Process for identifying patterns of electric energy consumption and demand in a facility, predicting and verifying the effects of proposed changes, and implementing such changes in the facility to conserve energy
CA 2116168 A1 · Owner: Cmar, Gregory · Inventors: Cmar, Gregory
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A process for identifying patterns of electric energy or similar supplied resource consumption and demand in a facility and determining possible changes in the facility for such energy or similar conservation using, in the case, of electric energy monthly electric billing data over the years to ascertain billing periods and KW and Kwh consumption and to obtain from the ratio Kwh/KW the hours use of peak demand per week, which provides a useful estimate of hours of use for the facility. Together with minimal facility data (just area data) and daily maximum and minimum outside temperature data, the process identifies patterns of consumption and demand, and then uses conveyance of an empirical …
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- Filed February 22, 1994. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 22, 2014.
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