ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,009, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Energy management system for a building and method of using the energy management system" was invented by Christopher Olkis (Livingston, Great Britain), James Freeman (Livingston, Great Britain) and Georgeanna Kawaley (Livingston, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an energy management system for a building, comprising at least one heat pump, at least one first thermal energy storage device for providing domestic hot water, at least one second thermal energy storage device for providing space heating, at least one re...