KR20230101356A - A brokerage system for energy efficiency projects - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is an intermediary system for energy efficiency projects, comprising: a data collection device installed in a target company to collect data related to energy savings; And a data receiver for receiving data from the data collection device, a data storage unit for storing the received data, and calculating points corresponding to the amount of energy savings based on the data for the first period and allocating them to the target company. and an intermediary server having a point allocation unit.

Description

Brokerage system for energy efficiency projects {A BROKERAGE SYSTEM FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECTS}

The present invention relates to a brokerage system for energy efficiency projects, and more particularly, to a brokerage system for vitalizing energy efficiency projects by encouraging target companies to participate.

As we enter an industrial society, as the use of energy (in particular, fossil fuels) increases, greenhouse gas emissions increase, and the severity of various climate changes such as various weather changes, sea level rise, and desertification due to global warming caused by greenhouse gases is internationally recognized. is emerging as

In Korea, a demand management investment project that manages energy demand is being carried out to reduce demand and greenhouse gas emissions, and most of the efficiency improvement fields related to energy saving are carried out by ESCO operators.

As a patent related to this, Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2010-0103265 discloses a saving energy trading method and compensation method. The above patent receives real-time power usage for the target company, calculates the amount of electricity savings based on this, measures it as greenhouse gas emission rights, transmits it to a greenhouse gas verification institution, and converts the greenhouse gas emission rights certified by the certification institution into Initiate a receiving saving energy trading method.

The patent discloses a configuration for calculating power savings based on real-time power consumption and receiving credits. In order to convert energy savings into credits under the current system, power consumption data for at least 1 year, generally 3 years or more, is required. Since it is necessary, it is impossible to acquire emission permits only with short-term real-time power consumption data without changing the system.

The target company cannot receive realistic benefits from energy saving measures until the end of the project period, and must continue to carry out cumbersome formal procedures for energy reduction certification. As a result, companies' preference for energy efficiency projects may decrease, which may become an obstacle to vitalizing energy efficiency projects.

The present invention is to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an intermediary system for energy efficiency projects to activate energy efficiency projects.

An intermediary system for an energy efficiency improvement project according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a data collection device installed in a target company to collect energy saving data including energy saving amount information; and a data receiving unit receiving energy saving data from the data collection device, a data storage unit storing the received energy saving data, and calculating points corresponding to the amount of energy saving during a first period, and converting the points into the target It includes an intermediary server having a point allocation unit for allocating to companies.

In another embodiment, the mediation server submits a report generating unit for generating an energy saving report based on energy saving data for a second period longer than the first period and the energy saving report to an energy saving authentication server. An authentication unit requesting authentication is further included.

In another embodiment, the data collection device may include: a data collection unit for collecting energy consumption and production of the target company; and a data calculation unit that calculates energy saving data based on the collected energy consumption and production volume.

In an embodiment, the data collection device further determines whether or not there is an abnormality in the energy saving data based on the amount of energy used and the amount of production, and notifies the target company and the mediation server of whether or not there is an abnormality in the data. include

In another embodiment, the data determination unit, when it is determined that there is an abnormality in the energy saving data, notifies the target company and the mediation server of the presence or absence of an abnormality in the data.

In addition, in an embodiment, the energy consumption of the target company may be: the first energy consumption for the first facility group to which the energy efficiency project is applied; A third energy consumption amount for a third facility group performing the same process as the first facility group among the second facility group to which the energy efficiency improvement project is not applied; and the 4th energy consumption amount for the 4th facility group that does not go through the same process as the 1st facility group among the 2nd facility group to which the energy efficiency improvement project is not applied, and the production volume of the target company is of production, the third production amount of the third facility group, and the fourth production amount of the fourth facility group, and the abnormal determination unit determines the first, third, and fourth energy consumption amounts, the first, third, and fourth production amounts. Based on the fourth amount of production, it is determined whether there is an abnormality in the data.

In an embodiment, the point allocation unit calculates a price of credits corresponding to the amount of energy savings during the first period, and allocates points corresponding to the price of credits to the target company.

An intermediary server for an energy efficiency project according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a data receiving unit for receiving energy saving data including an energy saving amount from a data collection device installed in a target company; a data storage unit for storing the received energy saving data; and a point allocation unit that calculates points corresponding to the amount of energy savings during the first period and allocates the points to the target company.

In another embodiment, a report generating unit generating an energy saving report based on energy saving data for a second period longer than the first period, and authentication requesting authentication by providing the energy saving report to an energy saving authentication server. It further includes a request part.

In an embodiment, the point allocation unit estimates a price of emission permits corresponding to the amount of energy savings during the first period, and allocates points corresponding to the estimated price of emission permits to the target company.

In another embodiment, a report generating unit for generating an energy saving report based on the energy saving data for a second period longer than the first period; and an authentication unit requesting authentication by submitting the energy saving report to an energy saving authentication server.

According to the present invention, instead of the mediation server acquiring emission rights that target companies that have performed energy efficiency projects will acquire in the future through energy savings, the target companies provide points that can be cashed at regular intervals as compensation for emission rights from the mediation server. Therefore, it is possible to activate the energy efficiency business by motivating the target companies for energy efficiency business.

According to the present invention, by determining whether or not there is an abnormality in the energy saving data, the data judgment unit can reduce the risk of a business operator operating an intermediary server by preventing erroneous point allocation according to an abnormality in the energy saving data.

1 is a diagram for explaining an intermediary system for an energy efficiency improvement project according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the mediation server shown in FIG. 1 .
FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the data collection device shown in FIG. 1 .
FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a method of determining whether data of the data determination unit shown in FIG. 3 is abnormal.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram for explaining an intermediary system for an energy efficiency improvement project according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to the brokerage system for energy efficiency projects of the present invention, the brokerage server acquires emission rights to be acquired in the future by target companies that have performed energy efficiency projects through energy savings, and the target companies cash out at regular intervals as compensation for the emission rights. Possible points are provided from the mediation server.

Here, the mediation system 10 is a system operated by an ESCO operator registered for a program reduction project, and the target company may be a company that has entered into a contract with the ESCO operator to receive credits in advance as points. And the investment management server 400 is a server operated by at least one investor.

If an ESCO business operator and an investor carry out an energy efficiency improvement project for a target company, the energy savings amount during the project period belongs to the ESCO business operator and investor, and when the project period ends, the energy saving amount belongs to the target company.

In FIG. 1, the data collection device 200 is shown as one installed in the target company, but when there are a plurality of target companies, the number of data collection devices corresponding to the number of target companies may be provided, or a plurality of data collection devices are provided in each target company. It could be.

It is assumed that the energy efficiency project is applied to the first facility group of the company, but the company may include the second facility group to which the energy efficiency project is not applied in addition to the first facility group, and the second facility group is the first A third facility group that performs the same process as the facility group and a fourth facility group that does not perform the same process as the first facility group may be included.

Communication between units may be made of at least one of a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), the Internet, and a blockchain network.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the mediation system 10 of the present invention includes a mediation server 100 and a data collection device 200 .

The mediation server 100 receives and stores energy saving data including energy saving amount information from the data collection device 200, and points corresponding to the energy saving amount during the first period based on the energy saving data during the first period. is calculated and allocated to the target company, generates an energy saving report based on the energy saving data for the second period, and requests authentication from the energy saving authentication server 300.

Figure 2 is a diagram for explaining the mediation server shown in Figure 1.

Referring to FIG. 2, the mediation server 100 includes a data receiving unit 110, a data storage unit 120, a point allocation unit 130, a report generation unit 140, an authentication unit 150, and a settlement unit 160. ).

The data receiving unit 110 receives energy saving data including energy saving amount information for each first period from the data collection device 200 installed in the target company.

The first period may be set in units of minutes, units of hours, units of days, or units of months. The first period may be set to a shorter period than the second period, which is the minimum period required to obtain certification for the amount of energy savings described later.

The energy saving data is the amount of energy consumption of Facility Group 1 to which the energy efficiency improvement project was applied, the production volume of Facility Group 1, and the past energy consumption of Facility Group 1 before the energy efficiency improvement project was applied to Facility Group 1. It is data including information on the amount of energy savings calculated by the formula below based on and past production.

Energy reduction = 1st energy consumption for facility group 1 before energy efficiency project is applied - 1st energy consumption for facility group 1 after energy efficiency project is applied + correction amount

Here, the amount of correction is calculated based on the amount of production before and after the energy efficiency improvement project was applied, and the details of the formula related to the amount of correction are disclosed in IPMVP.

The data storage unit 120 is a storage device and stores energy saving data received for each first period.

The point allocation unit 130 calculates points to be provided to the target company based on the energy saving amount information included in the first energy saving data, and allocates the calculated points to the company. In this case, the timing for allocating the points to the company may be set as an integer multiple of the first period instead of the first period.

Meanwhile, in consideration of the error between the finally calculated energy saving amount and the energy saving amount actually certified in the future, only the points excluding the error points corresponding to the difference may be allocated to the target company. The error points may be settled and paid later by the settlement unit 160 .

For example, if the error that may occur between the calculated energy reduction amount and the actual certified energy reduction amount is around 5%, 95% points excluding the 5% error point may be allocated to the target company.

The target company can convert the allocated points into cash in the investment management server 400 . The investment management server 400 allocates points to the mediation server 100, and the mediation server 100 allocates some of the points to target companies based on the amount of energy savings.

According to this, since the target company can acquire points and convert them into cash immediately, interest in the energy efficiency improvement project of companies other than the target company increases, and the energy efficiency improvement project can be activated.

The report generating unit 140 may be created based on a plurality of consecutive first energy saving amount data of the target company corresponding to the second period. The report requested by the energy saving authentication server 300 follows an approved format such as IPMVP (International performance measurement and verification protocol). Meanwhile, the report generating unit 140 may generate an energy saving report by itself through input of additional information, or request generation of an energy saving report to a brokerage server operator.

The second period may be a period for accumulating energy saving data necessary for certification of emission permits. For example, the second period may be set in units of years, such as 1 year, 3 years, and 5 years.

The authentication unit 150 performs a function of providing an energy saving report to the energy saving authentication server 300 or sending an energy saving report by mail to request authentication and receiving emission credits from the acknowledgment server 300 .

At this time, the emission rights are owned by the brokerage system in return for the points paid to the target company.

The settlement unit 160 provides the target company with points corresponding to the difference between the cash value of the emission permits acquired by the authentication unit 150 and the cash value of points paid to the target company. Here, the difference is calculated based on the date of acquisition of external company certification results, but is not limited thereto.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the data collecting device shown in FIG. 1 .

The data collection device 200 provides energy saving data to the data receiving unit 110 of the mediation server 100 . At this time, the energy saving data is for quickly determining the amount of energy saving during the first period, which is the basis for point allocation.

The energy saving amount calculator 200 includes a data collection unit 210, a data determination unit 220, and a data calculation unit 230.

The data collection unit 210 may collect energy consumption information for the first facility group M1 to which the energy efficiency project is applied.

The data collection unit 210 may also collect energy consumption information for the second facility group M2 to which the energy efficiency improvement project is not applied. At this time, the second facility group (M2) includes the third facility group (M3), which performs the same process as the first facility group (M1), and the fourth facility group (M4), which performs different processes such as the previous process or the subsequent process. can include

In addition, the data collection unit 210 may be connected to a manufacturing management system (MES) and a factory energy management system (FEMS) to collect production-related information such as facility operating efficiency and facility production volume.

In addition, the data collection unit 210 may determine whether there is an abnormality in the data, such as missing data. If data is missing, the data collection unit 210 may perform data collection again.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a method of determining whether data of the data determination unit shown in FIG. 3 is abnormal.

In FIG. 4 , an increase or decrease in power consumption means an increase or decrease in the power consumption at the current time t compared to the power consumption at the past time.

The data judgment unit 220 determines the first facility group (M1) to which the energy efficiency project is applied, the third facility group to which the energy efficiency project is not applied, and the fourth facility group to which the energy efficiency project is not applied ( M4) It is possible to determine whether or not there is an abnormality in the data by considering each energy consumption and production amount. Here, the production amount means the number of processes performed by the facility group, and the meaning that the fourth facility group performs a different process means that the subsequent and previous processes of the first and third facility groups are performed.

When it is assumed that facility group 1 and facility group 3 perform the first process and facility group 4 performs the second process, the number of processes performed in the first process is generally proportional to the number of processes in the second process. If the number of first process processes increases but the number of second process processes decreases or the number of first process processes decreases but the number of second process processes increases, it may be determined that there is an abnormality in the energy saving data. Here, the number of processes corresponds to the amount of production and is proportional to the amount of power used.

For example, when the power consumption of Facility Group 1 and Facility Group 3, indicated in Category 1, increases, Facility Group 4 performs a process following or preceding the process performed by Facility Groups 1 and 3. When there is no change in power consumption, it can be estimated that there is no change in total production due to the fact that there is no change in power consumption of facility group 4. Conversely, since the power consumption of facility groups 1 and 3 increases, total production It can be assumed that this is increasing.

The data determination unit 210 may determine that the energy saving data is abnormal.

Similarly, in the case of Category 2, Category 7, and Category 8, the data judgment unit may judge the energy saving data as abnormal. The abnormal determination result shown in FIG. 4 is not fixed, and different abnormal determination results may be applied to each company.

According to the present invention, the data judgment unit compares the energy consumption for each different process to determine whether there is an abnormality in the data, and notifies the intermediate server user of the abnormality in the data, thereby preventing incorrect point assignment due to abnormality in energy saving data, thereby preventing the intermediate server can reduce the risk of operators operating

The data calculation unit 230 generates energy saving data based on the collected strategic usage information when there is no abnormality in the data, and provides it to the data receiving unit 110 of the mediation server 100 .

Energy saving data is the amount of energy consumption of Facility Group 1 to which the energy efficiency improvement project was applied, the production volume of Facility Group 1, and the past energy consumption of Facility Group 1 before the energy efficiency improvement project was applied to Facility Group 1. and data calculated by Equation 1 based on past production volumes, as described in the data receiving unit 110.

The energy saving authentication server 300 is a server that performs a function of authenticating an energy saving amount by analyzing an energy saving report, and is operated by a certification authority.

The investment management server 400 is a server operated by at least one investor or at least one investor computer, and the investment management server 400 provides points to the brokerage server 100, and the target company requests the monetization of the points. If so, the intermediary server 100 searches for points allocated to the target company, and provides cash corresponding to the points requested by the target company to the target company.

According to the present invention, instead of the mediation server acquiring emission rights that target companies that have performed energy efficiency projects will acquire in the future through energy savings, the target companies provide points that can be cashed at regular intervals as compensation for emission rights from the mediation server. Therefore, it is possible to activate the energy efficiency business by motivating the target companies for energy efficiency business.

According to the present invention, by determining whether or not there is an abnormality in the energy saving data, the data judgment unit can reduce the risk of a business operator operating an intermediary server by preventing erroneous point allocation according to an abnormality in the energy saving data.

Meanwhile, various embodiments of the present invention as described above may be implemented as a computer-readable recording medium or a program stored in a recording medium. The recording medium includes a storage medium that stores data readable by a computer.

Various embodiments of the present invention may be implemented by a combination of hardware and software. As hardware, the processor may include a non-volatile memory in which a software computer program is stored, a RAM in which the computer program stored in the non-volatile memory is loaded, and a CPU executing the computer program loaded in the RAM. Non-volatile memory includes, but is not limited to, hard disk drives, flash memories, ROMs, CD-ROMs, magnetic tapes, floppy disks, optical storage, and the like. Non-volatile memory is an example of a computer-readable recording medium in which a computer-readable program of the present invention is recorded.

10: Brokerage system
100: mediation server
110: data receiving unit
120: data storage unit
130: point allocation unit
140: report generator
150: authentication unit
200: data collection device
300: energy saving certificate server
400: investment management server

Claims (10)

As an intermediary system for energy efficiency projects,
A data collection device installed in the target company to collect energy saving data including energy saving amount information; and
A data receiving unit for receiving energy saving data from the data collection device, a data storage unit for storing the received energy saving data, and calculating points corresponding to the energy saving amount during the first period, and converting the points to the target company. An intermediary system for an energy efficiency improvement project, characterized in that it comprises an intermediary server having a point allocator for allocating to. According to claim 1,
The intermediary server,
A report generator for generating an energy saving report based on energy saving data for a second period longer than the first period; and
An intermediary system for an energy efficiency improvement project, characterized in that it further comprises an authentication unit requesting authentication by submitting the energy saving report to an energy saving authentication server. According to claim 1,
The data collection device,
a data collection unit for collecting energy consumption and production of the target company; and
An intermediary system for an energy efficiency business, characterized in that it comprises a data calculation unit for calculating energy savings data based on the collected energy consumption and production. According to claim 3,
The data collection device,
Based on the energy consumption and the amount of production, the intermediary system for the energy efficiency business, characterized in that it further comprises a data determination unit for determining whether or not there is an abnormality in the energy saving data. According to claim 3,
The data judgment unit,
When it is determined that there is an abnormality in the energy saving data, the mediation system for the energy efficiency business, characterized in that notifying the target company and the mediation server of the presence or absence of an abnormality in the data. According to claim 4,
The data judgment unit,
Facility group 1 to which the energy efficiency project was applied, facility group 3 to which the energy efficiency project was not applied, and facility group 2 to which the energy efficiency project was not applied. An intermediary system for an energy efficiency improvement project, characterized in that it determines whether or not there is an abnormality in the data based on the amount of energy consumption and production for each of the fourth facility group that does not perform the same process as the first facility group. According to claim 1,
The point allocation unit,
An intermediary system for an energy efficiency business, characterized in that for calculating a price of emission permits corresponding to the amount of energy savings during the first period, and allocating points corresponding to the price of emission permits to the target company. As an intermediary server for energy efficiency projects,
a data receiving unit for receiving energy saving data including an amount of energy saving from a data collecting device installed in the target company;
a data storage unit for storing the received energy saving data;
An intermediary server for an energy efficiency improvement project comprising a point allocator for calculating points corresponding to the amount of energy savings during a first period and allocating the points to the target company. According to claim 8,
The intermediary server,
A report generator for generating an energy saving report based on energy saving data for a second period longer than the first period; and
An intermediary server for an energy efficiency improvement project, characterized in that it further comprises an authentication requesting unit for requesting authentication by providing the energy saving report to an energy saving authentication server. According to claim 8,
The point allocation unit,
An intermediary server for energy efficiency business, characterized in that for estimating the price of emission permits corresponding to the amount of energy savings during the first period, and allocating points corresponding to the estimated price of emission permits to the target company.

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