US Patent Issued to CLEAN POWER RESEARCH on June 3 for "System for building balance-point-based seasonal fuel consumption forecasting with the aid of a digital computer" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,534, issued on June 3, was assigned to CLEAN POWER RESEARCH LLC (Napa, Calif.).

"System for building balance-point-based seasonal fuel consumption forecasting with the aid of a digital computer" was invented by Thomas E. Hoff (Napa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Thermal Performance Forecast approach is described that can be used to forecast heating and cooling fuel consumption based on changes to user preferences and building-specific parameters that include indoor temperature, building insulation, HVAC system efficiency, and internal gains. A simplified version of the Thermal Performance Forecast approach, called the Approx...