ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,137, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Budderfly Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).

"Energy savings quantification measurement and budget control system" was invented by Albert Subbloie (Orange, Conn.), Paul Schmidt (Rocky Hill, Conn.), Christopher J. DeBenedictis (Branford, Conn.) and Jaan Leemet (Aventura, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for the quantification and automatic control of energy usage for equipment through active measurement, intelligent monitoring, and predictive analysis enabling the adherence to energy budgets through automatic adjustment of the operation of the equipment."

The patent was filed on Dec....