, the location suggestion request including a desired user activity for the individual to perform in the interior; and
determining at least one area of the one or more areas for the individual in response to the desired user activity, the wellness performance score for each of the one or more areas, and the user activity for each of the one or more areas within the interior of the structure.