摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device and a method for energy management of electric devices that can allow users to more precisely confirm the usage condition of electric energy of users and to more appropriately control the electric devices. <P>SOLUTION: There is provided an apparatus and a method for energy management of electric devices, which individually displays various pieces of energy related information, such as consumption time, power consumption amount, current electricity rate and future electricity rate, in an apparatus provided to each electric device to make it possible to determine whether to operate the individual electric devices, in accordance with the trend to make more effective use of limited energy resources accompanied by development of commercialized smart grid and smart meter technologies and a newly implemented variable billing system for the energy price changes. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |