Power conservation via asset management of multiple remote assets
View Patent ↗Included are embodiments for asset management. At least one embodiment of a method includes receiving, at a performance assessment and optimization center, data from at least one asset, the asset being configured to service an environment and performing at least one calculation, from the received data, to determine whether the asset is operating properly. Some embodiments include in response to a determination that the at least one asset is not operating properly, providing an indication related to operation of the asset.
1. A method for power conservation via asset management, comprising:
receiving first operation data for a first asset, the first asset servicing a first remote environment;
receiving second operation data for a second asset, the second asset servicing a second remote environment independently from the first asset, the first remote environment being remote from the second remote environment, the first asset and the second asset being controlled according to a common strategy;
determining, by a computing device at an optimization center, from the first operation data and the second operation data whether the first asset and the second asset are operating to a desired optimization, as defined by the common strategy; and
in response to a determination that the first asset and the second asset are not operating to the desired optimization, providing information regarding operation of the first remote asset and the second remote asset with respect to the desired optimization.
2. The method of claim 1 , the operation data including a market price of energy.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising setting an alarm that signals when the first asset is not operating at the desired optimization.
4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising providing a user interface that includes a user option to control a set point for the first environment.
5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising providing a user interface that provides work order data related to the first asset.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining an efficiency change of the first asset over a predetermined period of time.
7. A system for power conservation via asset management, comprising:
a memory that stores at least the following:
a data acquisition component that receives first operation data related to a first asset that services a first remote building and second operation data related to a second asset that services a second remote building, the first remote building being different than the second remote building; and
a data management component that determines whether the first asset and the second asset are operating to a desired optimization, according to a predetermined strategy that is common to the first asset and the second asset for providing an indication related to the operation of the assets.
8. The system of claim 7 , the data management component further utilizing market data to determine whether the first asset is operating to a desired optimization according to the predetermined strategy.
9. The system of claim 7 , the data management component further utilizing weather data to determine whether the first asset and the second asset are operating to a desired optimization according to the predetermined strategy.
10. The system of claim 9 , the data management component further utilizing alarm data to determine whether the first asset is operating to a desired optimization according to the predetermined strategy, the alarm data being received in response to the first asset not operating to a desired efficiency.
11. The system of claim 7 , further comprising an interface component that provides a user interface that provides a user option to control a set point for the first asset and the second asset.
12. The system of claim 7 , further comprising an interface component that provides a user interface that provides work order data for the first environment.
13. The system of claim 7 , further comprising an interface component that provides an efficiency change of the first asset over a period of time.
14. A non-transient computer-readable storage medium for power conservation via asset performance optimization that stores a program that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform at least the following:
receive operation data related to first asset and a second asset, the first asset servicing a first remote environment, the second asset servicing a second remote environment independently from the first remote environment, the first remote environment being remote from the second remote environment; and
execute at least one algorithm on the operation data to determine whether the first asset and the second asset are operating to a desired optimization according to a common strategy for the first asset and the second asset, for providing an indication related to the operation of the assets.
15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , the operation data including weather data.
16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , the first remote environment being a first building, the second remote environment being a second building, the first building being different than the second building.
17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , the operation data including market data.
18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , the operation data including alarm data related to the first asset.
19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , the program further causing the computer to provide a user interface that includes a user option for controlling a set point for the first asset.
20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , the program further determining an efficiency change in the first asset over a predetermined period of time.