Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090132097 | VIRTUAL COOLING INFRASTRUCTURE - A virtual cooling infrastructure includes a demand manager having logical descriptions of a plurality of heat loads and the demand manager is configured to determine cooling load demands of the heat loads. The infrastructure also includes a capacity manager having logical descriptions of a plurality of cooling system components configured to supply cooling resources to cool the heat loads. The infrastructure further includes a service operator configured to map the cooling resources of the cooling system components to the cooling load demands of the heat loads. | 05-21-2009 |
20090138305 | MANAGEMENT OF A SERVICE PERFORMING STRUCTURE - In a method of managing a structure configured to perform a service a net power value for implementing the structure is determined. A structure available energy value is calculated from the net power value and a fuel available energy value is calculated from the structure available energy value. The fuel available energy value is a function of the structure available energy value and an environmental sustainability of the structure. In addition, the structure is managed based upon the calculated fuel available energy value. | 05-28-2009 |
20090327012 | COOLING RESOURCE CAPACITY ALLOCATION USING LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS - In a method of determining cooling resource capacity allocations for resource units in a shared environment for optimized operations, cost parameters associated with operating the resource units in at least one of delivering and receiving cooling resources are identified, one or more constraints associated with operating the resource units are identified, in which at least one of the one or more constraints comprises meeting at least a total cooling demand of components in the shared environment, a cost function that correlates the plurality of identified cost parameters is developed, a minimized cost function is solved for through application of a Lagrange multiplier subject to the identified one or more constraints, and cooling resource capacity allocations for the resource units that result in optimized operations in the shared environment based upon the minimized cost function solution are determined. | 12-31-2009 |
20100101236 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HAVING THERMOELECTRIC MODULES - A thermal management system includes a first thermoelectric module, a second thermoelectric module, and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger has a pipe having a first section, a second section and an intermediate section arranged between the first section and the second section. The intermediate section maintains the first section and the second section in spaced apart planes and the first thermoelectric module is thermally attached to the first section and the second thermoelectric module is thermally attached to the second section. The first thermoelectric module is spaced apart from the second thermoelectric module to enable fluid to flow between the first thermoelectric module and the second thermoelectric module. | 04-29-2010 |
20100179794 | MULTI-VARIABLE CONTROL-BASED OPTIMIZATION TO ACHIEVE TARGET GOAL - In a computer-implemented method of designing at least one system to achieve a target goal, an inventory of a plurality of variables that affect the design of the at least one system is created, where the inventory includes a feasibility range for each of the plurality of variables contained in the inventory is created. In addition, initial values are assigned for the plurality of variables in the inventory and a model of input to output correlations of the plurality of variables is created by commissioning the plurality of variables from the initial values. Moreover, a design of the at least one system to achieve the target goal is optimized by manipulating one or more of the plurality of variables through application of the model. | 07-15-2010 |
20110004349 | Exergy Based Evaluation Of An Infrastructure - In a method of evaluating an infrastructure having a plurality of components based upon exergy loss values, exergy loss values of the components are aggregated. In addition, at least one of the components in the infrastructure is controlled based upon the aggregated exergy loss values. | 01-06-2011 |
20110029152 | Management System Operable Under Multiple Metric Levels - A system for managing a structure having cooling fluid configured to flow around and absorb heat from components contained in the structure includes a plurality of separate cooling mechanisms configured to absorb heat from the cooling fluid. At least two of the plurality of separate cooling mechanisms have at least one different level of a metric with respect to each other. The system also includes a controller configured to implement the plurality of separate cooling mechanisms in a staged manner to remove heat from the cooling fluid. The staged manner includes implementing the cooling mechanism having a relatively lower at least one metric level first and implementing a cooling mechanism having a relatively higher at least one metric level last, to cool the structure. | 02-03-2011 |
20110035243 | TECHNOLOGY REPLACEMENT COST ESTIMATION USING ENVIRONMENTAL COST CONSIDERATIONS - In a method of estimating a replacement cost associated with an existing technology performed by a processor, one or more costs associated with implementing the existing technology are obtained, in which the one or more costs include an environmental cost and a utility cost associated with implementing the existing technology. In addition, an existing net benefit of continuing implementation of the existing technology based upon the obtained one or more costs are calculated. | 02-10-2011 |
20110099043 | Infrastructure System Management Based Upon Evaluated Reliability - In a method of managing a structure having an infrastructure system, a plurality of candidate components configured to provide redundancy to the infrastructure system are identified. Reliability levels of the structure are evaluated with a plurality of different combinations of candidate components. In addition, the structure is managed based upon the evaluated reliability levels. | 04-28-2011 |
20110106501 | AUTOMATED DESIGN OF AN IT INFRASTRUCTURE - A method for automated design of an IT infrastructure, includes a) identifying IT equipment to support services to be provided to meet one or more user requirements; b) identifying one or more auxiliary infrastructures to meet requirements of the identified computer equipment; c) synthesizing the IT equipment and the one or more auxiliary infrastructures to generate a candidate design; d) analyzing one or more operating characteristics of the candidate design; e) repeating steps a)-d) on at least one additional candidate design that differs from the candidate design generated at step c); and f) storing at least one of the candidate design and the at least one additional candidate design. | 05-05-2011 |
20110112694 | Cooling Medium Distribution Over A Network Of Passages - A system for managing distribution of a cooling medium includes a sensor configured to detect a condition, a first agent configured to receive the detected condition and to determine whether a characteristic of the cooling medium controlled via a first actuator is to be manipulated based upon the detected condition. The system also includes a second agent configured to receive at least one of the detected condition and the flow manipulation determination of the first actuator and to determine whether a characteristic of the cooling medium controlled by a second actuator is to be manipulated based upon the at least one of the detected condition and the characteristic manipulation determination of the first actuator. | 05-12-2011 |
20110270464 | DISTRIBUTION OF COOLING RESOURCES USING HIERARCHICALLY IDENTIFIED COOLING MICROGRIDS - In a method for distributing cooling resources to a plurality of locations using a plurality of hierarchically identified cooling microgrids, conditions detected at the plurality of locations are received. Each level of the hierarchically identified cooling microgrids is a plurality of resource actuators configured to vary distribution of the cooling resources. Settings for the plurality of resource actuators in each of the levels in the cooling microgrid hierarchy that substantially maintain conditions at the plurality of locations within predetermined ranges are determined using a processor, while substantially optimizing at least one measure of performance associated with supplying the cooling resources to the plurality of locations. | 11-03-2011 |
20110295443 | MANAGING AN INFRASTRUCTURE HAVING A 3D PACKAGE AND COOLING RESOURCE ACTUATORS - An apparatus for managing an infrastructure having one or more three-dimensional (3D) packages and a plurality of cooling resource actuators, each of the 3D packages including a plurality of heat sources, includes a heat source manager configured to determine heat load profiles of the heat sources. The apparatus also includes a cooling resource manager configured to determine capabilities of the plurality of cooling resource actuators to meet heat load demands of the plurality of heat sources based on the heat load profiles of the plurality of heat sources and an integrated thermal manager configured to match the capabilities of the plurality of cooling resource actuators to the heat load profiles of the plurality of heat sources. | 12-01-2011 |
20110307110 | MANAGEMENT OF A VIRTUAL POWER INFRASTRUCTURE - A virtual power infrastructure for managing distribution of power to a plurality of power demanding units from a plurality of power generators includes a demand manager having logical descriptions of the power demanding units, in which the demand manager is configured to determine power load demands of the power demanding units using the logical descriptions of the power demanding units, and a capacity manager having logical descriptions of the power generators. The capacity manager is configured to determine allocation of power capacity supplied to the power generators from one or more of the power generators to meet the power load demands of the power demanding units, while satisfying one or more predetermined constraints associated with at least one of the power demanding units and the power generators. | 12-15-2011 |
20110320368 | DETERMINING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT - Disclosed embodiments relate to determining environmental impact. For example, a method for determining environmental impact may include receiving, by an electronic device, environmental information indicative of an aggregate environmental impact of an activity performed by multiple entities, receiving, by the electronic device, financial information related to an entity's association with the activity, and determining, by the electronic device, the environmental impact of the entity based on the environmental information and the financial information. The method may further include outputting, by the electronic device, the determined environmental impact. | 12-29-2011 |
20120109391 | MANAGING ENERGY DEMAND IN AN INFRASTRUCTURE - In a method for managing energy demand in an infrastructure, a coefficient of performance (COP) of the infrastructure as a function of time is determined. The COP is a measure of efficiency of the infrastructure. In addition, an energy demand on the infrastructure as a function of time is determined and an energy demand schedule for the infrastructure that temporally reallocates the energy demand based upon the determined COP of the infrastructure is determined. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109605 | MANAGING AN INFRASTRUCTURE - In a method for managing an infrastructure, a utilization of a plurality of infrastructure components in performing an objective is simulated. In addition, a resource demand for the infrastructure associated with the simulated utilization of the infrastructure components is determined and a supply of resources by a plurality of available sources to meet the determined resource demand is simulated. Moreover, at least one metric associated with the determined resource demand and the simulated supply of resources by the plurality of available sources is determined. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109619 | GENERATING A RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR AN INFRASTRUCTURE - In a method for generating a resource management plan for an infrastructure, a resource supply available from a combination of resource sources is determined, an operation of the infrastructure in performing an objective using the determined supply of resources is simulated, in which the simulation is to simulate resource demand of a plurality of infrastructure components in performing the objective, a metric(s) associated with operating the infrastructure based upon the simulation is determined, a determination as to whether the metric(s) satisfies a predetermined goal(s) is made, the resources supplied and/or the simulation of the resource demand of the plurality of infrastructure components is modified in response to the at least one metric failing to satisfy the predetermined goal(s), and a resource management plan for the infrastructure that has been determined to result in the metric(s) satisfying the predetermined goal(s) is generated. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109662 | MANAGING REPLACEMENT OF AN EXISTING COMPONENT - In a method of managing replacement of at least one existing component with at least one replacement component, in which the at least one replacement component comprises a different number of components than the at least one existing component, at least one cost associated with implementing the at least one existing component is obtained. The at least one cost includes an environmental cost and a utility cost associated with implementing the at least one existing component. An existing net benefit of continuing implementation of the at least one existing component is calculated based upon the obtained at least one cost. A new net benefit of at least one of procuring and implementing the at least one replacement component is calculated. | 05-03-2012 |
20120182873 | System and method for tree assessment - Tree assessment systems and methods are disclosed. An example of a method includes building a system tree in computer-readable medium, the system tree having a plurality of nodes, each node in the system tree representing a characteristic of a component of a system under consideration. The method also includes comparing nodes of the system tree stored in computer-readable medium, with nodes in other trees to identify at least one similar node for identifying similar trees. The method also includes extracting extracting a most similar tree from the similar trees based on the at least one similar node. The method also includes assigning characteristics from the most similar tree to the system tree. | 07-19-2012 |
20120182904 | System and method for component substitution - Component substitution systems and methods are provided. An example of a method includes building a system tree having a plurality of nodes, each node in the system tree representing a characteristic of a component of a system under consideration. The method also includes comparing nodes of the system tree with nodes in other trees to identify common nodes. The method also includes generating a new tree for the system under consideration by replacing at least one of the common nodes in the system tree with at least one of the nodes in the other trees. | 07-19-2012 |
20120185422 | Node similarity for component substitution - Systems and methods of determining node similarity for component substitution. An example of a method may be carried out by program code stored on non-transient computer-readable medium and executed by a processor. The method includes estimating a normalized similarity metric between the plurality of nodes in the system tree and nodes in other trees. The method also includes assigning a similarity score to each compared node using at least one of: domain based rules, attribute based similarity metrics, and machine learning. The method also includes combining results for cluster analysis. | 07-19-2012 |
20120185477 | System and method for supplying missing impact factors in a database - Systems and methods of supplying missing impact factors in a database. An example of a method is carried out by program code stored on non-transient computer-readable medium and executed by a processor. The method includes providing a matrix of each tree in the database in computer-readable medium, with each dimension in the matrix representing a node of the tree, and each of another dimension in the matrix representing an impact factor for a component of a system under consideration. The method also includes identifying at least one missing impact factor in the matrix. The method also includes estimating the missing impact factor and populating the estimated impact factor in the matrix in the computer-readable medium. | 07-19-2012 |
20120185483 | System and method for tree creation - Tree creation systems and methods are disclosed. An example of a method includes building a system tree in computer-readable medium, the system tree having a plurality of nodes, each node in the system tree representing a desired range of characteristics of a component of a system under consideration. The method also includes identifying probable nodes in other trees that satisfy the desired range of characteristics of the component of the system under consideration. The method also includes creating in computer-readable medium at least one new tree for the system under consideration by replacing at least one of the nodes in the system tree with at least one of the probable nodes from the other trees. | 07-19-2012 |
20120185489 | Sub-tree similarity for component substitution - Systems and methods of determining sub-tree similarity for component substitution. An example of a method may be carried out by program code stored on non-transient computer-readable medium and executed by a processor. The method includes assigning a similarity metric to a plurality of trees stored in computer-readable media. The method also includes constructing a distance matrix in computer-readable media, the distance being between sub-trees. The method also includes correlating sub-trees in the computer-readable media based on the distance matrix. | 07-19-2012 |
20120185508 | System deconstruction for component substitution - System deconstruction systems and methods for component substitution. An example method is carried out by program code stored on non-transient computer-readable medium and executed by a processor. The method includes deconstructing a system tree in computer-readable medium, the system tree deconstructing into a plurality of constituent nodes, each node in the system tree representing a characteristic of a component of a system under consideration. The method also includes searching within a band of variability in other trees for similar nodes. The method also includes qualifying the other trees based on a frequency of the similar nodes in the other trees. The method also includes selecting most relevant nodes from the other trees by at least one of: prioritizing the similar nodes, terminating nodes, and searching nodes hierarchically. | 07-19-2012 |
20120197652 | DETERMINING AN ENTITY'S SHARE OF ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL BURDEN - Disclosed examples relate to determining an entity's share of economic contribution and environmental burden. In one example, a processor estimates an entity's share of an economic contribution created by an activity relative to multiple entities. In one example, a processor estimates an entity's share of environmental burden caused by an activity relative to multiple entities. In one example, a processor determines an entity's impact related to an activity based on the entity's share of economic contribution and share of environmental burden related to the activity. | 08-02-2012 |
20120203381 | MANAGING AN INFRASTRUCTURE HOUSING DISAGGREGATED HEAT SOURCES - In a method for managing an infrastructure housing a plurality of disaggregated heat sources, in which a first disaggregated heat source has different heat dissipation characteristics as compared with a second disaggregated heat source, cooling requirements for the disaggregated heat sources are determined, in which the first disaggregated heat source and the second disaggregated heat source are to be positioned in separate homogeneous zones of the infrastructure. In addition, a respective available cooling resource is associated with the disaggregated heat sources based upon the determined cooling requirements of the disaggregated heat sources. | 08-09-2012 |
20120297385 | INTERACTIVE SERVICE MANAGEMENT - In one implementation, an interactive service management system includes a performance profile module and a performance evaluation module. The performance profile modules defines a performance measure of an interactive service based on a quality assessment associated with the interactive service. The performance evaluation module compares the performance measure with performance target associated with the interactive service, and modifies the performance target associated with the interactive service based on the comparison of the performance measure and the performance target. | 11-22-2012 |
20130094138 | COMPUTER RACKS - Example computer racks to improve environmental sustainability in data centers are disclosed. An example computer rack includes a spine ( | 04-18-2013 |
20130110306 | MANAGING MULTIPLE COOLING SYSTEMS IN A FACILITY | 05-02-2013 |
20130116803 | MANAGING THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF A STRUCTURE - Carbon footprint management for structures is disclosed. In an example, a method includes determining a value of a first carbon footprint of the structure when operated at an existing demand for a first time period, and comparing the value of the first carbon footprint to a value of a prorated carbon cap of the structure for the first time period. If the first carbon footprint is less than or equal to the prorated carbon cap, the structure is operated for a second time period according to the existing demand or other demand that keeps a second carbon footprint of the structure below a prorated carbon cap for the second time period. Otherwise, the demand is adjusted to bring the second carbon footprint to approximate the prorated carbon cap for the second time period, and the structure is operated according to the adjusted demand for the second time period. | 05-09-2013 |
20130226525 | Determining Sustainability Of A Data Center - Determining a sustainability impact for available data center architectures. A data center is accessed by a computer. Two or more functional parameters of the data center are then evaluated by the computer. Then, the computer combines the two or more evaluated functional parameters into a quantified judgment to determine a sustainability impact of available architectures of the data center. | 08-29-2013 |
20130275084 | ESTIMATING A METRIC RELATED TO A SERVICE DEMAND USING A DEFINED FRAMEWORK - In a method for estimating a metric related to a service demand, a framework to be used in evaluating a services ecosystem or a services infrastructure is defined. The framework comprises a matrix of elements, in which the elements comprise a plurality of services and a plurality of services components that are usable in delivering at least one of the plurality of services. In addition, dependencies between the matrix elements are determined using initialization data and the metric related to the service demand is estimated through use of the framework. | 10-17-2013 |
20130290047 | FACILITATING ASSESSMENT OF A SERVICE THROUGH USE OF USER ASSIGNED WEIGHTS - In a method for facilitating assessment of a service, values of a plurality of metrics corresponding to the service are acquired. In addition, weights that a user has respectively assigned to each of the plurality of metrics are acquired and a service-level metric value for the service is calculated through calculation of a function that statistically evaluates the weights respectively assigned to the plurality of metrics and the acquired values of the plurality of metrics. | 10-31-2013 |
20130290074 | BENCHMARKING SUSTAINABILITY OF SERVICE PROVIDERS - A method of benchmarking a sustainability for service providers using a program having executable computer-readable instructions first includes selecting a plurality of service providers to evaluate for sustainability. A report is received from each of the selected service providers which includes at least one reported value characteristic having a value metric and at least one reported cost characteristic having a cost metric. The reported cost and value characteristics are compared to select at least one common value characteristic and at least one common cost characteristic each of which is common among the selected service providers. A service sustainability relationship is then computed as a function of the at least one common value characteristic and the at least one common cost characteristic to benchmark the sustainability of each of the selected service providers relative to one another. | 10-31-2013 |
20130346247 | Recommending Options Based on Sustainability Metrics - Recommending options based on sustainability metrics includes identifying multiple end to end service delivery options, each of the end to end service delivery options having a kind of service, an application service provider to provide the kind of service, and a client device; calculating a sustainability value for each of the end to end service delivery options, and recommending one of the end to end service delivery options based on the sustainability value. | 12-26-2013 |
20140039949 | DETERMINING SUPPLIER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT - A computer-implemented method for determining supplier environmental impact (EI) can include identifying a number of tiers of suppliers for an activity of an entity, mapping the activity of the entity to an economic sector and an environmental sector using data accessed from a public database, and determining an EI for each supplier in the number of tiers of suppliers for the activity based on data associated with the mapped economic sector and the mapped environmental sector, wherein the method is performed by a computing device. | 02-06-2014 |
20140040081 | DETERMINING AN ESTIMATED QUANTITY OF A CONSTITUENT COMPONENT - An identification of a constituent component is received. In response to receiving the identification, an estimated quantity of the constituent component in a product mix is determined, where the determining is based on bills of materials for corresponding product assemblies, and a data structure that stores information containing at least one metric for each of a plurality of components, the at least one metric indicating an impact of the corresponding component on an environment. | 02-06-2014 |
20140215053 | MANAGING AN ENTITY USING A STATE MACHINE ABSTRACT - In an implementation, a method for managing an entity may include establishing of a framework for characterization of the entity, in which the framework abstracts operation of the entity to a state machine. In addition, each state in the state machine may be characterized in terms of distributions of a performance metric associated with the entity. The method may also include implementing of the framework for characterization of the entity to manage the entity. | 07-31-2014 |
20140324760 | SYNTHETIC TIME SERIES DATA GENERATION - According to an example, synthetic time series data generation may include receiving empirical meter data for a plurality of users, and using the empirical meter data to estimate parameters of a Markov chain. The Markov chain may be used to generate the synthetic time series data having statistical properties similar to the statistical properties of the empirical meter data. | 10-30-2014 |
20140325251 | SYNTHETIC TIME SERIES DATA GENERATION - According to an example, synthetic time series data generation may include receiving time series data for a plurality of users, and applying dimensionality reduction to transform the time series data from a high dimensional space n of the time series data to a low dimensional space m, where m10-30-2014 | |
20140359109 | DEVICE MONITORING - Example embodiments relate to device monitoring. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computing device may include one or more processors, a memory for storing machine readable instructions, and a data store. Additionally, the computing device may include a utility device monitoring module stored in the memory and executing on at least one of the one or more processors to passively monitor network information and power information from a utility device communicatively coupled to a network and a power source. | 12-04-2014 |
20140365174 | METER DATA MANAGEMENT TESTING - Examples of meter data management testing are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computing device may include one or more processors, a memory for storing machine readable instructions, and a data store. The computing device may further include a meter data management testing module stored in the memory and executing on at least one of the one or more processors to test a meter data management system using a data set of representative metering data and a user-generated test scenario specifying a plurality of metering parameters. | 12-11-2014 |