ENERGY MANAGEMENT SERVER, AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE MANAGEMENT SERVER, AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE, AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, ENERGY MANAGEMENT METHOD, AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic vending machine management system and the like capable of returning the benefit of energy-saving activities without delay directly to cooperators who perform the energy-saving activities.SOLUTION: A control unit 21 invokes, from storage unit 22, saved energy quantity information 55, return money unit price information 61, and article return rate information 63. These pieces of information are multiplied by the control unit 21 to obtain a piece of article return money information 64, and the control unit 21 stores the result in the storage unit 22. The control unit 21 then invokes article price change time information 66 and average article selling quantity information 67 from the storage unit 22 to calculate estimated article selling quantity information 68 for the time range defined in article price change time information 66, and stores the result in the storage unit 22. The control unit 21 then waits until article price change time information 66, and upon article price change start time set in article price change time information 66, the control unit 21 transmits article price information 70 to an automatic vending machine 40.