Abstract: A content output apparatus includes a management unit configured to manage preference information relating to a preference regarding content and mode information relating to an output mode of content, a content decision unit configured to decide content to be output, based on the preference information or independently of the preference information, a mode decision unit configured to decide an output mode of the decided content based on the mode information, an output unit configured to output the decided content, in the decided output mode, and an acquisition unit configured to acquire a reaction of a user to the output content. The management unit changes the mode information, if the reaction of the user is negative and the output content is content decided independently of the preference information.

Abstract: A method of integrated environmental control for shared locations includes determining, by a processor of an indoor environment planning system, an occupancy schedule for users scheduled to be at a shared location. The processor of the indoor environment planning system determines a plurality of occupant indoor environmental setting preferences for the users scheduled to be at the shared location based on the occupancy schedule and a weighted set point for a building system operable to adjust an indoor environment at the shared location based on the occupant indoor environmental setting preferences for the users scheduled to be at the shared location. The processor of the indoor environment planning system determines an adjusted set point schedule for the shared location to transition between a previously planned set point and the weighted set point. A control device of the building system is operated based on the adjusted set point schedule.

Abstract: A method and system for energy improvement verification of buildings. An energy improvement learning method includes receiving building characteristic information related to an existing building constructed in the past and a diagnosis result of energy diagnosis performed based on the building characteristic information, receiving a result of renovating the existing building using energy saving schemes suitable for the diagnosis result, and generating an energy improvement learning model for the existing building by learning the building characteristic information and the renovation result.

Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods, and software for preserving timestamp data in an industrial automation environment. In one implementation, one or more computer-readable storage media having program instructions stored thereon to preserve timestamp data in an industrial automation environment, wherein the program instructions, when executed by a computing system, direct the computing system to at least receive, at a controller, event data of an event from an electronic device, wherein the event data comprises a status of the event and the timestamp of the event. The program instructions also direct the computing system to determine an identification value based on the event data and load the status of the event, the timestamp of the event, and the identification value to a queue within the controller. The timestamp of the event includes the timestamp transmitted from the electronic device.

Abstract: A method of controlling an HVAC system including a motor having five taps, an HVAC controller connected to the motor, and a mobile device includes receiving user input identification of the motor on a user interface of the mobile device. A plurality of operating conditions and more than five speed settings available for the identified motor are displayed on the user interface. The method includes receiving from the user a selected speed of the speed settings for a first operating condition of the plurality of operating conditions, and transmitting the selected speed and the associated first operating condition to the HVAC controller for use in controlling a speed of the motor during the plurality of operating conditions.

Abstract: A method and system for tracking and targeting particular energy sources in an electrical grid is provided. A processor stores information regarding units of produced energy as transactions in a blockchain. A processor receives, from an endpoint device of a plurality of endpoint devices connected to a power grid, a request for a unit of energy represented in the blockchain. A processor sends an indication, to the endpoint device, that the endpoint device is permitted to consume the unit of energy from the power grid. A processor updates the blockchain to record the consumption of the unit of energy.

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a system that may be configured to operate a power grid, including generation participants, consumers, and electric storage resources (ESRs), by: managing, via the generation participants, a state of charge (SOC) for the ESRs, an operational constraint, minimum and maximum offer parameters, minimum and maximum SOCs, and transition times between charging and discharging, the parameters including charge or discharge time and charge or discharge limits; treating different online modes as a must run commitment status, the modes including discharging, charging, and continuous; and committing an ESR offering an emergency discharge commitment status or an emergency charge commitment status to address a maximum generation emergency condition or a minimum generation emergency condition, respectively.

Abstract: Systems and methods for coordinating network and control parameters of a power distribution system (PDS) with interconnected microgrids in response to a subset of interconnected microgrids entering island-mode due to a predicted future disaster, generating samples of network and control parameter combinations, determining optimal adjustments of network and control parameters with respect to the disaster condition, determining optimal set of network and control parameters to be reinforced or adjusted, activating the parameter adjustments and reinforcements on the determined tie lines and PCCs of the microgrids.

Abstract: A system and method prevent product-type contamination in a bulk liquid storage tank. A control unit receives an indication of a storage product type in the bulk storage and a delivery product type in the tanker truck. The control unit compares the delivery product type with the storage product type and controls delivery based on a result of the comparison.

Abstract: A building management system including building equipment operable to affect a variable state or condition of a building. The building management system includes a controller including a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to obtain an energy prediction model (EPM) for predicting energy requirements over time. The processing circuit is configured to monitor one or more triggering events to determine if the EPM should be retrained. The processing circuit is configured to, in response to detecting that a triggering event has occurred, identify updated values of one or more hyper-parameters of the EPM. The processing circuit is configured to operate the building equipment based on the EPM.

Abstract: An integrated actuator coil and decoder module for use in decoder-based irrigation control systems, and related methods of manufacture and installation, are provided herein. In one implementation, an irrigation control device comprises a body, decoder circuitry located within the body, a coil located within the body and coupled to the decoder circuitry, the coil adapted to develop an electromagnetic flux sufficient to cause actuation of a device controlling irrigation equipment in response to signaling from the decoder circuitry. Also included is an electrical connection coupled to the decoder circuitry and adapted to couple to a control wire path of a decoder-based irrigation control system. The decoder circuitry and the coil are integrated into a single device.

Abstract: A building management system (BMS) includes a storage device having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations. The operations include receiving an indication of an event relating to building equipment operable to serve spaces of a building, the indication identifying at least one of a space or a type of equipment associated with the event, determining, based on the indication, that the one or more criteria are satisfied for a first filter of a plurality of filters, each filter of the plurality of filters associated with a subset of users and specifying one or more criteria for satisfying the filter, the one or more criteria comprising at least one of a space criterion or an equipment criterion, and providing a notification of the event to the subset of users associated with the first filter in response to a determination that the one or more criteria are satisfied for the first filter.

Abstract: An apparatus and methods are disclosed for monitoring the operation of an electrical power-transfer system and detecting and handling hazardous and undesirable system states. In accordance with one embodiment, an electrical signal is injected into the electrical power-transfer system. During or after the injection of the electrical signal, the following are measured: (1) an electrical property between a first sensor and a second sensor to obtain a first measurement, (2) the electrical property between the second sensor and a third sensor to obtain a second measurement, and (3) the electrical property between the first sensor and the third sensor to obtain a third measurement. The electrical power-transfer system is determined to be in a hazardous state based on the first measurement, the second measurement, and the third measurement, and in response to the determination one or more actions are performed to correct the hazardous state.

Abstract: A method for managing a power load of a grid includes performing a statistic-based distribution estimation of a composite load model using static and dynamic models with Gibbs sampling; deriving a distribution estimation of load model coefficients; and controlling grid power based on a simulation, a prediction, a stability analysis or a reliability analysis with the load model coefficients.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods, systems, and devices for detecting an operational mode of a building component of an environmental control system. In some instances, the apparatus may include a sensor for outputting a signal related to a measure of power drawn by the building component. The sensor may be a current sensor associated with a power cord of an air conditioning unit. The signal output by the sensor may be received by a signal conditioning circuit for conditioning the signal received from the sensor such as, for example, by amplifying and/or filtering. A comparator may be configured to compare the conditioned signal to a specified threshold associated with an ON condition and/or an OFF condition of the building component. The apparatus may include a wireless interface configured to wirelessly transmit a determination of whether the building component is ON or OFF based on the result determined by the comparator.

Abstract: A method is provided for smoothing of an overall load curve. The method includes aggregation of a plurality of elementary load curves. In one example, the method makes provision to determine (S1) a regulation period di associated with the load i; determine and store each elementary load curve by obtaining (S2) a plurality of measured consumption samples with a sampling period Tech that is a submultiple of each regulation period di. Starting from a reference time common to all of the loads, the method time-shifts (S3) the operation of each load i by a random shift ?ti depending on the sampling period Tech, on the regulation period di determined for the load i and on a random integer value Ni associated with the load i.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: setting a target power demand corresponding to a consumer, and performing a process. The process includes: determining an actual power demand presented to a utility by the consumer, and determining a current error. The current error is the difference between the actual power demand and the target power demand. A determination is also made as to whether the actual power demand is adjustable in a direction that reduces the current error. In response to determining that the actual power demand is adjustable in the direction that reduces the current error, the current error is reduced by adjusting the actual power demand. Moreover, in response to determining that the actual power demand is not adjustable in the direction that reduces the current error, the target power demand is modified.

Abstract: A 3D laser machining system comprises: a move state simulation unit that simulates a move state of a machining head using 3D CAD data about a workpiece containing material information defining thermophysical properties and 3D CAD data about a machining head under a condition of moving the machining head relative to the workpiece while the machining head is maintained at a predetermined angle a predetermined distance along a machining line in virtual space; a thermal fluid simulation unit that conducts non-stationary thermal fluid simulation for obtaining a temperature distribution in a region covering the workpiece to be changed by the move of the machining head outputting a laser beam; and a machining condition setting unit that sets a laser machining condition containing a relative move condition for the machining head and a laser beam output condition before laser machining on the basis of results of the simulations.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying an air-conditioning circuit, and an air conditioner.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward a method that includes logging offset data of a machine over a period of operational time having varying thermal conditions, comparing the logged offset data against a thermal model, estimating offsets for the machine based on the comparing, and adjusting offsets of the machine during operation.