Energy-saving service offering method

Abstract

An energy saving support method includes the steps of performing an electric power saving operation with an inverter control operation of a facility including at least two of a motor, a pump blower and a fan together with an expense of an energy saving support service provider and/or its cooperatives, and obtaining a merit refund in accordance with an electric power saving.

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       7 . An energy saving support method, comprising the steps of: 
 performing an electric power saving operation with an inverter control operation of a facility including at least two of motor, pump blower and fan with an expense of an energy saving support service provider and/or its cooperatives; and    obtaining a merit refund in accordance with an electric power saving.    
   
   
       8 . An energy saving support method according to  claim 7 , further comprising the step of: 
 obtaining a charge in accordance with said merit refund.    
   
   
       9 . An energy saving support method according to  claim 7 , further comprising the step of: 
 charging and billing a charge in accordance with said merit refund to a user of said load facility.    
   
   
       10 . An energy saving support service offering method, comprising the steps of: 
 operating a load facility having a motor by using an inverter introduced with an expense of an energy saving support service provider and/or its cooperatives; and    obtaining a merit refund in response to a data corresponding to electric power saving.    
   
   
       11 . An energy saving support service offering method according to  claim 10 , further comprising the step of: 
 charging and billing a part or whole of said merit refund to a user of said load facility.    
   
   
       12 . An energy saving support service offering method, comprising the steps of: 
 obtaining a merit refund due to an electric power saving in response to an electric power saving data by performing an electric power saving operation with an inverter control operation of a facility including at least two of motor, pump blower and fan with an expense of an energy saving support service provider and/or its cooperatives.    
   
   
       13 . An energy support service offering method according to  claim 12 , further comprising the step of: 
 charging and billing a charge in accordance with said merit refund to a user of said load facility.    
   
   
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       17 . An energy saving operation method for a load facility, comprising the steps of: 
 estimating an electric power consumption by a user for a present load facility by measuring at least one predetermined parameter indicative of electric power consumption characteristic at a first predetermined interval;    introducing energy saving equipment to said load facility with user's economical expense being zero or minimized;    performing an energy saving equipment operation of said load facility;    a step for obtaining an energy saving device control operation data by measuring the actual electric power consumption and measuring at least one parameter indicative of the at least one predetermined parameter at at least a second predetermined interval;    calculating an electric power consumption of said present load facility without the energy saving equipment based upon the measured at least one parameter;    obtaining a difference between the calculated electric power consumption and the measured actual electric power consumption with an energy saving equipment control operation;    obtaining a merit refund based on an electric power consumption saving according to the obtained difference; and    charging and billing to a user of said load facility in accordance with said merit refund.    
   
   
       18 . An energy saving operation method according to  claim 17 , wherein the at least one predetermined parameter is a fluid characteristic.  
   
   
       19 . An energy saving operation method according to  claim 18 , wherein the fluid characteristic is at least one of fluid flow volume and pressure.  
   
   
       20 . An energy saving service offering method comprising the steps of: 
 providing a present electric power consumption data of a supervised load facility to a user who owns said supervised load facility and who attempts to save energy by measuring at least one predetermined parameter indicative of electric power consumption characteristic at a first predetermined interval;    providing energy saving equipment control operation data when installing energy saving equipment in said supervised load facility and performing a control operation by measuring the actual electric power consumption and measuring at least one parameter indicative of the at least one predetermined parameter at at least a second predetermined interval;    calculating an electric power consumption of said supervised load facility without the energy saving equipment based upon the measured at least one parameter;    providing a merit refund corresponding to a saved electric power consumption by referring to a difference between the calculated electric power consumption and the measured actual electric power consumption for said energy saving equipment control operation; and    performing a charge and billing operation in accordance with said merit refund based upon contract conditions established between an energy saving service provider and its contractor.    
   
   
       21 . An energy saving operation method according to  claim 20 , wherein the at least one predetermined parameter is a fluid characteristic.  
   
   
       22 . An energy saving operation method according to  claim 21 , wherein the fluid characteristic is at least one of fluid flow volume and pressure.  
   
   
       23 . An energy saving service offering method comprising the steps of: 
 providing a present electric power consumption data from an operation status of a supervised load facility by measuring at least one predetermined parameter indicative of electric power consumption characteristic at a first predetermined interval;    providing energy saving equipment control operation data when installing energy saving equipment in said supervised load facility and performing a control operation by said energy saving equipment by measuring the actual electric power consumption and measuring at least one parameter indicative of the at least one predetermined parameter at at least a second predetermined interval;    calculating an electric power consumption of the supervised load facility without the energy saving equipment based upon the measured at least one parameter;    calculating a merit refund corresponding to a saved electric power consumption by referring to a difference between the calculated electric power consumption and the measured actual electric power consumption for said energy saving equipment control operation;    establishing a contract in advance including an allocation of the merit refund between a user of said supervised load facility and a provider of said energy saving equipment; and    performing a charge and billing operation in accordance with the merit refund based upon contract conditions established between contractors.    
   
   
       24 . An energy saving operation method according to  claim 23 , wherein the at least one predetermined parameter is a fluid characteristic.  
   
   
       25 . An energy saving operation method according to  claim 24 , wherein the fluid characteristic is at least one of fluid flow volume and pressure.  
   
   
       26 . An energy saving service offering method comprising the steps of: 
 providing a present electric power consumption of an existing supervised load facility by measuring at least one predetermined parameter indicative of electric power consumption characteristic at a first predetermined interval;    adding energy saving equipment to said existing supervised load facility, and performing a control operation by said energy saving equipment, and providing an electric power consumption saving of said supervised load facility by measuring the actual electric power consumption and measuring at least one parameter indicative of the at least one predetermined parameter at at least a second predetermined interval;    calculating an electric power consumption of said existing supervised load facility without the added energy saving equipment based upon the measured at least one parameter;    calculating a merit refund based on the calculated electric power consumption and the measured actual electric power consumption of a supervised load facility including the energy saving equipment;    establishing a contract in advance including an allocation of a merit refund between a user of said supervised load facility and a provider of said energy saving equipment; and    sending electric power consumption saving data to a data collection system through a communication system, and    performing a charge and billing operation to said user in accordance with the merit refund defined by the contract.    
   
   
       27 . An energy saving operation method according to  claim 26 , wherein the at least one predetermined parameter is a fluid characteristic.  
   
   
       28 . An energy saving operation method according to  claim 27 , wherein the fluid characteristic is at least one of fluid flow volume and pressure.  
   
   
       29 . An energy saving service offering method comprising the steps of: 
 providing a present electric power consumption of an existing load facility by measuring at least one predetermined parameter indicative of electric power consumption characteristic at a first predetermined interval;    introducing energy saving equipment to said existing supervised load facility, and performing a control operation of said energy saving equipment, and providing an electric power consumption saving of a supervised load facility by measuring the actual electric power consumption and measuring at least one parameter indicative of the at least one predetermined parameter at at least a second predetermined interval;    calculating an electric power consumption of said existing load facility without the energy saving equipment based upon the measured at least one parameter;    calculating a merit refund based on the calculated electric power consumption and the measured actual electric power consumption of said supervised load facility including the energy saving equipment;    establishing a contract in advance including an allocation of a merit refund between a user of said supervised load facility and a provider of said energy saving equipment; and    performing a charge and billing operation to said user in accordance with the merit refund defined by the contract.    
   
   
       30 . An energy saving service offering method according to  claim 29 , further comprising the steps of: 
 sending electric power consumption saving data to a data collection system through a communication system    
   
   
       31 . An energy saving operation method according to  claim 29 , wherein the at least one predetermined parameter is a fluid characteristic.  
   
   
       32 . An energy saving operation method according to  claim 31 , wherein the fluid characteristic is at least one of fluid flow volume and pressure.  
   
   
       33 . An energy saving service offering method comprising the steps of: 
 providing a present electric power consumption of an existing supervised load facility by measuring at least one predetermined parameter indicative of electric power consumption characteristic at a first predetermined interval;    installing a load facility including energy saving equipment for replacing said existing supervised load facility, and performing a control operation of said energy saving equipment by measuring the actual electric power consumption and measuring at least one parameter indicative of the at least one predetermined parameter at at least a second predetermined interval, and providing an electric power consumption saving of said load facility having said energy saving equipment;    calculating an electric power consumption of said existing supervised load facility without the energy saving equipment based upon the measured at least one parameter;    calculating a merit refund based on the calculated electric power consumption and the measured actual electric power consumption of said load facility including said energy saving equipment;    establishing a contract in advance including an allocation of the merit refund between a user of said load facility and a provider of said energy saving device; and    performing a charge and billing operation to said user in accordance with the merit refund defined by the contract.    
   
   
       34 . An energy saving service offering method according to  claim 33 , further comprising the step of: 
 sending electric power consumption saving data to a data collection system through a communication system.    
   
   
       35 . An energy saving operation method according to  claim 33 , wherein the at least one predetermined parameter is a fluid characteristic.  
   
   
       36 . An energy saving operation method according to  claim 35 , wherein the fluid characteristic is at least one of fluid flow volume and pressure.  
   
   
       37 . An energy saving service offering apparatus comprising: 
 a supervisory unit installed at a supervised load facility used for operation status supervision which obtains actual operation data by measuring actual electric power consumption and measuring at least one parameter representative of at least one predetermined parameter indicative of electric power consumption characteristic at a first predetermined interval;    means for transmitting the actual operation data based on a control operation by energy saving equipment installed at said supervised load facility from said supervisory unit through a communication system;    an arithmetic unit for calculating an electric power consumption saving based on a difference between a calculated electric power consumption of a load facility without energy saving equipment based upon the measured at least one parameter and measured actual electric power consumption with energy saving equipment operation; and    a processor for calculating a merit refund based on a computation result of said arithmetic unit, and performing a charge and billing operation in accordance with the merit refund based upon a contract condition established between contractors.    
   
   
       38 . An energy saving operation method according to  claim 37 , wherein the at least one predetermined parameter is a fluid characteristic.  
   
   
       39 . An energy saving operation method according to  claim 38 , wherein the fluid characteristic is at least one of fluid flow volume and pressure.  
   
   
       40 . An energy saving service offering apparatus comprising: 
 a supervisory unit for operation status supervision of a contracted supervised load facility;    means for collecting actual energy saving device operation data based on a control operation by energy saving equipment installed in said supervised load facility from said supervisory unit by measuring actual electric power consumption and measuring at least one parameter representative of at least one predetermined parameter indicative of electric power consumption characteristic at a first predetermined interval;    an arithmetic unit for calculating an electric power consumption saving based on a difference between calculated electric power consumption of a load facility without energy saving equipment based upon the measured at least one parameter and the measured actual electric power consumption for energy saving device operation;    an operation status data collection system including an output circuit for providing a calculation result by said arithmetic unit onto LAN or a telephone line; and    a processor for calculating a merit refund based on a provided computation result, and performing a charge and billing operation in accordance with the merit refund based upon a contract condition established between contractors.    
   
   
       41 . An energy saving operation method according to  claim 40 , wherein the at least one predetermined parameter is a fluid characteristic.  
   
   
       42 . An energy saving operation method according to  claim 41 , wherein the fluid characteristic is at least one of fluid flow volume and pressure.