US Patent Issued to EnergyHub on March 18 for "Demand response technology utilizing a simulation engine to perform thermostat-based demand response simulations" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,867, issued on March 18, was assigned to EnergyHub Inc. (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

"Demand response technology utilizing a simulation engine to perform thermostat-based demand response simulations" was invented by Seth Frader-Thompson (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Benjamin Hertz-Shargel (Roslyn Estates, N.Y.) and Michael DeBenedittis (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for performing a thermostat-based demand response event. In one aspect, a method includes accessing, for sites, historical readings of HVAC activity, indoor temperature, and outdo...