US 12,632,018 B1
Systems and methods for monitoring and control of energy consumption for a structure
Tanya Barham, Portland, OR (US); and Jennifer Worrall, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to Community Energy Labs, Portland, OR (US)
Filed by Community Energy Labs, Portland, OR (US)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/206,297.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/349,781, filed on Jun. 7, 2022.
Int. Cl. F24F 11/64 (2018.01); F24F 11/46 (2018.01); G05B 13/04 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 13/042 (2013.01) [F24F 11/46 (2018.01); F24F 11/64 (2018.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A system, comprising:
one or more electronic processors configured to execute a set of computer-executable instructions; and
one or more non-transitory electronic data storage media containing the set of computer-executable instructions, wherein when executed, the instructions cause the one or more electronic processors to
identify an initial set of structure parameters;
reduce the initial set of parameters based on a sensitivity analysis;
based on the reduced set of parameters, develop an ontology for the parameters;
create a data schema based on the ontology;
construct a graph database using the created data schema;
select a simplified site Data Collection Workflow based on the reduced set of parameters and user inputs;
collect site data and place at least a portion of the site data into an appropriate
element of the graph database, wherein the site data includes data for the structure; and
generate inputs and/or configuration settings for an energy control model for the structure based on the site data in the database; and
a data connection between the energy control model and an actuator to control a heating or cooling function of the structure, wherein one or more outputs generated by the energy control model are provided to the actuator.