Predictive analytics to determine optimal structure control

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10690364-B2
Application number	US-201514847206-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 8, 2015
Priority date	Sep 8, 2015
Publication date	Jun 23, 2020
Grant date	Jun 23, 2020

Abstract

Embodiments for facility management by a processor. Operations are performed to collect and track environmentally-related data of the facility over time. Predictive analytics are applied to the environmentally-related data to generate decisions that are dynamically applied to environmental settings of the facility.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for facility management by a processor, comprising:
performing operations to collect and track environmentally-related data of the facility over time;
applying predictive analytics to the environmentally-related data to generate decisions that are dynamically applied to environmental settings of the facility, the predictive analytics considering as input, to generate the decisions, an instant or future energy cost for the at least a portion of the facility including determining at least an electricity, gas, and water cost pricing at certain times of a day is within a certain tier of pricing such that the decisions applied to the environmental settings of the facility are given priority during the certain times of the day according to the certain tier of pricing; wherein the decisions applied to the environmental settings of the facility given priority include at least precooling or preheating the facility during the times of the day when the certain tier of pricing is in effect;
using weather forecast information to generate the decisions that are dynamically applied to the environmental settings of the facility according to the predictive analytics such that the weather forecast information is implemented to permit the facility to obtain a colder or warmer temperature during a preceding day prior to the certain times of the day of a following day than would otherwise be permitted, based on the weather forecast information of a future time period; such that wherein energy is conserved by ceasing to heat or cool the facility which would otherwise be heated or cooled during the preceding day prior to the certain times of the day of the following day according to the weather forecast information of the future time period; and
configuring a calendar system for dynamically tracking occupancy of at least the portion of the facility, wherein the occupancy over time compared to an automatically detected real-time occupancy is considered as at least a portion of the environmentally-related data to generate the decisions; and wherein historical events known to generate a certain first number of actual occupants relative to a second number of invited occupants, the historical events and certain second number of invited occupants thereof specified previously within the calendar system, are used to effect at least the portion of the decisions notwithstanding the environmental settings are adjusted in real-time according to the automatically detected real-time occupancy comprising a total number of instant occupants.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein dynamically tracking occupancy includes monitoring an access to the at least the portion of the facility.

3. The method of claim 1 , further including performing at least one of:
monitoring at least one local weather condition,
determining a historical usage of the at least the portion of the facility, and
determining a preferred temperature of the at least the portion of the facility.

4. The method of claim 1 , further including, previous to applying predictive analytics to the environmentally-related data, generating a total expected occupancy for each room in the facility.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein applying predictive analytics to the environmentally-related data to generate decisions that are dynamically applied to environmental settings of the facility includes performing at least one of:
considering past trends of similar occupancy for at least a portion of the facility, and
considering historical weather information.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein applying predictive analytics to the environmentally-related data to generate decisions that are dynamically applied to environmental settings of the facility further includes considering current environmentally-related data to adjust an instant one of the environmental settings.

7. A system for facility management, comprising:
a processor, wherein the processor:
performs operations to collect and track environmentally-related data of the facility over time,
applies predictive analytics to the environmentally-related data to generate decisions that are dynamically applied to environmental settings of the facility, the predictive analytics considering as input, to generate the decisions, an instant or future energy cost for the at least a portion of the facility including determining at least an electricity, gas, and water cost pricing at certain times of a day is within a certain tier of pricing such that the decisions applied to the environmental settings of the facility are given priority during the certain times of the day according to the certain tier of pricing; wherein the decisions applied to the environmental settings of the facility given priority include at least precooling or preheating the facility during the times of the day when the certain tier of pricing is in effect,
uses weather forecast information to generate the decisions that are dynamically applied to the environmental settings of the facility according to the predictive analytics such that the weather forecast information is implemented to permit the facility to obtain a colder or warmer temperature during a preceding day prior to the certain times of the day of a following day than would otherwise be permitted, based on the weather forecast information of a future time period; wherein energy is conserved by ceasing to heat or cool the facility which would otherwise be heated or cooled during the preceding day prior to the certain times of the day of the following day according to the weather forecast information of the future time period, and
configures a calendar system for dynamically tracking occupancy of at least the portion of the facility, wherein the occupancy over time compared to an automatically detected real-time occupancy is considered as at least a portion of the environmentally-related data to generate the decisions; and wherein historical events known to generate a first number of actual occupants relative to a second number of invited occupants, the historical events and second number of invited occupants thereof specified previously within the calendar system, are used to effect at least the portion of the decisions notwithstanding the environmental settings are adjusted in real-time according to the automatically detected real-time occupancy comprising a total number of instant occupants.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the processor, pursuant to dynamically tracking occupancy, monitors an access to the at least the portion of the facility.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the processor at least one of:
monitors at least one local weather condition,
determines a historical usage of the at least the portion of the facility, and
determines a preferred temperature of the at least the portion of the facility.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the processor, previous to applying predictive analytics to the environmentally-related data, generates a total expected occupancy for each room in the facility.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the processor, pursuant to applying predictive analytics to the environmentally-related data to generate decisions that are dynamically applied to environmental settings of the facility, at least one of:
considers past trends of similar occupancy for at least a portion of the facility, and
considers historical weather information.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the processor, pursuant to applying predictive analytics to the environmentally-related data to generate decisions that are dynamically applied to environmental settings of the facility, considers current environmentally-related data to adjust

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Barajas Gonzalez Emmanuel
• Harrington Shaun E
• Mcgregor Harry
• Moore Christopher B

Classifications

• F24F11/64

  using pre-stored data · CPC title

• F24F11/47 Primary

  Responding to energy costs · CPC title

• F24F11/46

  Improving electric energy efficiency or saving · CPC title

• F24F2130/00

  Control inputs relating to environmental factors not covered by group F24F2110/00 · CPC title

• F24F2120/10

  Occupancy · CPC title