ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,395, issued on July 14, was assigned to ELEXITY INC. (Bend, Ore.).

"Techniques for predictive control of energy use in a structure" was invented by John Powers (Lafayette, Calif.), Ari Halberstadt (Davis, Calif.), Layne Clemen (Corvallis, Ore.), Rodin Porrata (Livermore, Calif.), Keith Mosher (Kensington, Calif.) and Cameron Barclift (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method for controlling a plurality of systems included within one or more structures includes: selecting a first controller from a set of multiple of controllers; with the first controller, determining a control action for a device inc...