Auction-based control system for energy resource management in a building

Invention: Auction-based control system for energy resource management in a building

Year	Description
1993	Invention patented by Scott H. Clearwater on December 7th, 1993. Abstract: An auction-based apparatus and method for supplying temperature conditioned air. Each room in an office building makes a bid based on a difference between an actual temperature of the room and a desired temperature of the room. Each room submits the respective bid to a centralized computer that consummates sales based on an auction price. The centralized computer controls the amount of temperature conditioned air supplied to each of the respective rooms based on the consummated sales.
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