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  Energy service business method and systemUSPTO Application #: 20070094043Title: Energy service business method and system Abstract: An energy service business system includes a database which stores past data about an energy consumption of a facility before taking energy-saving measures, a measurer which measures present data of the energy consumption after taking the energy-saving measures, and a calculator which calculates energy curtailment quantities facility before and after taking the energy-saving measures. The past data in the database are stored in a form correlated with data of a production quantity, and the measurer measures the present data of the energy consumption together with data of the production quantity after taking the energy-saving measures. The calculator retrieves the past data having production quantity data within a set allowable range corresponding to the measured present data having production quantity data, and calculates the energy curtailment quantities by comparing the retrieved past data having production quantity data and the measured present data having the production quantity data. (end of abstract) Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP - Arlington, VA, US Inventors: Masaaki Bannai, Junichi Chiba, Kenichi Kuwabara, Sadakazu Kamo USPTO Applicaton #: 20070094043 - Class: 705001000 (USPTO) Related Patent Categories: Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management, Or Cost/price Determination, Automated Electrical Financial Or Business Practice Or Management Arrangement The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070094043. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/843,736, filed Apr. 30, 2001, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to energy service business method and system. [0004] 2. Description of the Related Art [0005] There is an increasing interest in the world in global warming and environmental preservation, and efforts for improvement are internationally made. For example, it is demanded to take energy-saving measures to business enterprises of plants and buildings, major energy consumers, to determine energy-saving target values, and achieve such target values within a certain period of time. [0006] Research and development efforts of energy-saving techniques are made in various fields under these circumstances, including, for example, research and development of energy-saving equipment and facilities for curtailing the energy consumption, and energy-saving measures based on specific operating method or controlling method of energy-saving object facilities. In this specification, all these energy-saving equipments, energy-saving facilities, energy-saving operation and control will be called generically energy-saving facilities or measures. [0007] In general, business enterprises demand to collect the investment cost for taking energy-saving measures by means of an energy cost capable of being curtailed through energy conservation. In addition, if the investment cost can be collected within the shortest possible period of time, it would largely promote energy-saving measures. [0008] However, while a reference of about three years is generally believed to be desirable for collection of invested funds to be examined when an enterprise makes an equipment investment, achievement of a high energy conservation target value would require five to six years for collecting the invested funds. If the amount of curtailment of energy costs through energy conservation is smaller than initially expected, furthermore, investment collection would require more years, resulting in a problem of difficulty to adopt measures for achieving a high energy-saving target value. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0009] Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to make it easier to apply energy-saving measures. [0010] To solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention permits easier introduction of energy-saving measures by creating the following energy service businesses. [0011] A first form of management is characterized in that the investment cost for energy-saving measure is derived from contribution of funds by energy service enterprises and energy conservation effect, i.e., curtailment of the energy costs. More specifically, the process comprises the steps of applying energy-saving measures to object facilities at the cost of an energy service enterprise, measuring the energy consumption after taking energy-saving measures, and calculating the amount of curtailment of the energy costs by comparing the thus measured value with the energy consumption before taking the energy-saving measures previously stored in a database, and allowing the energy service enterprise to receive at least a part of the amount of curtailment. According to this form of management, the customer, not required to make an equipment investment for taking energy-saving measures and plan collection thereof, is easier to introduce energy-saving measures. As a result, introduction of energy-saving measures is encouraged, and inhibition of global warming and preservation of environments are promoted. [0012] In this case, it is desirable to store the energy consumption before taking energy-saving measures, together with attribute data of variable factors of the energy consumption, in the database, measuring the energy consumption after taking the energy-saving measures, together with the attribute data, and compare the measured value with the energy consumption before taking the energy-saving measures corresponding to the measured attribute data. The attribute data is characterized by being at least one of temperature, humidity and load quantity of the object equipment. It is desirable to retrieve a plurality of past data corresponding to a plurality of attribute data approximating the measured attribute data, perform calculation for estimating past data corresponding to the measured attribute data from the plurality of past data, and compare the measured data with the calculated past estimated data. [0013] The amount received by the energy service enterprise should preferably be determined with reference to the operating hours or the operating rate of the object equipment. When the quantity of energy curtailment is under a predetermined reference value, the energy service enterprise provides maintenance or improvement without compensation of the equipment to which the energy saving is applied so as to satisfy the reference value. [0014] More specifically, the amount received by the energy service enterprise is, when the total amount of the fixed costs such as depreciation and tax and tariffs for a single fiscal year for taking energy-saving measures and the variable costs such as maintenance cost of energy-saving equipment is Q, the annual amount of curtailment of energy costs is P, and .alpha. and .beta. are positive coefficients (where .alpha.>.beta.): [0015] X1% of curtailment amount of energy cost when P.gtoreq..alpha.Q; [0016] X2% of curtailment amount of energy costs when 62 Q..ltoreq.P<.alpha.Q (where, X1<X2); and [0017] a predetermined amount when P<.beta.Q. [0018] X2 is calculable by the following formula: X2=X1+(.alpha.-P/Q)(100-X1)/(.alpha.-.beta.). [0019] In this case, the amount collected by the energy service enterprise is determinable on the basis of the operating hours or the operating rate of the energy-saving object equipment or the energy-saving equipment. The energy service enterprise can receive an amount of collection in response to an amount of energy cost curtailment calculated periodically (every three months, for example). [0020] When the quantity of energy curtailment is smaller than an assured value, the energy service enterprise performs maintenance of the energy-saving equipment or improvement thereof so as to satisfy the assured value. [0021] The customer and the energy service enterprise may share the installation cost of the energy-saving equipment to install the same. In this case, the energy service enterprise receives an amount calculated by distributing the amount of energy cost curtailment in accordance with the share thereof. Continue reading... Full patent description for Energy service business method and system Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Energy service business method and system patent application. 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