Energy benchmarking analytics

US8660868B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Vogel · San Francisco, US
• Simon Lee · San Ramon, US
• Zhe Pu · San Francisco, US
• Alan Southall · Birkenfeld, DE
• Michael Haft · Zorneding, DE
• Christine Preisach · St. Leon-Rot, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 22, 2011
• Grant date: Feb 25, 2014
• Expiry date: Mar 3, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P90/82
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A benchmarking computing application is configured to create a benchmark run for a segment of customer profiles. Customer profiles from the segment include a parameter, termed an adjustment parameter, that may affect energy consumption by the associated customer. The results of the benchmark run include energy consumption values for individual customer profiles in the segment, an average energy consumption value for the entire segment of customer profiles, and also adjustment energy consumption value. The adjustment energy consumption value reflects the portion of energy consumption by a particular customer attributed to the difference between the average value of the adjustment parameter for the segment and the value of the adjustment parameter for the particular customer profile.