HOUSEHOLD ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ONE OR MORE APPLIANCES
First Claim
1. A household energy management system for one or more appliances, comprising:
- a controller for managing power consumption within a household, the controller being configured to receive and process a signal indicative of one or more energy parameters of an associated energy utility, the controller including a user interface for receiving energy management input for at least one appliance of the one of more appliances from a user, wherein the controller at least one of controls and operates the at least one appliance in one of a plurality of operating modes, including at least a normal operating mode and an energy savings mode, in response to the input received by the user via the user interface in conjunction with the received signal.
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Abstract
A household energy management system and method for one or more appliances includes a controller for managing power consumption within a household. The controller is configured to receive and process a signal indicative of one or more energy parameters of an associated energy utility. The controller includes a user interface for receiving energy management input for at least one appliance of the one of more appliances from a user. The controller at least one of controls and operates the at least one appliance in one of a plurality of operating modes, including at least a normal operating mode and an energy savings mode, in response to the input received by the user via the user interface in conjunction with the received signal.
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21 Claims
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1. A household energy management system for one or more appliances, comprising:
a controller for managing power consumption within a household, the controller being configured to receive and process a signal indicative of one or more energy parameters of an associated energy utility, the controller including a user interface for receiving energy management input for at least one appliance of the one of more appliances from a user, wherein the controller at least one of controls and operates the at least one appliance in one of a plurality of operating modes, including at least a normal operating mode and an energy savings mode, in response to the input received by the user via the user interface in conjunction with the received signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A household energy management system for one or more appliances, comprising:
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a controller for managing power consumption of the one or more appliances within a household; and a user interface operatively connected to the controller for receiving energy management input from a user, the user input being at least one of a delay indication, a cease indication and an override indication; wherein the controller at least one of controls and operates the one or more appliances in one of a plurality of operating modes, including at least a normal operating mode and an energy savings mode, in response to the input received by the user via the user interface in conjunction with a signal received from an associated energy utility, the signal having a first state indicative of a utility peak demand period and a second state indicative of a utility off-peak demand period, wherein the controller is configured to communicate to the associated energy utility a current operating mode of the one or more appliances and the energy management input from the user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A household energy management system for one or more appliances, comprising:
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a home energy manager having a controller for managing power consumption of one or more appliances within a household, and a user interface for displaying data relating to the one or more appliances and receiving input commands from a user; and a utility meter for measuring an amount of energy usage to a household from an associated energy utility, the utility meter communicating to the home energy manager one or more energy parameters of the associated energy utility; wherein the user interface provides a message to the user prompting an operational mode for each of the one or more appliances in response to the communication from the utility meter, each operational mode having one of an allowable maximum energy usage and an allowable maximum energy cost for the appliance, the home energy manager controls or operates the one or more appliances in response to the communications from the utility meter and the operational modes selected by the user. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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