Systems and methods for financial settlement of transactions within an electric power grid network are disclosed. A multiplicity of active grid elements are constructed and configured for electric connection and network-based communication over a blockchain-based platform. The multiplicity of active grid elements are operable to make peer-to-peer transactions based on their participation within the electric power grid by generating and executing a digital contract. The multiplicity of active grid elements generate messages autonomously and/or automatically within a predetermined time interval. The messages comprise energy related data and settlement related data. The energy related data of the multiplicity of active grid elements are based on measurement and verification. The energy related data and the settlement related data are validated and recorded on a distributed ledger with a time stamp and a geodetic reference.

A building manager includes a communications interface configured to receive information from a smart energy grid. The building manager further includes an integrated control layer configured to receive inputs from and to provide outputs to a plurality of building subsystems. The integrated control layer includes a plurality of control algorithm modules configured to process the inputs and to determine the outputs. The building manager further includes a fault detection and diagnostics layer configured to use statistical analysis on the inputs received from the integrated control layer to detect and diagnose faults. The building manager yet further includes a demand response layer configured to process the information received from the smart energy grid to determine adjustments to the plurality of control algorithms of the integrated control layer.

Behavior data associated with a user is obtained. The behavior data is generated when the user uses an Internet service and includes a user identification and identification information indicating the Internet service. At least one predefined carbon-saving quantity quantization algorithm is determined based on the identification information related to the Internet service. A carbon-saving quantity associated with the user is calculated based on the obtained behavior data and the determined at least one predefined carbon-saving quantity quantization algorithm. Based on the calculated carbon-saving quantity associated with the user and the user identification, user data is processed. The user data is related to the carbon-saving quantity associated with the user.

Systems and methods dynamically assess energy efficiency by obtaining a minimum energy consumption of a system, receiving in a substantially continuous way a measurement of actual energy consumption of the system, and comparing the minimum energy consumption to the measurement of actual energy consumption to calculate a substantially continuous energy performance assessment. The system further provides at least one of a theoretical minimum energy consumption based at least in part on theoretical performance limits of system components, an achievable minimum energy consumption based at least in part on specifications for high energy efficient equivalents of the system components, and the designed minimum energy consumption based at least in part on specifications for the system components.

A system and method for tiered pricing for any scarce commodity, such as petroleum products or food stuffs, may be used to ration the scarce commodity. The system and method may use a dual currency transaction system to manage the rationing. In the use case for gas or oil as the scarce commodity, the dual currency system and method and the tiered pricing may also reduce carbon emissions into the atmosphere by charging both a monetary price and a carbon price for a product or service wherein the carbon price for each purchasable item (good or service) may correspond to a number of Kg of Co2 emitted by the manufacture/sale/use of the purchasable item.

Systems and methods related to resource distribution for a fleet of machines are disclosed. A system may include a fleet of machines each having an associated resource capacity and a resource requirement to perform a task. The system may further include a controller having a resource requirement circuit to determine an aggregated amount of the resource requirement and an aggregated amount of the resource capacity. A resource distribution circuit may adaptively improve, in response to an aggregated amount of the resource capacity, an aggregated resource delivery of the resource.

A system and method for facilitating goods or service related activity is disclosed. The system for facilitating goods or service related activity may comprise a database storing goods or service related information which is provided by at least one provider; and a processor operable to receive a request associated with the goods or service related activity from a requester; wherein the processor is operable to analyse a plurality of routes that the at least one provider can provide the goods or service to the requester, using the goods or service related information, in order to select at least one route among the plurality of routes; and match the requester with a provider associated with the selected route.

A technique for tracing the amount of CO.sub.2 emissions in the distribution process of a tangible object is provided. An information processing device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on electric power and information on fuel which are used in each of a plurality of steps of a distribution process of a tangible object; a calculation unit configured to calculate an amount of CO.sub.2 emissions generated in each of the steps, by using the information on electric power and the information on fuel which are acquired by the acquisition unit; and a storage control unit configured to control a storage unit to store the amount of CO.sub.2 emissions generated in each of the steps that is calculated by the calculation unit, in association with the tangible object.

Systems and methods for financial settlement of transactions within an electric power grid network are disclosed. A multiplicity of active grid elements are constructed and configured for electric connection and network-based communication over a blockchain-based platform. The multiplicity of active grid elements are operable to make peer-to-peer transactions based on their participation within the electric power grid by generating and executing a digital contract. The multiplicity of active grid elements generate messages autonomously and/or automatically within a predetermined time interval. The messages comprise energy related data and settlement related data. The energy related data of the multiplicity of active grid elements are based on measurement and verification. The energy related data and the settlement related data are validated and recorded on a distributed ledger with a time stamp and a geodetic reference.

Graphical user interfaces for abating emissions of gaseous byproducts at hydrocarbon assets are described herein. In one example, a system can receive measurements of gaseous byproduct emissions from sites. The system can execute a classification module to distribute the measurements among various types of equipment. The system can then determine emissions estimates associated with the various types of equipment based on the measurements assigned to each type of equipment. Thereafter, the system can receive a user input that includes a list of types of equipment at a target site. The system can generate a total emissions estimate for each type of equipment in the list based on the emissions estimates. The system can then generate a graphical user interface providing the total emissions estimate for each type of equipment in the list to a user, which may help the user abate such emissions.