Efficient usage, storage, and sharing of energy in buildings, vehicles, and equipment

JI Ruiz, CG Nesler, MG Andrew - US Patent 8,872,379, 2014 - Google Patents
Related US Application Data battery packs (eg, stationary batteries or vehicle batteries) for
use in buildings, appliances, and equipment typically (63) Continuation-in-part of application …

Dynamic keypad for controlling energy-savings modes of a load control system

A Abraham, G Altonen, NV Bhate, EL Clymer… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
A load control system for a building having a lighting load, a window, and a heating and
cooling system comprises a lighting control device for controlling the amount of power …

Electrical demand response using energy storage in vehicles and buildings

CG Nesler, MG Andrew, JI Ruiz… - US Patent App. 12 …, 2010 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to a system having a building control system with a vehicle
battery controller. The vehicle battery controller may be configured to control a vehicle …

Device and method for facilitating secure communications over a cellular network

F Enns, M Veillette, R Frei - US Patent 8,856,323, 2014 - Google Patents
A process for communicating utility-related data over at least one network is described. the
process includes: collecting utility-related data at a hub device during a first predetermined …

Mobile micro-grid power system controller and method

JL Creed - US Patent 8,315,745, 2012 - Google Patents
Methods and control apparatus are presented for controlling supply of electrical power to a
mobile micro-grid power system, in which a master controller automatically rebalances the …

Method and system for fully automated energy curtailment

R Montalvo - US Patent 8,412,654, 2013 - Google Patents
Fully automated demand response may be implemented at end users, in accordance with
terms agreed to by end users to reduce energy demand during demand response events …

Low cost and flexible energy management system

N Venkatakrishnan, MF Finch, RM Bultman… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A premises data management system includes a first commu nication
network configured to transmit and receive data to and from a user interface. Another …

Utility load control management communications protocol

J Cannon, R Cox, R Rognli - US Patent 7,702,424, 2010 - Google Patents
A load control management protocol, system, and method that address many different
customers, individually, in geographic groups, or in other predefined groups to control at …

Thermostat with fixed segment display having both fixed segment icons and a variable text display capacity

LT Siddaramanna, HN Chandrashekar… - US Patent …, 2010 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Controllers are used on a wide variety of devices and sys tems for
controlling various functions in homes and/or build ings and their related grounds. Some …

Computer based energy management

A Subbloie - US Patent 8,140,279, 2012 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Exemplary embodiments relate generally to energy man agement, and
more particularly, to computer based energy management. Energy utilization has recently …