US 6,983,210 B2
Energy management system, energy management method, and unit for providing information on energy-saving recommended equipment
Shigeaki Matsubayashi, Ikoma (Japan); and Sachio Nagamitsu, Kyoto (Japan)
Assigned to Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka (Japan)
Filed on Jun. 18, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/870,005.
Claims priority of application No. 2003-176460 (JP), filed on Jun. 20, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2004/0260490 A1, Dec. 23, 2004
Int. Cl. G06F 19/00 (2006.01); G01R 15/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 702—60 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An energy management system, comprising:
an equipment-information obtaining means for obtaining equipment information on how equipment has been used;
an energy-saving equipment-information storing means for storing energy-saving equipment information on the performance of a plurality of pieces of energy-saving equipment whose energy consumption is more efficient than that of the equipment;
an energy-saving recommended-equipment information creating means for obtaining energy-saving equipment information from the energy-saving equipment-information storing means, then based on the obtained energy-saving equipment information and the equipment information obtained by the equipment-information obtaining means, from among the plurality of pieces of energy-saving equipment, selecting, as energy-saving recommended equipment, energy-saving equipment according to how the equipment has been used, and creating energy-saving recommended-equipment information on the selected energy-saving recommended equipment; and
a displaying means for displaying the energy-saving recommended-equipment information created by the energy-saving recommended-equipment information creating means.