SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING AND MANAGING DEVICE-LEVEL ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN A SMART-HOME ENVIRONMENT

摘要

Accessing an energy management policy for a plurality of devices is described, wherein the devices are coupled with a first structure. The energy usage of the devices is monitored. An energy usage rule and energy usage is then compared. The energy management policy and energy usage is also compared. Based on the comparing, an instruction is generated to modify an energy usage profile of said device to correlate with the energy usage rule associated with the devices and the energy management policy, thereby enabling efficient energy management.

主权项

1. A system for managing energy consumption of a plurality of devices associated with an enclosure, comprising:
an energy manager device; a plurality of energy measurement modules, each energy measurement module being:
associated with a device from the plurality of devices,configured to measure an amount of energy consumed by the device, andcapable of wirelessly communicating energy consumption information indicative of the amount of energy consumed by the device to the energy manager device; and a plurality of energy usage modifier modules, each energy usage modifier module being:
associated with a device which is also associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of energy measurement modules; andconfigured to control energy consumption of the device which is also associated with the corresponding one of the plurality of energy measurement modules in response to an instruction received from the energy manager device; the energy manager device being configured to:
wirelessly receive from each of the plurality of energy measurement modules the energy consumption information indicative of the amount of energy consumed by the device associated with the energy measurement module;determine a desired energy usage profile for each of the plurality of devices; andin response to receiving an instruction from a user, wirelessly communicate an instruction to each of the energy usage modifier modules instructing the energy usage modifier modules to control energy consumption of their respective devices, the instruction causing energy consumption of each device to be correlated with the desired energy usage profile of the device.