Inventor · Grafton, WI, US

Michael J. Wenzel

186Patents
27h-index
83Co-inventors
89Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 8, 2011 → May 16, 2024

Most-cited inventions

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US9354968B2 Systems and methods for data quality control and cleansing Physics 184 Active
US9235657B1 System identification and model development Physics 124 Active
US9436179B1 Systems and methods for energy cost optimization in a building system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 117 Active
US10949777B2 Building energy optimization system with economic load demand response (ELDR) optimization Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 99 Active
US9852481B1 Systems and methods for cascaded model predictive control Physics 73 Active
US10359748B2 Building energy cost optimization system with asset sizing Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 65 Active
US10250039B2 Energy storage controller with battery life model Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 62 Active
US10175681B2 High level central plant optimization Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 53 Active
US9355069B2 Systems and methods for determining the uncertainty in parameters of an energy use model Physics 51 Active
US9778639B2 Systems and methods for adaptively updating equipment models Physics 48 Active
US9606520B2 Automated fault detection and diagnostics in a building management system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 45 Active
US10706375B2 Central plant with asset allocator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Active
US9298203B2 Systems and methods for controlling energy use in a building management system using energy budgets Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Active
US10190793B2 Building management system with electrical energy storage optimization based on statistical estimates of IBDR event probabilities Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Active
US10282796B2 Building energy storage system with multiple demand charge cost optimization Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Active
US9322566B2 Systems and methods for controlling energy use during a demand limiting period Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Active
US10007259B2 Systems and methods for energy cost optimization in a building system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Active
US10101730B2 Incorporating a load change penalty in central plant optimization Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Active
US8755943B2 Systems and methods for controlling energy use in a building management system using energy budgets Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Active
US9390388B2 Systems and methods for measuring and verifying energy usage in a building Physics 31 Active
US11068821B2 Building energy optimization system with capacity market program (CMP) participation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.