ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,713, issued on March 31, was assigned to OCTOPUS ENERGY HEATING Ltd. (London).

"Methods and systems and apparatus to support reduced energy and water usage" was invented by Peter Konowalczyk (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a heating installation including an energy store including a latent heat energy storage medium, and a heat pump having a defrost cycle, the heating installation including a hot water supply system arranged to supply instantaneous heated water and space heating to a building, and a processor to control the installation. The processor being configured to: control the supply of heat from the heat p...