Energy management system and method

摘要

According to an aspect of the disclosure, a home energy management system and method includes a network device disposed at a residence and a wireless home energy network capable of establishing communication with the network device. A server is disposed remotely from the residence and capable of generating a control action report to control the network devices. A controller is located at the residence and in communication with the server and configured to establish the wireless home energy network; initiate a plurality of operating status requests of the network device; receive device data in response to at least one of the operating status requests; generate a site report including the device data; initiate a communication of the site report to the remote server; and detect an availability of the control action report at the remote server in conjunction with the communication of the site report.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a controller to be disposed at a site and including a communication device capable of initiating an 802.11 based network to communicate with a mobile device; said controller including a proximity detection module configured to receive a location information from the mobile device; and said controller configured to:
detect the mobile device establishing or losing an 802.11 based connection to said 802.11 based network;alter an operating condition at the site in response to detecting the mobile device establishing said 802.11 based connection;enable the proximity detection module in response to detecting the mobile device losing said 802.11 based connection;alter the operating condition at the site in response to the received location information; anddisable said proximity detection module in response to detecting the mobile device re-establishing said 802.11 based connection.