US20190154873A1 - Automated weather related energy information system - Google Patents

Abstract

A weather related energy information system is connected to a network, weather stations portals and energy portals. A server communicates with smart meters mounted to structures defined by an address. The server harvests energy interval data and temperature interval data either conditions the interval data, generates groups of interactive graphs, generates alert reports using stored energy metrics for each structure defined by an address while using a dynamic energy model that performs the steps of: calculating energy metrics for each structure by day or groups of days, determining percent changes in energy metrics for each structure defined by an address by day and groups of days, and comparing percent changes to stored threshold values automatically generating a daily report and optionally generate an alert report to client device connected to the network.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
• This application claims priority to and benefit of U.S. Patent Application No. 62/589,398 filed on Nov. 21, 2017 entitled: Weather Related Management System. These references are incorporated in their entirety.
FIELD
• The present embodiment generally relates to a weather related energy information system.
BACKGROUND
• A need exists for a non-invasive big data weather related interval energy remote collection system to automatically and continuously identify and monitor energy conservation opportunities, monitor and calculate energy efficiency metrics and energy demand in a plurality of multilevel buildings.
• The present embodiments meet these needs.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
• The patent or application file contains at least one drawing executed in color. Copies of this patent or patent application publication with color drawing(s) will be provided by the Office upon request and payment of the necessary fee.
• As the color drawings are being filed electronically via EFS-Web, only one set of the drawings is submitted.
• The detailed description will be better understood in conjunction with the accompanying drawings as follows:
• FIG. 1 depicts an overview of the weather related system for a structure defined by an address according to one or more embodiments.
• FIGS. 2A-2B depicts a non-transitory computer readable medium according to one or more embodiments.
• FIGS. 3A-3D depicts the system user interface with interactive graphs according to one or more embodiments.
• FIG. 3E depicts the comparative line-graph of energy usage betweenyears 2017 and 2018 according to one or more embodiments.
• FIG. 3F depicts a calendar year of energy usage graph according to one or more embodiments.
• FIG. 4A depicts outline reports created by the system according to one or more embodiments.
• FIG. 4B depicts a portion of a daily report from the dynamic energy model according to one or more embodiments.
• FIG. 4C depicts a bar graph of a daily report from the dynamic energy model according to one or more embodiments.244C of a daily report from the Dynamic Energy Model
• FIG. 4D depicts a line graph of a daily report from the dynamic energy model according to one or more embodiments.
• FIG. 4E depicts a line graph a daily report from the dynamic energy model according to one or more embodiments.
• FIG. 4F depicts an analysis portion of a daily report from the dynamic energy model according to one or more embodiments.
• FIG. 4G depicts a 7 day bar chart of a daily report from the dynamic energy model according to one or more embodiments.
• FIG. 4H depicts a 7 days line chart of a daily report from the dynamic energy model according one or more embodiments.
• FIG. 4I depicts an analysis portion of a daily report from the dynamic energy model according to one or more embodiments.
• FIG. 4J depicts a 30 day heat map of a daily report from the dynamic energy model according to one or more embodiments.
• FIG. 4K depicts thedata section252 of the alert report from the dynamic energy model according to one or more embodiments.
• FIG. 5 is a graph showing another portion of a daily report from the dynamic energy model according to one or more embodiments.
• FIGS. 6A-6I depicts the user interface with interactive graphs for example 2 according to one or more embodiments.
• FIGS. 7A-7I depicts the alert report for example 3 according to one or more embodiments.
• The present embodiments are detailed below with reference to the listed Figures.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS
• Before explaining the present system in detail, it is to be understood that the system is not limited to the particular embodiments and that it can be practiced or carried out in various ways.
• Specific structural and functional details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting, but merely as a basis of the claims and as a representative basis for teaching persons having ordinary skill in the art to variously employ the present invention.
• The invention relates an automated weather related energy information system.
• The automated weather related energy information system includes a server having a processor with a non-transitory computer readable medium connected to a network and connected to weather stations portals and energy portals maintained by utilities companies.
• At least one structures defined by an address is in communication with at least one smart meter mounted to or proximate the at least one structures defined by an address.
• At least one client device is connected to the network for viewing at least two interactive graphs using conditioned harvested data produced by the server.
• The server crawls through the energy portals and temperature portals and harvests energy interval data and temperature interval data identified by the structure defined by an address forming harvested energy interval and temperature interval data.
• The server conditions the harvested energy interval and temperature interval data forming conditioned harvested data, wherein conditioning includes cleaning, indexing, and slicing.
• The server generates groups of interactive graphs using conditioned harvested data.
• The server displays the groups of interactive graphs on an user interface.
• The server stores threshold values for alert reports.
• The server stores energy metrics for the at least one structure defined by an address.
• The server uses a dynamic energy model that performs the steps of calculating energy metrics for the at least one structure defined by an address for a last day of conditioned harvested data, a last six days of conditioned harvested data; and a last thirty five days of conditioned harvested data.
• The server uses a dynamic energy model that performs the steps of applying statistical modeling filtering.
• The server uses a dynamic energy model that performs the steps of determining percent changes in energy metrics for each structure defined by an address for: a last day of conditioned harvested data, a last six days of conditioned harvested data; and a last thirty five days of conditioned harvested data.
• The server uses a dynamic energy model that performs the steps of comparing the percent change to stored threshold values and if the percent change does not exceed the stored threshold values automatically generate a daily report and optionally generate an alert report to the client device for each structure defined by an address.
• The server sets a start time which is stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium to the harvest energy interval and temperature interval data from the smart meters connected to the network.
• The server identifies a quantity of structures defined by an address to be monitored and generates a counter.
• The server increases the counter by one unit (N+1) to go to a next structure defined by an address; and determines if the value of N of the counter has become bigger than a total preset unit (t) of structures defined by an address, the server ends the analysis or if the value of N of the counter is less than a total preset unit (t) of structures defined by an address; the server automatically harvest interval energy data and interval temperature data for that next structure defined by an address; and the server continues comparing the quantity of structures defined by an address to the counter and continues harvesting the interval energy data and the interval temperature data until the value of N reaches the value of (t+1).
• The crawling through the energy portals and the temperature portals and harvesting of the energy interval and the temperature interval data by structure defined by an address includes weather data from airports or a weather station within from 60 miles to 100 miles of the structure defined an address.
• The alert report defines each threshold value exceeded and a percent change in energy usage for each structure defined by an address.
• The maximum energy usage day and minimum energy usage day are included in the daily report.
• The degree-hours are stored in the dynamic energy model.
• The server resamples the interval energy data and the interval temperature data in 24 hour intervals to create the daily report.
• The server gathers user information on users and physical attributes of structures defined by an address.
• The server generates a dictionary for energy metrics.
• The server presents conditioned harvested data by multiple individual dates in the daily report.
• The weather related energy information system includes harvesting the interval energy and temperature data every 15 minutes.
• The weather related energy information system includes using a standard base temperature of 65 Fahrenheit degrees and temperature interval data every 15 minutes to determine degree values.
• The weather related energy information system includes generating sets of historical monthly energy heat maps that enable visualization of a last 30 days for energy usage by hour per day with a color dependent value related to a color palette.
• The weather related energy information system includes providing monthly historical heat maps to identify patterns anomalies and identify opportunities of energy conservation.
• The weather related energy information system includes mapping resampled energy interval data to comparable days of a week and overlapping annual data sets to compare as current year versus previous years, by month, by day, and by hour.
• The weather related energy information system includes calculating changes in energy metrics and mapping changes in energy metrics to startup and shutdown times of equipment using energy in a structure defined by an address.
• The dynamic energy model calculates energy metrics for a structure defined by an address that include: total energy use for one day, total energy use for six days, and total energy usage for thirty five days, maximum energy value for one day, maximum energy value six days and maximum energy value for thirty five days, minimum energy values for one day, minimum energy values for six days, and minimum energy values for thirty five days; and mean energy use for six days having same names during thirty five consecutive days.
• The server uses a dynamic energy model to calculate the last day percent change, this value is calculated comparing the last day energy metrics to the average of the last five corresponding days in the last five same weekdays and comparing it to stored threshold values, and issuing a daily report. If the percent change does exceed the stored threshold values, the server automatically generates an alert report to the client device for each structure defined by an address.
• The server automatically and on 15 minutes intervals verifies if there is new data available in the energy and temperature portals and harvests energy interval data and temperature interval data either identified by the structure defined by an address forming harvested energy interval and temperature interval data.
• The embodiments reduce the time used by clients to gather and process energy information necessary to make energy management decisions. The network, server, processor and non-transitory computer readable medium to automatically and continuously check the energy and temperature portals for new data. As soon as new data is available, the system updates the databases and creates all the analysis for the client to review and take actions with. The system is able to update the databases by exchanging information between the systems and the energy and weather portals. Currently, due to the lack of the widespread distribution of the system, clients, such as school's Energy Managers, do not have the resources to this work; thus, only managing electricity consumptions at facilities in a reactive manner, via monthly electric bills, which lack the detailed to analysis consumption and the sensitivity in time, which is usually 30 day delayed.
• The embodiments prevent waste by automatically and continuously doing the work for the client, saving countless hours of work in addition to wasted energy.
• The embodiments create alert reports on time-sensitive manner so that the client is able to take corrective actions.
• The embodiments automatically perform and improve the energy management functions and analysis by finding waste in energy consumption.
• The embodiments foster good quality of life, prevent premature death, and costly illnesses by using its benchmarking capabilities to allow identification of inefficient energy use in multi buildings mainly for HVAC and other major equipment, which allows multi buildings to maintain a dryer and properly ventilated environment. The dryer and properly ventilated environment lowers the risk of illnesses and mold growth and reduces buildup of air pollutants. Hence improving occupant comfort, productivity, enhancing general health, which avoids costly illness and premature dead.
• According to the EPA Americans, on average, spend approximately 90 percent of their time indoors, where the concentrations of some pollutants are often 2 to 5 times higher than typical outdoor concentrations. Moreover, noting that indoor Ambient (outdoor air pollution) is a major cause of death and disease globally, the health effects range from increased hospital admissions and emergency room visits, to increased risk of premature death. The World Health Organization estimates that 4.6 million people die each year from causes directly attributable to air pollution. Many of these mortalities are attributable to indoor air pollution. Worldwide more deaths per year are linked to air pollution than to automobile accidents.
• The embodiments prevent environmental harm by creating and sending automated alert reports to clients when alert thresholds have been met, therefore, reducing the wasted energy consumption by fostering energy usage savings, using substantially less energy and reducing the amount of carbon dioxide produced to the environment. Issues may include but not limited to client's issues with HVAC systems scheduling process, or human error, a facility manager forgetting to change setting on HVAC units, and leaving the units on for one for months a time. According to the U.S. Department of Energy in the United States alone, buildings account for almost 40 percent of national CO2 emissions and out-consume both the industrial and transportation sectors.
• The embodiments reduce owner costs of energy consumption by providing alert reports that are to see and alerts that immediately pushed to a cell phone or their client device.
• The embodiments reduce owner cost of energy consumption by providing daily report with analysis that can be compared to base year kWh usage to determine optimal timing for equipment rehab or replacement.
• The embodiments optimize the use of HVAC equipment, thus reducing the owner cost of energy consumption by providing daily reports with analysis which allows client to review optimal HVAC start and stop times, which extends the life of the equipment by using HVAC optimally.
• The following terms are used herein:
• The term “alert reports” refers to a daily report that tells a client's device that an issue or anomaly is occurring in the structure defined by an address, such as a heating ventilation and air conditioning has been left on after hours.
• The term “automatically generate” refers to a process performed without any human assistance. Such as the harvesting of interval energy and weather data, the alert reports and analysis. For example the invention automatically crawls the Internet to harvest data a process that a client would normally could not perform due to time and resources constraints it is done generated automatically by the invention.
• The term “automated” refers to applying the principles of automation to the process of gathering interval energy and temperature data, conditioning, processing and issue of energy related reports.
• The term “Big Data” refers to extremely large data sets that many be analyzed computationally to reveal patterns, trends and associations. The invention crawls the Internet every 15 minutes to harvest, raw data, such as energy and weather interval data, and performs analysis which could not be performed by the client or even an excel sheet, due to the extreme size of the data sets.
• The term “client device” refers to a laptop, computer, tablet, smartphone, or similar bidirectional device with a processor and memory.
• The term “color scale” can refer to a specialized label object that displays a color map and the object's scale. In the color scale, the lowest kWh and temperatures are represented in blue, the low mid rage kWh and temperatures are represented in yellow, the high mid-range kWh and temperatures are represented as orange, and the high kWh and temperatures are represented in red for the structure defined by anaddress199a
• The term “conditioned harvested data” or “data conditioned” refers to cleaning, indexing and slicing of harvested data. For example, cleaning is the removal of duplicated data. Indexing is assigning operators to data to provide quick and easy access across a wide range of energy values and temperature values. Another example, slicing of harvested data includes filtering the data by time intervals, such as 24 hours, 36 hours, 120 hours or another user defined unit.
• The term “crawl” refers computer instructions which systematically browse the
• Internet. For example the invention automatically crawls the internet to the energy and temperature portals to harvest data.
• The term “daily report” refers to a report containing analysis on energy usage and graphs of energy metrics.
• The first illustration shows a bar-chart with last day energy usage versus the same day previous year and a bar-chart below shows the excess or defect of energy usage, second illustration shows a line-graph with the 15 minutes interval energy usage in kWh during the day showing the maximum energy usage and the minimum inferring on and off of heating ventilation and air conditioning units, third illustration shows a line-graph in 15 minutes interval a comparison behavior in energy usage for that day versus previous year same weekday showing excess in red or defect in green color, line-graph below shows for that day comparison temperature in one hour interval behavior with same weekday last year. Fourth illustration shows a comparative bar-chart of last seven days energy usage for current versus last year weekdays, below a chart-graph showing the excess in red or defect in green color. Fifth illustration shows a comparative seven days line-graph of daily energy usage behavior with previous year, excess usage in red color or defect usage in green color, graph below shows comparative seven days line-graph of daily behavior of temperature with previous year, excess temperature in red color or defect in green color; facilitating correlation between energy use and temperature. Next illustrations are a thirty five day analysis showing four sets of heat maps for the structure defined by the address. The first set of heat maps shows energy usage per day for the structure defined by the address. The second set of heat maps shows total degree hours per day for the structure defined by the address. The third set of heat maps show kilowatt per hour usage per degree day for the structure defined by the address. The fourth set of heat maps shows kilowatts per hour usage per degree day per square foot of the structure defined by the address.
• The term “DH” or “Degree Hours” refers the units use to determine the heating or cooling requirements, referring to base temperature such as 65 degree Fahrenheit, by hour. For example at 11 am the temperate is 75 degree Fahrenheit therefore the degree hours for the 11 am is 10 DH.
• The term “dictionary” refers to an unordered key-value-pair set of variables save to memory.
• The term “dynamic energy model” refers to a mathematical procedure that use conditioned harvested energy and temperature interval data with conditioned energy and temperature interval data to produce the daily report and an alert report if an threshold is exceeded. The dynamic energy model compares last day energy usage against the mean of the similar five days of the five previous weekdays; previously the mean of the similar weekdays of the last 5 weeks has been analyzed and conditioned of any outlier so the mean value is representative to obtain a percent change. If percent change is equal or bigger than the alert threshold established, an alert is issue to client devices for corrective action. To show a whole image of the energy usage, the model calculates energy usage by different periods including but not limited to: (i) Last Day: energy usage, maximum energy usage during a day and the date and time of the pick (kilowatts), percent change of energy usage; (ii) Last Six Days: total energy usage, day of maximum energy usage and value and percent change of energy usage; (iii) Last Forty Days: total energy usage, day of maximum energy usage and value, day of maximum daily energy usage per facility area per degree-hour and its value (kWh/DH/SF)
• The term “harvested energy interval and temperature interval data” refers to the raw data collected from the energy portals, such as Smart Meter Texas or CenterPoint Energy Demand & Energy Information System, and the weather portals and energy portals.
• The term “HVAC” refers to heating, ventilation and air conditioning.
• The term “energy conservation’ refers to reducing energy through the use. For example not forgetting to turn off heating ventilation and air conditioner systems when not used or not needed is energy conservation.
• The term “energy metrics” refers to values of interval energy in kilowatts per hour (kWh) every 15 minutes, values of interval load in kilowatts every 15 minutes, temperature is arranged in intervals every 60 minutes; these values can be manipulated arithmetically; degree-hour is another metric obtained by subtracting from temperature values the base-temperature of 65 degrees Fahrenheit. The term “energy portals” refers to a website that provides interval energy data from smart meters or interval data recorders (IDR) by a unique electrical service identifier or electric service identifier (ESI), such as Smart Meter Texas and CenterPoint Energy Demand & Energy Information Systems (DEIS).
• The term “heat map” refers to a graphical representation of two variables such as energy and temperature interval data where the individual values contained in a matrix are represented as colors related to a scale with the x-axis as the time, y-axis hours, and a color scale representing the kWh value, usually with blue as a lower value of kWh and red a higher value of kWh consumption.
• The term “historical” refers to the previously harvested energy and weather condition interval data.
• The term “interactive graph” graphs that allow a two-way flow of information between a system and client; responding to a client's input.
• The term “interval data” refers to data in which the increments are known, consistent and measurable, such us 15 minute interval energy data, which is the energy data that is collected from the smart meters every 15 minutes.
• The term “maximum and minimum dates of energy usage values” refers to specific days when a structure has a maximum energy use or minimum energy use in a defined period of time.
• The term “non-transitory computer readable medium” refers to a hard disk drive, solid state drive, flash drive, tape drive, and the like. The term “non-transitory computer readable medium” excludes any transitory signals but includes any non-transitory data storage circuitry, e.g., buffers, cache, and queues, within transceivers of transitory signals.
• The term “network” refers to a satellite network, a cellular network, a global communication network, a local area network, a wide area network, a fiber optic network or combinations thereof.
• The term “overlapping annual data” refers to ordering the interval data on the weekday bases. That is to order the first weekday of current year to the first weekday of other years so that all weekdays throughout the year are the same. The overlapping of annual data allows to compare Monday to Monday, this is important due to the weekly settings of the heating ventilation and air condition system scheduling.
• The term “percent change” represents the degree of change over a period of time.
• The term “processor” refers the electronic circuitry within a computer that carries out the instructions of a computer program by performing the basic arithmetic, logic, controlling and input/output (I/O) operations specified by the instructions.
• The term “quartile” refers to each of four equal groups into which a population can be divided according to the distribution of values of the energy data. Quartile filtering removes outliers such as holidays and blackouts, from the last 5 same weekday days.
• The phrase “resample interval energy data and interval temperature data to one day periods” refers to a method of frequency conversion by frequency of time, such as an initial sampling of every 15 minutes, then resampling to every hour.
• The term “script” refers to a program or set of instruction that tells a computer to do something
• The term “server” refers to a type of computer or device on a network that manages network resources. The server provides requested HTML pages for the client, in addition to providing the program logic for the invention.
• The term “smart meter” refers to a device that measures interval energy data and transmits the interval energy data to an energy portal by smart meter identification number and by structure defined by an address. Such as the Smart Meter manufactured by Itron, OpenWay model.
• The term “structures defined by an address” refers to one or more structures such as a high rise, a house, a warehouse, a school, a parking lot, industrial facility, a bus stop with electronic signs, an airport, or a waste treatment facility.
• The term “threshold values” refers to a value defined by a user to cause an alert report to be transmitted to a client device.
• The term “utility companies” refers to power distribution companies, for example CenterPoint Energy.
• The term “weather stations portals” refers to an airport website or local weather station that provides interval temperature data via the internet.
• The Term “weekday” it is used to refer when comparing Monday to Monday, or Tuesday to Tuesday.
• Turning now to the Figures,FIG. 1 shows weather relatedenergy information system100.
• The system uses aserver110 connected to anetwork120.
• The server and network can connect toweather stations portals130aand130bandenergy portals140aand140b.Theenergy portals140aand140bare maintained byutility companies112.
• Weather station portals can be atairports133 proximate the structures defined by an address, such as within 60 to 100 miles of the structure defined by the address.Weather station portals130aand130bcan be aweather station134, proximate the structures defined by an address.
• The server and network can be connected to a plurality ofsmart meters150a-150e.
• Each smart meter is mounted to or proximate structures defined by anaddress199a-199e. Structure defined by anaddress199ais a warehouse, structure defined by anaddress199bis an office building, structure defined by anaddress199cis a hospital, structure defined by anaddress199dis a convenience store, and structure defined by anaddress199eis a residential house.
• At least oneclient device160 can be connected to thenetwork120 for viewing at least two interactive graphs generated by theserver110 using conditioned harvested data collected by theserver110 from thesmart meters150a-150e.
• Theserver110 can be configured to crawl through the energy portals and temperature portals and harvest energy interval and temperature interval data either identified by a structure defined by an address forming harvested energy interval and temperature interval data.
• Theserver110 conditions the harvested energy interval and temperature interval data.
• The conditioning can include cleaning; indexing and slicing the harvested energy interval and temperature interval data forming conditioned harvested data.
• Theserver110 then generates groups of interactive graphs using the conditioned harvested data and presents it to theclient device160, using aninterface165.
• Theserver110 compares stored threshold values stored in non-transitory computer readable medium of the server connected to the processor and automatically generatesalert reports243 and daily244 reports to the client device.
• FIGS. 2A-2B shows theserver110 with aprocessor111 and a non-transitory computerreadable medium113 in communication with anetwork120.
• The non-transitory computerreadable medium113 of theserver110stores energy metrics231 for each structure defined by anaddress199.
• In embodiments, theserver110 with a non-transitory computerreadable medium113 hasinstructions300, which when executed by a processor, perform a method for crawling through the energy portals and temperature portals and harvests energy interval data and temperature interval data, wherein either is identified by the structure defined by anaddress199 forming harvested energy interval andtemperature interval data221 that is stored in the non-transitory computerreadable medium113.
• Theserver110 with a non-transitory computerreadable medium113 has instructions302, which when executed by a processor, perform a method for conditioning harvested energy interval andtemperature interval data221 forming conditioned harvesteddata226, wherein the conditioning includes cleaning, indexing and slicing. The conditioned harvesteddata226 is stored in the non-transitory computerreadable medium113.
• The server with a non-transitory computerreadable medium113 has instructions304, which when executed by a processor, perform a method for generating groups ofinteractive graphs170ausing the conditioned harvesteddata226 for each structure defined by andaddress199 and displays theinteractive graphs170aon auser interface165.
• In embodiments, theserver110 with a non-transitory computerreadable medium113 has instructions306, which when executed by a processor, perform a method for storing the threshold values240 andenergy metrics23 for each structure defined by anaddress199 in the non-transitory computerreadable medium113.
• The non-transitory computer readable medium of the server contains adynamic energy model430.
• Thedynamic energy model430 contains instructions308, which when executed by a processor, perform a method for populating the energy metrics for the last day of an interval432, the last six days of an interval434, and the last thirty five days of aninterval436.
• Thedynamic energy model430 contains instructions310, which when executed by a processor, perform a method for applying statistical modeling utilizing first and third quartile filtering269 to remove outliers such as holidays and blackouts, from the last five same weekday days.
• Thedynamic energy model430 contains instructions312, which when executed by a processor, perform a method for determining percent changes inenergy metrics231 as of the last day of an interval432, the last six days of an interval434, and last 35 days of an interval, comparing the percent change to storedthreshold values240 in the non-transitory computerreadable medium113, and if the percent change does not exceed the storedthreshold value240, automatically generating adaily report244 and optionally analert report243.
• In embodiments, the server computes a plurality of variables like maximumenergy usage days245 and minimumenergy usage days246 which are stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium and inserted into thedaily report244.
• In embodiments, the server sets astart time211 which is stored in non-transitory computerreadable medium113 to harvest energy interval and temperature interval data from the smart meters connected to the network. The server is set to perform the harvesting on 15 minutes intervals continuously.
• The server can also identify a quantity of structures defined by an address to be monitored and generates acounter217.
• Theserver110 increases the counter by one unit (N+1) to go to a next structure defined by anaddress199 and determines if the value of N of the counter has become bigger than a total preset unit (t) of structures defined by anaddress257. Theserver110 ends the analysis, or if the value of N of the counter is less than a total preset unit (t) of structures defined by anaddress257, theserver110 automatically harvests interval energy data and interval temperature data for that next structure defined by anaddress199. The server continues comparing the quantity of structures defined by an address to the counter and continues harvesting interval energy data and interval temperature data until the value of N reaches the value of (t+1).
• The server gathersuser information261 on users and physical attributes of structures defined by an address and stores the user information in memory.
• The server generates adictionary267 for energy metrics by assigning values to variables.
• FIG. 3A illustrates theinterface165 where theinteractive graphs170a-170eare presented toclient160, in the left side the list of structures defined by anaddress199a-199e.
• FIG. 3B illustrates aninteractive graph170ashowing 30 day kWh heat map for a structure defined by anaddress199a.The x-axis shows 30 calendar days. The y-axis shows the used energy in kWh per 24 hours per day. The right side shows a color scale, wherein the lowest kWh are represented in blue, the low mid rage kWh are represented in yellow, the high mid-range kWh are represented as orange, and the high kWh are represented in red for the structure defined by anaddress199a.
• FIG. 3C shows aninteractive graph170bshowing 30 day temperature heat map for a structure defined by anaddress199a.The x-axis shows 30 calendar days. The y-axis shows the used energy in temperature per 24 hours per day. The right side shows a color scale, wherein the lowest temperature is represented in blue, the low mid rage temperature is represented in yellow, the high mid-range temperature is represented as orange, and the high temperature is represented in red for the structure defined by anaddress199a.
• FIG. 3D shows aninteractive graph170cfor the total kWh aggregated monthly usage for a structure defined by anaddress199a.TheFIG. 3D depicts all the data available in the system. In this instance, the energy consumption data for the past 3 years is shown. Note that the interactive graph can be displayed in 15 minute intervals, days, weeks, months, and years.
• FIG. 3E shows the 15 interval kWh usage data yearly overlaid. TheFIG. 3E interval energy consumption data overlaid year over year for a structure defined by anaddress199a.The green line depicted energy consumption for 2018 first weeks of April and the black line depicts 2017 energy consumption.FIG. 3E, Illustrates the comparative line-graph of energy usage between 2018 green color and 2017 black color, showing in the X axis the period from 20-Aug April-08 to 10-Sep April-20 calendar days and in the Y axis the used energy in kWh; we can see an excess of energy usage in the baseload.
• FIG. 3F illustrates an interactive graph showing yearly kWh heat map for a school for the structure defined by anaddress199a.In this instance, a calendar year of energy usage is shown. The X axis shows the 12 months in calendar days and the Y axis shows the used energy in kWh per 24 hours per day. The heat map graph shows per hour the value-related color associated with the scale below from 0 to 200 kWh for a structure defined by anaddress199a.
• FIG. 4A depicts the outline of thedaily report244 containing data253a-253dandcharts251a-251iand thealert report243 containingalert data252 and data253e-253gandcharts251j-251r.
• FIG. 4B illustrates the top bar-chart251j,which is a comparative chart where the x-axis is the day and y-axis is energy usage in kWh showing total daily energy usage the current weekday and the same weekday of last year. Blue is the daily energy usage for the current year and gray is the energy usage for the previous year same weekday. In this case the usage of Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018 was 2,492 kWh, and for the same Tuesday of 2017, the usage was 1,958 kWh. The bottom bar chart, sharing the same x-axis depicts the percent difference in usage, showing an excess, color coded to red. In this case the percent difference of 27%, exceeds the threshold of 10% triggering an alert report.
• FIG. 4C illustrates theline chart251kof analert report243. This section of the alert report provides a 15 minutes interval kWh line-chart. The x-axis is 24 hours of a day, and y-axis contains kWh (blue line), percent change (green line) and temperature (red line). The highest electrical usage or peak for the day was 34.27 kWh at 2:00 pm, the lowest electrical usage was 18.61 kWh at 02:15 am, and the average electrical usage was 25.96 kWh for the day. The max percent change in electrical usage of 0.16 at 5:45 am and lowest of −0.01 at 11:45 pm. One can infer the start and shutdown of HVAC by the relatively high and low percent changes in kWh usage.
• FIG. 4D illustrates two line-charts251l.The first chart compares the Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018 energy usage at 15 interval kWh against the previous year same weekday. The x-axis shows 24 hours of a day, and y-axis shows kWh. Red shaded areas show greater kWh usage as compared to the previous year with the same weekday. Green areas show less kWh. Higher usage is shown from 12:00 am to 6:00 am, from 9:30 am to 10:00 am, from 12:00 pm to 12:30 pm, from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm, and form 3:00 pm to 12:00 am for the day of Tuesday Aug. 21, 2018. Similarly the bottom chart251ldepicts the temperature interval data for Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. The chart depicts an overall less temperature average by hour than the same weekday of the previous year.
• FIG. 4E illustrates two bar-charts251m.The top chart shows a comparative of seven days total daily energy usage against previous year same weekdays. The x-axis is in days, in this case fromWednesday Aug 15^thtoTuesday Aug 21^stand y-axis daily energy usage in kWh, wherein blue color is current year and gray is the previous year. The bottom chart shows on the y-axis the percent difference in kWh for the previous seven days. Red bars depict greater kWh usage as compared to the previous year same weekday, and green areas depict less kWh.
• FIG. 4F illustrates two line-charts251n.The top chart shows a comparative of seven day intervals energy usage against the previous year same weekdays. In this instance, the x-axis seven represents days fromWednesday Aug 15^thtoTuesday Aug 21^st, and y-axis represents daily energy usage in kWh. Red shaded areas show greater kWh usage as compared to previous year same weekday, and green areas show less kWh. Usage is higher forMonday Aug 20^ththroughTuesday Aug 21^stas compared to the previous yearsame weekday2000 and2100. The bottom line chart depicts temperature on the y-axis for the previous seven days. The line chart shows a lower average temperature betweenWednesday Aug 15^thtoSunday Aug 18^th.
• FIG. 4G illustrates aheat map2510 with daily total energy usage in kWh for the last 35 days. On the x-axis is the weekdays and on the y-axis is Days. Each square in the heat map represents the total daily kWh. Theheat map2510 colors are related to the scale on the right side scale. Low values are depicted in blue, high values in red, middle range values in yellow. In this instance, the facility operates weekly with weekend off, which can be observed in the heat map251o.Tuesday Aug. 20, 2018 shows 2,492 kWh. The energy model calculates a percent change of 73.85% compared to the average of the last five Tuesdays, which cross the threshold of 10%. This section of the report provides daily energy usage data of the month up to the current date of the report with the total usage of 27,177 kWh.
• FIG. 4H illustrates aheat map251pwith daily degree-hours for the last 35 days. The x-axis represents the weekdays, and the y-axis represents days. Each square in the heat map represents the total daily degree hours. The heat map colors are related to the scale on the right side scale. Low values are depicted in blue. High values are depicted in red. Middle range values are depicted in yellow. Degree-hours are calculated using 65 Fahrenheit degrees as base temperature per every hour of a day.
• FIG. 4I illustrates aheat map251qwith daily total energy usage in kWh/DH for the last 35 days. On the x-axis are the weekdays and on the y-axis is Days. Each square in the heat map represents the total daily kWh/DH. The heat map colors are related to the scale on the right side scale. Low values are depicted blue, high values in red, middle range values in yellow. For Tuesday Aug. 20, 2018 the kWh/DH was 96. The energy model calculated a percent change of 10.67% compared to the average of the last five Tuesdays, which cross the threshold of 10% triggering an alert report.
• FIG. 4J, illustrates aheat map251rwith daily total energy usage in kWh/DH/SqFt for the last 35 days. On the x-axis are the weekdays and on the y-axis are Days. Each square in the heat map represents the total daily kWh/DH/SqFt. The heat map colors are related to the scale on the right side scale. Low values are depicted blue, high values in red, middle range values in yellow.
• FIG. 4K, illustrates thedata section 252 of the Alert Report issued for the structure at 19350 Rebel Yell Dr. for the day of Tuesday, 21 2018.
• FIG. 5 a graph showing another portion of a daily report from theDynamic energy model430 that performs the steps of: calculating energy metrics for each structure defined by an address for: a last day of conditioned harvested data, a last six days of conditioned harvested data, and a last thirty five days of conditioned harvested data; determining percent changes in energy metrics for each structure defined by an address for: a last day of conditioned harvested data, a last six days of conditioned harvesteddata226, and a last thirty five days of conditioned harvested data; and comparing the percent change to stored threshold values and if the percent change does not exceed the stored threshold values automatically, generate adaily report244 and optionally generate analert report243 to the client device for each structure defined by an address.
• The Dynamic energy model presents a heat map that depicts mean energy use for six days having same weekday619a-e, shown as Friday in this figure, during thirty five consecutive days.
• In embodiments, the weather related energy information system can use the server to crawl through energy portals and temperature portals and harvest of energy interval and temperature interval data by structure defined by an address includes weather data fromairports133 or aweather station134 within from 60 miles to 100 miles of the structure defined an address as shown inFIG. 1.
• In embodiments, the weather related energy information system can generate an alert report that defines each threshold value exceeded and a percent change in energy usage for each structure defined by an address.
• In embodiments, the cooling and heating degrees hours can be stored in the dynamic energy model.
• In embodiments, the server can resample interval energy data and interval temperature data in 24 hour intervals to create the daily report.
• In embodiments, the server presents conditioned harvested data by multiple individual dates in the daily report.
• In embodiments, the harvesting of the interval energy data occurs every 15 minutes or less and the harvesting of the interval temperature data occurs every five minutes or less.
• In embodiments, the weather related energy information system can use a standard base temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit and temperature interval data of every 15 minutes to determine degree values.
• In embodiments, the server can generate sets of historical monthly energy heat maps that enable visualization of a last 30 days for energy usage by hour per day with a color dependent value related to a color pallet.
• The weather related energy information system can provide monthly historical heat maps to identify patterns anomalies and identify opportunities of energy conservation.
• In embodiments, the server maps can resample energy interval data to comparable days of a week and overlapping annual data sets to compare as current year versus previous years, by month, by day, and by hour.
• In embodiments, the server can calculate changes in energy metrics and mapping changes in energy metrics to show startup and shutdown times of equipment using energy in a structure defined by an address.
EXAMPLE 1
• The invention relates to a weather related energy information system that has an administrative server with a processor and non-transitory computer readable medium that connects to the Internet.
• A structure defined by anaddress199a,such as a school district with 100 properties in Houston, Tex. requests to have the system installed.FIG. 3A depicts the structure defined by anaddress199a.From theuser interface165, theclient160 can view in details all interactive graphs for the 100 properties.
• The school district will utilize the energy portals and temperature portals, such as IAH George Bush Intercontinental Airport weather stations portal and Centerpoint energy portals. InFIG. 3C, the figure illustrates the heat map of the airport and can get a sense of the temperature patterns for the last 30 days.
• Each school building has a smart meters mounted to it and in communication with the Internet.
• A computer is connected to the network for viewing at least two interactive graphs namely, a 30 day heat mapFIG. 3B and a yearly heat mapFIG. 3F using conditioned harvested data produced by the administrative server for each school building of the 100 properties.
• The server crawls through the energy portal of Centerpoint and the temperature portal of the airport and harvests energy interval data and temperature interval data by the structure defined by an address.
• The server saves the harvested information in a dynamic database in the non-transitory computer readable medium connected to the administrative processor forming harvested energy interval and temperature interval data.
• Using instruction in the non-transitory computer readable medium of the administrative server, the processor conditions harvested energy interval and temperature interval data forming conditioned harvested data.
• Using templates stored in memory, the processor generates groups of interactive graphs namely a 30 day heat mapFIG. 3B from Sep. 24 to Oct. 24, 2018 andFIG. 3C using the conditioned harvested data. In addition the client can also notice that reduction in energy consumption on Wednesday Oct. 10, 2018, which may indicate a correction in energy usage,3040.
• The server stores threshold values of kilowatt degree days inserted by an agent of the school district and the server generates alert reports using those inserted threshold values.
• The server has a script for generating energy metrics for each structure defined by an address, such ALC West 19350 Rebel Yell Dr, Houston, Tex. 77019.
• The server uses a dynamic energy model stored in non-transitory computer readable medium with the conditioned harvested data that performs the steps of: calculating energy metrics for each structure defined by an address in the school district for a last day of conditioned harvested data, a last six days of conditioned harvested data, and a last thirty five days of conditioned harvested data.
• The server uses the dynamic energy model stored in non-transitory computer readable medium with the conditioned harvested data to determine percent changes in energy metrics for each structure defined by an address for: a last day of conditioned harvested data.
• The server uses the dynamic energy model stored in non-transitory computer readable medium with the conditioned harvested data to compare the percent change to stored threshold values and if the percent change does not exceed the stored threshold values automatically generate adaily report244 and optionally generate an alert report to the client device for each structure defined by an address.FIG. 4A depicts the alert report outline andFIG. 4B-4M illustrate the Alert report for the day ofTuesday 21, 2018 for the property defined by and address 19350 Rebel Yell Dr. This particular report was an alert report due to the energy metrics values exceeding the threshold.FIG. 4B illustrates the data analysis performed by the systems and threshold exceeded. Percent change kWh set at 15% and the percent change forTuesday 21, 2018 was 27% thus triggering the Alert report. InFIG. 4B, thedaily report251jillustrates in a bar chart the percent change in kWh. FromFIG. 4C, thedaily report251kdepicts the interval kWh data for Tuesday Aug. 21, 2018 and the temperature the interval data for the same day, sharing x-axis.FIG. 4D depicts the areas when the property used more electricity than the same weekday previous year, color coded in red4200,4220,4230,4240, and4250. Moreover formFIG.4E251min the alert report the client is able to notice that the property had a 205 percent usage on Sunday Aug. 19, 2018.
• As a result the client, energy manager, for the Independent School District, noticed that the equipment at the property was actually left on.
EXAMPLE 2
• The invention relates to a weather related energy information system that has an administrative server with a processor and non-transitory computer readable medium that connects to the Internet.
• A structure defined by anaddress199a,such as property management with 1 property in Houston, Tex., requests to have the service.FIG. 3A depicts theproperties199a-e, as shown in the invention interface. From theUser interface165 theclient160 can view in details all interactive graphs for 800 Wilcrest Dr, Houston, Tex. 77042 property.
• The property management will utilize energy portals and temperature portals, such as the Sugar Land Regional Airport weather stations portal and Centerpoint energy portals. Illustrated inFIG. 6B, the figure illustrates the heat map of the airport and can get a sense of the temperature patterns for the last 30 days. 6010 the client can notice a weather cold front started on about Monday Oct. 15, 2018, at around 10:00 am. This information allows the client to lower the start time of their HVAC in order to take advantage of the cooler weather.
• The office building has a smart meter mounted to it and in communication with the Internet.
• A computer is connected to the network for viewing at least two interactive graphs namely170aand170b,a 30 day kWh heat map inFIG. 6A and a total interval kWh line graph for the office building at 800 Wilcrest Dr. using conditioned harvested data produced by the administrative server.
• The server crawls through the energy portal of Centerpoint and the temperature portal of the airport and harvests energy interval data and temperature interval data by the structure defined by an address.
• The server saves the harvested information in a dynamic database in the non-transitory computer readable medium connected to the administrative processor forming harvested energy interval and temperature interval data.
• Using instruction in the non-transitory computer readable medium of the administrative server, the processor conditions harvested energy interval and temperature interval data forming conditioned harvested data.
• Using templates stored in memory, the processor generates groups of interactive graphs.FIG. 3A depicts theinteractive graphs170a-170ethat theclient160 is able to view via thesystem user interface165.
• Theinteractive graph170ainFIG. 6A is the past 30 days heap map of kWh consumption by hour by day and color-coded for higher consumption, red, and lower kWh consumption blue. Max kWh for the past 30-days is about 318 kWh on Monday Sep. 15, 2018,6000.6040 also depicts Sunday Sep. 30, 2018, when the HVAC was turned on in this specific case a Tenant at the building requested after hours HVAC services. The intentioned further helped by reminding client to charge for the afterhours HVAC as administration had forgotten to enter the Tenants request in their accounting system.
• FIG. 6B, chart170bdepicts the last 30 days temperature of theairport weather portal133.170bFIG. 6B shows the max temp for the past 30 days as 100 and the lowest at around 50 degrees Fahrenheit. With the coldest day or a cold front starting at around 10 am Monday Oct. 15, 2018, the 30 days temperature graphs allows the property management to set their heating ventilation and air conditioning setting a bit higher in order to take into account the temperature decrease. For example if the heating ventilation and air conditioning system set point for cooling was set at 50 degrees it is time be able to increase the temperature to 55 or 60 degrees to take advantage of the weather, it also allows property management company to review the building's performance and check if there if the building is actually reducing the consumption of energy due to the reduction in demand for energy due to temperature.
• FIG. 6C, chart170cis the total interval kWh graphs for 800 Wilcrest the graph shows the kWh interval data from 2015 to October 2018.
• FIG.6D chart170dshows the yearly overlaid of interval kWh. Theyear 2018 is in orange, which by comparison has the lowest consumption except6030 for a couple of peaks during the month of January6020.
• FIG. 6E chart170eshows historical heap map by day and hour for 2018 to present. Overall, the lower energy consumption in blue shows optimal conservation when no units were left on during afterhours or weekends. Except for Sep. 30, 20186040 and a couple of more days. These events turn out to be the weekend request for AC.
• The server stores threshold values of kilowatt degree days inserted by an agent of the property management and the server generate alert reports using those inserted threshold values.
• The server has a script for generating energy metrics for each structure defined by an address, such as 800 Wilcrest Dr, Houston, Tex. 77042.
• The server uses a dynamic energy model stored in non-transitory computer readable medium with the conditioned harvested data that performs the steps of: calculating energy metrics for each structure defined by an address in the property management for a last day of conditioned harvested data, a last six days of conditioned harvested data, and a last thirty five days of conditioned harvested data.
• The server uses the dynamic energy model stored in non-transitory computer readable medium with the conditioned harvested data to determine percent changes in energy metrics for each structure defined by an address for: a last day of conditioned harvested data.
• The server uses the dynamic energy model stored in non-transitory computer readable medium with the conditioned harvested data to compare the percent change to stored threshold values and if the percent change does not exceed the stored threshold values automatically generate adaily report244 and optionally generate an alert report to the client device for each structure defined by an address.FIG. 4A depicts the alert report outline.
• FIGS. 6F-I illustrate the alert report graphs for the day of Sunday, Sep. 30, 2018 for the property defined byaddress 800 Wilcrest Dr. Houston, Tex. 77042. This particular report was an alert report due to the energy metrics from the dynamic energy module exceeds the threshold, more specifically a percent change in kWh of 115% and a percent change in kWh/DH of 116%. Percent change kWh set at 10% the percent change for kWh/DH set to 20%,Tuesday 21, 2018 was 115% kWh 6050 change thus triggering the alert report. The kWh/DH threshold was also exceeded at 116%.
• InFIG. 4F, chart251jillustrates a bar chart energy usage on Sep. 30, 2018 and same weekday previous year, below the percent change in kWh. In this case, we note that the bar is red and positive 115% meaning a percent difference of 115% kWh form the same weekday the previous year.
• InFIG. 6G, chart251k,shows the linear interval energy data also the temperature and the percent change in the kWh of the interval data from where the system deduces the approximate heating ventilation and airconditioning start time6060, heating ventilation and air conditioning offtime6070 and peakkWh6080. The heating ventilation and air conditioning start is approximately 6:00am6060, the heating ventilation and air conditioning off time is 5:00pm6070, and peak time about 7:00am6080.
• FIG. 6H, 251lshows the overlay of current weekday Sunday, Sep. 30, 2018, of the same weekday Sunday of 2017, by overlapping and subtracting the interval line data graphs shades the less use of energy consumption as a green shaded area and red depicts greater use as compared to last year same weekday. InFIG. 6H, chart251cshows that the most of the kWh profile is read indicating the 800 Wilcrest office building used more kWh between 6 am and 5:45 pm but on other times it was green. On this particular day, a Tenant at the building requested for Sunday air conditioning. In the bottom section of theFIG. 6H, chart251ldepicts the interval temperature for the day and compares it to last year, the graph shades less temperature is green and more temperature in green. The graphs provide a graphical way to review the demand due to the temperature between the two days.
• InFIG. 6I, chart251mshows the past 7 days total kWh and percent change bar graphs. Theclient160 can quickly view the building performance as compared to last year same weekdays, theclient160 can noticed that during the last 7 days on Tuesday Wednesday Saturday and Sunday used more energy than last year, shown by the red colored bars, with Sunday having thehigher percent change6110.
• InFIG. 6J, chart251nshows the past 7 days line graph of the harvested interval energy data from the graphs bottom section. In this instance, the temperature as compared to last year was less, and therefore there should not have any red shaded areas which mean higher kWh consumption. Therefore HVAC settings need to be a reviewed in order to find out more about the increase in kWh at a lower temperature demand.
• As a result, theclient160, the property manager, for 800 Wilcrest Office Building, noticed that the heating ventilation and air conditioning was on during the weekend. The schedule was reset on the heating ventilation and air conditioning system so that the next Sunday the heating ventilation and air conditioning was not left on.
EXAMPLE 3
• The invention relates to a weather related energy information system that has an administrative server with a processor and non-transitory computer readable medium that connects to the Internet.
• A structure defined by anaddress199a,such as an Independent School District energy manager with 100 facilities in Houston, Tex., requests to have the weather related energy information system.FIG. 3A depicts theproperties199a.From theuser interface165, theclient160 can view in details all interactive graphs for the 100 facilities.
• The Independent School District will utilize energy portals and temperature portals, such as the IAH George Bush Intercontinental Airport weather stations portal and Centerpoint energy portals. As illustrated inFIG. 3C, the heat map of the airport and can get a sense of the temperature patterns for the last 30 days.
• Each facility has a smart meters mounted to it and in communication with the network.
• A computer is connected to the network for viewing at least two interactive graphs namely, a 30 day heat mapFIG. 6 and a yearly heat map using conditioned harvested data produced by the administrative server for each of the 100 facilities.
• The server crawls through the energy portal of Centerpoint and the temperature portal of the airport and harvests energy interval data and temperature interval data by the facility defined by an address.
• The server saves the harvested information in a dynamic database in the non-transitory computer readable medium connected to the administrative processor forming harvested energy interval and temperature interval data.
• Using instruction in the non-transitory computer readable medium of the administrative server, the processor conditions harvested energy interval and temperature interval data forming conditioned harvested data.
• Using templates stored in memory, the processor generates groups of interactive graphs namely a 30 day heat mapFIG. 3A,FIG. 3C using the conditioned harvested data.
• The server stores alert threshold values of energy usage in kWh in thiscase 10%, and energy usage per degree-hour or kWh/DH in thiscase 10%, inserted by the energy manager and the server generates alert reports using those inserted threshold values.
• The server has a script for generating energy metrics for each structure defined by anaddress199a,such as Cypress Creek High School at 9815 Grant Rd., Houston 77070.
• The server uses a dynamic energy model stored in non-transitory computer readable medium with the conditioned harvested data that performs the steps of: calculating energy metrics for each structure defined by an address in the independent school district for a last or more recent day of conditioned harvested data, a last six days of conditioned harvested data, and a last thirty five days of conditioned harvested data.
• The server uses the dynamic energy model stored in non-transitory computer readable medium with the conditioned harvested data to determine percent changes in energy metrics for each structure defined by an address for: a last or more recent day of conditioned harvested data.
• The server uses the dynamic energy model stored in non-transitory computer readable medium with the conditioned harvested data to compare the percent change to stored alert threshold values and if the percent change does not exceed the stored alert threshold values automatically generate adaily report244 and optionally generate an alert report to the client device for each structure defined by an address.FIG. 4A depicts the alert report outline andFIG. 7A-7D depicts the alert report issued for the day of Monday Aug. 27, 2018 for the property defined by the address 9815 Grant Rd., Houston 77070.
• This particular report was an alert report due to the energy metrics from the dynamic energy model exceed the threshold, more specifically a percent change of kWh used compared to the average of the last five weekdays that was 23.35% exceeds the threshold of 10%.
• InFIG. 7A, chart251aillustrates in a bar-chart energy usage of 29,003 kWh for Thursday Sep. 6, 2018 versus the same day previous year of 20,300 kWh and the bar-chart below in red shows the excess of 43% in energy usage, exceeding the threshold of 10% triggering an alarm report.
• InFIG. 7B, chart251killustrates the 15 minutes interval energy usage in kWh for Thursday Sep. 6, 2018 in 24 hours, showing the first pick at 01:45 hrs inferring the heating ventilation air conditioning system started at that time and the maximum use or pick of 646.25 kWh at 07:00 hrs., and the minimum at 10:30 pm inferring heating ventilation air conditioning system was shut-down.
• InFIG. 7C, chart251lshows for Thursday Sep. 6, 2018 the 15 minutes interval energy usage in a graph-line a comparison behavior in energy usage with previous year same weekday showing higher used in red color and lower usage in green, line-graph below shows for Thursday Sep. 6, 2018 one hour interval temperature comparison behavior with previous year same weekday, showing higher temperature in red color and lower temperature in green.
• InFIG. 7D, chart251mshows a comparative seven days bar-graph of daily energy usage of current year in purple color versus previous year in black color showing higher usage on Thursday Sep. 6, 2018, bar-chart below shows percent difference of energy usage in kWh for the seven days versus same weekdays previous year, showing higher energy usage in red color and lower usage in green.
• InFIG. 7E, chart251nshows a comparative seven days line-graph of daily energy usage of current year in versus same weekdays previous year showing higher usage in red color and lower usage in green color. The line-chart below shows daily temperature of current year versus same weekdays previous year showing higher temperature in red color and lower temperature in green color.
• InFIG. 7F, chart251oshows a heat map with daily total energy usage in kWh for the last 35 days, in the x-axis are the weekdays and in the y-axis days, each square in the heat map represents the total daily kWh. The heat map colors are related to the scale on the right side scale. Low values are depicted blue, high values in red, middle range values in yellow. The heat map illustrates patterns, in this case the facility operates weekly with weekends off, which can be observed in the heat map. For the day Thursday Sep. 6, 2018 the kWh was 29,003, the energy model calculates a percent change of 30.82% compared to the average of the last five Thursdays, which exceeds the threshold of 10%.
• InFIG. 7G, chart251pshows a heat map with daily degree-hours for the last 35 days, in the x-axis are the weekdays and in the y-axis days, each square in the heat map represents the total daily degree hours. The heat map colors are related to the scale on the right side scale. Low values are depicted blue, high values in red, middle range values in yellow. Degree-hours are calculated using 65 Fahrenheit degrees as base temperature per every hour of a day.
• InFIG. 7H, chart251qshows a heat map with daily total energy usage per degree-day in kWh/DH for the Thursday Sep. 6, 2018 last 35 days, in the x-axis are the weekdays and in the y-axis Days, each square in the heat map represents the total daily kWh/DH. The heat map color is related to the scale on the right side scale. Low values are depicted blue, high values in red, middle range values in yellow. For Thursday Sep. 6, 2018 the kWh/DH was 1402. The energy model calculated a percent change of 48.61% compared to the average of the last five Tuesdays, which cross the threshold of 10% triggering an alert report.
• InFIG. 7I, chart251rshows a heat map with daily total energy usage in kWh/DH/SqFt for the last 35 days, in the x-axis are the weekdays and in the y-axis Days, each square in the heat map represents the total daily kWh/DH/SqFt. The heat map colors are related to the scale on the right side scale. The kWh/DH/Sq Ft value is multiplied by a constant and is related to the right side color scale. Low values are depicted blue, high values in red, middle range values in yellow, the highest value of 228 kWh/DH/Sq Ft related to the last five Thursdays confirm the energy usage anomaly of Thursday Sep. 6, 2018.
• While these embodiments have been described with emphasis on the embodiments, it should be understood that within the scope of the appended claims, the embodiments might be practiced other than as specifically described herein.

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What is claimed is:

1. An automated weather related energy information system comprising:

a. a server having a processor with a non-transitory computer readable medium connected to a network, and connected to weather stations portals and energy portals maintained by utilities companies;

b. at least one structures defined by an address in communication with at least one smart meter mounted to or proximate the at least one structures defined by an address;

c. at least one client device connected to the network for viewing at least two interactive graphs using conditioned harvested data produced by the server;

wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium of the server comprises instructions, which when executed by a processor performs the steps of:

i. crawling through the energy portals and temperature portals and harvests energy interval data and temperature interval data identified by the structure defined by an address forming harvested energy interval and temperature interval data;

ii. conditioning the harvested energy interval and temperature interval data forming conditioned harvested data, wherein conditioning includes cleaning, indexing, and slicing;

iii. generating groups of interactive graphs using conditioned harvested data;

iv. displaying the groups of interactive graphs on an user interface165;

v. storing threshold values for alert reports;

vi. storing energy metrics for the at least one structure defined by an address;

vii. using a dynamic energy model that performs the steps of:

(a) calculating energy metrics for each structure defined by an address for:

(i) a last day of conditioned harvested data;

(ii) a last six days of conditioned harvested data; and

(iii) a last thirty five days of conditioned harvested data;

(b) applying statistical modeling utilizing first and third quartile filtering to remove outliers from the last five same weekday days;

(c) determining percent changes in energy metrics for each structure defined by an address for:

(i) a last day of conditioned harvested data;

(ii) a last six days of conditioned harvested data; and

(iii) a last thirty five days of conditioned harvested data; and

(d) comparing the percent change to stored threshold values, and if the percent change does not exceed the stored threshold values automatically generating a daily report and optionally generate an alert report to the client device for each structure defined by an address.

2. The weather related energy information system ofclaim 1, wherein the server sets a start time211 which is stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium to the harvest energy interval and temperature interval data from the smart meters connected to the network.

3. The weather related energy information system ofclaim 1, wherein the server identifies a quantity of structures defined by an address to be monitored and generates a counter.

4. The weather related energy information system ofclaim 3, wherein the server increases the counter by one unit (N+1) to go to a next structure defined by an address; and determines if the value of N of the counter has become bigger than a total preset unit (t) of structures defined by an address, the server ends the analysis or if the value of N of the counter is less than a total preset unit (t) of structures defined by an address; the server automatically harvest interval energy data and interval temperature data for that next structure defined by an address; and the server continues comparing the quantity of structures defined by an address to the counter and continues harvesting the interval energy data and the interval temperature data until the value of N reaches the value of (t+1).

5. The weather related energy information system ofclaim 1, wherein the crawling through the energy portals and the temperature portals and harvesting of the energy interval and the temperature interval data by structure defined by an address includes weather data from airports or a weather station within from 60 miles to 100 miles of the structure defined an address.

6. The weather related energy information system ofclaim 1, wherein the alert report defines each threshold value exceeded and a percent change in energy usage for each structure defined by an address.

7. The weather related energy information system ofclaim 1, wherein maximum energy usage day and minimum energy usage day are included in the daily report.

8. The weather related energy information system ofclaim 1, wherein cooling and heating degrees days are stored in the dynamic energy model.

9. The weather related energy information system ofclaim 1, wherein the server resamples the interval energy data and the interval temperature data in 24 hour intervals to create the daily report.

10. The weather related energy information system ofclaim 1, wherein the server gathers user information on users and physical attributes of structures defined by an address.

11. The weather related energy information system ofclaim 1, wherein the server generates a dictionary for energy metrics.

12. The weather related energy information system ofclaim 1, wherein the server presents conditioned harvested data by multiple individual dates in the daily report.

13. The weather related energy information system ofclaim 1, comprising harvesting the interval energy data every 15 minutes or less and the interval temperature data every 5 minutes or less.

14. The weather related energy information system ofclaim 1, comprising using a standard base temperature of 60 Fahrenheit degrees and temperature interval data every 15 minutes to determine degree values.

15. The weather related energy information system ofclaim 1, comprising generating sets of historical monthly energy heat maps that enable visualization of a last 30 days for energy usage by hour per day with a color dependent value related to a color palette.

16. The weather related energy information system ofclaim 1, comprising providing monthly historical heat maps to identify patterns anomalies and identify opportunities of energy conservation.

17. The weather related energy information system ofclaim 1, comprising mapping resampled energy interval data to comparable days of a week and overlapping annual data sets to compare as current year versus previous years, by month, by day, and by hour.

18. The weather related energy information system ofclaim 1, comprising calculating changes in energy metrics and mapping changes in energy metrics to startup and shutdown times of equipment using energy in a structure defined by an address.

19. The weather related energy information system ofclaim 1, wherein the dynamic energy model calculates energy metrics for a structure defined by an address that include:

d. total energy use for one day, total energy use for six days, and total energy usage for thirty five days;

e. maximum energy value for one day, maximum energy value six days and maximum energy value for thirty five days;

f. minimum energy values for one day, minimum energy values for six days, and minimum energy values for thirty five days, and

g. mean energy use for six days having same names during thirty five consecutive days.

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