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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7373221 | Energy consumption monitoring A system for analysing energy usage on a network, such as an electricity network (4) which includes a number of energy sources (1, 2, 3) and a number of energy consumers (6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12) the system including a plurality of meters (5,9 | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364093 | Thermostat having default curtailment temperature settings A thermostat capable of receiving signals transmitted by a utility provider communicating a usage rate schedule or a request for a load curtailment period, and controlling one or more systems based on the information communicated by the utility. The thermostat chang... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7324977 | Historical database system for resolving energy imbalance requirements in real-time A method and apparatus for resolving energy imbalance in a real-time manner is disclosed. A plurality of market user interfaces are coupled to an imbalance engine which determines optimal dispatch requirements corresponding to supply and demand requirements of the m... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324874 | Air conditioner for providing well-being index Air conditioner including a temperature sensor for sensing a room temperature, a humidity sensor for sensing room humidity, a control unit for controlling to calculate well-being indices according to the room temperature or the room humidity sensed at the temperatur... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7310957 | Ice machine with remote monitoring A commercial ice making machine having an electronic monitoring device which captures the operating status and production history of the ice machine. The ice production history of the machine is communicated via telephony and/or the Internet on a regular recurring b... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7302959 | Low-power wireless inflatable bladder damper for forced air heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems A low-power, wireless, inflatable bladder damper device for controlling the flow of air through an airflow channel, and a method of operation for the same. Rather than requiring power supply and/or control wiring for operation of a wireless damper device, a low-powe... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7243004 | Self-configuring controls for heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems A system for self-configuring complex HVAC systems has each of several units provided with a microprocessor control. The several units are each available in various optional styles, sizes, etc. The microprocessors provide information to a central control of the part... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7228139 | Location processing system A device for determining the location of a communication device includes a network interface, a signal enhancement module, a tone decoder, and a translator. The network interface is capable of receiving a location message comprising a plurality of signal tones. The ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225089 | System and method for remote identification of energy consumption systems and components A system for remote energy consumption system identification of a facility includes a processor, and a memory coupled to the processor. The system also includes an energy consumption database accessible by the processor. The energy consumption database includes aggr... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222103 | Portal site for serving data monitored and observed and method of using data monitored and observed A portal site for serving data monitored and observed, which can not only act for monitoring and observing services, instead of a facility owner, but also process the data into economically valuable data with the use of the result of monitoring and observation, is c... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7222102 | Portal site for serving data monitored and observed and method of using data monitored and observed A portal site for serving data monitored and observed, which can not only act for monitoring and observing services, instead of a facility owner, but also process the data into economically valuable data with the use of the result of monitoring and observation, is c... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216021 | Method, system and computer program for managing energy consumption A system for managing energy consumption has a data storage module, a calculation module and an operation planning module. The data storage module stores an operational past record of a unit belonging to a facility to be managed by the system. The calculation module... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7175098 | Removable programmable thermostat for air conditioning and heating systems The invention is directed to temperature control system in which a programmable controller may be programmed to control a thermal output of said temperature-modifying device having a power connector. The programmable temperature control system may include at least o... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7159790 | Thermostat with offset drive A thermostat having a thermostat housing and a rotatable selector rotatably coupled to the thermostat housing via a support member. The rotatable selector is adapted to have a range of rotatable positions, wherein a desired parameter value is identified by the posit... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159789 | Thermostat with mechanical user interface A thermostat having a thermostat housing and a rotatable selector disposed on the thermostat housing. The rotatable selector adapted to have a range of rotatable positions, where a desired parameter value is identified by the position of the rotatable selector along... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7154399 | System and method for determining whether a resident is at home or away A system and method for monitoring whether a resident is away from home or inactive within the home. A sensor, which includes a transmitter, a processor, a timer, and a detector, watches for motion to occur within a home. Upon sensing motion, the sensor sends a firs... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150559 | Hot melt adhesive detection methods and systems A hot melt adhesive sensing system and methods including detecting (410) multiple areas of a target, for example a hot adhesive material, by sensing changes in temperature with a corresponding number of thermal sensors, summing (420) an output of the t... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7148796 | Environmental monitoring device The disclosure is directed to a sensor device including processing circuitry, at least one sensor coupled to the processing circuitry, a serial data interface coupled to the processing circuitry and memory responsive to the processing circuitry. The memory includes ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7145110 | Thermal barrier for a thermistor The present invention is a an effective thermal barrier between the thermistor and higher temperature solids or electrical components in a thermostat or its equivalent device. The invention thermal barrier substantially reduces or essentially eliminates undesired co... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7135965 | Hazardous condition detection system and method and thermostat for use therewith An intelligent thermostat communicates with threat detectors to allow periodic remote testing of the detector. The real-time clock and calendar functions of the thermostat allow the consumer to program the day, time, and frequency of the testing. The thermostat then... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7130722 | Smart disconnect switch interbase Apparatus (10) for controlling supply of electricity through an electrical distribution network to a customer. An electrical meter (12) is plugged into an electrical socket (14) at a customer's premises. Electricity flows from a power line throu... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130832 | Energy service business method and system If the energy service enterprise is responsible for paying costs for applying energy-saving measures to the object facilities, measures the energy consumption after taking the energy-saving measures, calculates the amount of curtailed energy cost by comparing the me... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7083109 | Thermostat having modulated and non-modulated provisions A thermostat providing modulated or analog control of valves or dampers of an air management system. This permits operating a single cooling or heating stage with partially open valves or dampers as needed, since one full stage that is either fully on or off may not... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7079027 | Motion detector and illumination apparatus and method An apparatus for detecting motion and providing illumination is disclosed. The apparatus includes at least one motion detector and a receiver unit that communicate wirelessly. The apparatus is suited for outdoor applications, for example for use by hunters in monito... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7075476 | Ultra-wideband smart sensor interface network and method A network, sensor and method are provided that utilize the capabilities of impulse radio technology to help monitor and/or control the environment within a building. In particular, the network includes a sensor attached to a first impulse radio unit that is capable ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7058477 | Thermostat system with remote data averaging A thermostat system according to the invention includes: a central control device (typically a programmable thermostat with a processor having: a CPU, real time clock and a memory for storing a control program and data information), multiple rooms comprising a condi... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7055759 | PDA configuration of thermostats A device and method that may be used at nearly any place to set and adjust a control system such as a thermostat, controller or computer having numerous parameters and options that may be selected for desired operation of an air management system. One may remotely, ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7040543 | Air temperature control assembly for infrared remote An air temperature control assembly has an air temperature control unit with an optical receiver. A cover houses the air temperature control unit and the optical receiver. A light guide reflects light signals to the optical receiver. The light guide may be a reflect... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7009493 | Electronic device with paging for energy curtailment and code generation for manual verification of curtailment A curtailment module is disclosed for enabling an energy provider to send a request to curtail energy use to a user. The curtailment module includes an interface for electronic communications with a temperature control device. A paging module is used to receive the ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6999996 | Communication network and method of communicating data on the same A network including a master device and a slave device in communication with the master. The slave includes (n) input terminals adapted to receive a (n)-bit input, and (n) output terminals adapted to communicate a (n)-bit output. The network further includes a proce... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6996508 | System and method for remote retrofit identification of energy consumption systems and components A method for remote energy consumption system retrofit identification for a facility includes receiving energy consumption data associated with the facility, generating facility data associated with the facility, and receiving external variable data associated with ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6977570 | Reed switch apparatus A reed switch apparatus utilizes one or more reed switches to communicate with one or more devices. In one configuration, the reed switch apparatus utilizes a single magnetic field to simultaneously activate two or more reed switches. In another configuration, two o... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6976052 | Spa control system An improved spa control system is disclosed. The invention describes a spa control system which calculates the time required to heat the water in the spa system to a desired temperature. From that information, the heating rate of the spa system can be determined, an... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6975926 | Method and apparatus for power management control of a compressor-based appliance that reduces electrical power consumption of an appliance Power-management control methods and apparatus are disclosed. Power-management control is achieved by monitoring operational characteristics (such as current, compressor relay control signals, internal temperature) of an appliance during an extended period of operat... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6968326 | System and method for representing and incorporating available information into uncertainty-based forecasts A system and method for representing and incorporating available information into uncertainty-based forecasts is provided. The system comprises a new class of models able to efficiently and effectively represent uncertainty-based forecasts with a wide range of chara... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6965815 | Spa control system An improved spa control system is disclosed. The invention describes a spa control system which calculates the time required to heat the water in the spa system to a desired temperature. From that information, the heating rate of the spa system can be determined, an... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6945868 | Outdoor fan system A camouflaged outdoor fan system includes a housing, a fan inserted into the housing, and a camouflaged lid removably connected to the housing. The housing is buried in the ground, or in alternative embodiment, mounted to the underside of a deck, the fan is inserted... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6937946 | System and method for remote identification of energy consumption systems and components A system for remote energy consumption system identification of a facility includes a processor, and a memory coupled to the processor. The system also includes an energy consumption database accessible by the processor. The energy consumption database includes aggr... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6925364 | Power market approach for device cooling A market-based approach provides temperature control for a number of areas of a heat-generating device. Bids for a cooling resource are generated, each bid associated with a particular area of the device. A market price is determined at which the cooling resource is... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6917372 | Method and system of controlling replacement of terminal equipment in a building management system A method for controlling replacement of plural terminal equipment in a building management system is disclosed, in which a system can be effectively replaced, without providing any temporal apparatuses and without any obstacle on the operation. The method for contro... | 07/12/2005 |
