| CPC G06Q 10/0639 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/0283 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01)] | 21 Claims |
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1. A method for providing energy audits, comprising:
providing a plurality of different portions of an electronic floorplan of a building for conducting an energy audit of energy consuming components or energy producing components from a server energy audit application on a server network device with one or more processors via a communications network, to a plurality of energy audit applications on a plurality of network devices, each with one or more processors, a non-transitory computer readable medium and a communications interface for connecting the plurality of network devices to the communications network;
providing via the plurality of energy audit applications a creation component to create and change colors for a plurality of graphical markers for energy consuming components or energy producing components at specific locations on the electronic floorplan of the building, the plurality of graphical markers including progress indicators comprising: (1) a first color for a selected energy consuming component or energy producing component indicating energy audit information has not been collected for the selected energy consuming component or energy producing component, (2) a second color indicating the energy audit information has been collected for the selected energy consuming component or energy producing component, and (3) a third color indicating audit information was not collected for the selected energy consuming component or energy producing component because a problem exists with the selected energy consuming component or the energy producing component or there is not sufficient energy audit information available to record audit data the energy consuming component or energy producing component and the energy consuming component or energy producing component requires additional action;
(1) moving the plurality of network devices physically in the building to a plurality of different physical locations within the building based on the plurality of different portions of the electronic floorplan of the building;
(2) displaying the plurality of graphical markers in the first color on the plurality of energy audit applications on the plurality of network devices at the plurality of different physical locations on the electronic floorplan of the building for the selected energy consuming component or energy producing component as a selected energy consuming component or energy producing component is being accessed;
(3) receiving a plurality of collection selection inputs on the plurality of energy audit applications on the plurality of network devices including: (a) audio information from an audio component on the plurality of network devices, (b) visual information from a camera component on the plurality of network devices, (c) visual markup information with a plurality of different shapes and colors on information collected from the camera component or provided directly on the electronic floorplan of the building, and (d) electronic information from an electronic keyboard component on the plurality of network devices, the audio, visual and electronic information including information collected for the selected energy consuming component or energy producing component at the plurality of different physical locations on the electronic floorplan of the building;
(4) displaying the plurality of graphical markers in (a) the second color on the plurality of energy audit applications on the plurality of network devices at the plurality of different physical locations for the selected energy consuming components or energy producing components visually indicating energy audit information for the selected energy consuming components or energy producing components has been successfully completed or (b) displaying one or more graphical markers in the third color on the plurality energy audit applications on the plurality of network devices at the plurality of different physical locations on the electronic floorplan of the building for the selected energy consuming components or energy producing components visually indicating a problem exists with the selected energy consuming components or energy producing components that require additional actions;
(5) storing the audio, visual, visual markup and electronic information in the plurality of graphical markers displayed in one of the three colors as energy audit data on the plurality of energy audit applications on the plurality of network devices;
repeating steps (1)-(5) for a plurality of other selected energy consuming components or energy producing components at a plurality of other specific locations from the plurality of different portions of the electronic floorplan of the building;
synchronizing on the server energy audit application on the server network device via the communications network from the stored energy audit data on the plurality of energy audit applications on the plurality of network devices, from the plurality of different portions of the electronic floorplan of the building;
creating continuously a synchronized energy audit summary report on the server energy audit application on the server network device with the synchronized energy audit data collected on the plurality of energy audit applications on the plurality of network devices including the energy audit data for energy consuming components or energy producing components from the plurality of different portions of the electronic floorplan of the building; and
providing a complete final synchronized energy audit summary report for the building on the server energy audit application on the server network device completed by the plurality of energy audit applications on the plurality of network devices at different dates and times and by different auditors.
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