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Wide Area Management System, Wide Area Management Device, Building Management Device and Wide Area Management Method

  • US 20160209821A1
  • Filed: 08/29/2013
  • Published: 07/21/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wide area management system which manages power consumed in buildings, comprising:

  • a wide area management device; and

    building management devices installed to correspond to the respective buildings,wherein the wide area management device includes;

    a first management table storage unit which stores a management table storing information of lower-level building management devices managed by each building management device as an upper-level representative management device for each building management device; and

    a transmission unit which specifies an uppermost-level building management device by referring to the management table stored in the first management table storage unit and transmits one control command instructing reduction of power consumption of each building for each specified building management device, andwherein each building management device includes;

    a second management table storage unit which stores the management table;

    an event program storage unit which stores an event program describing a content of control which is to be performed on each facility device in the building corresponding to the building management device in association with the control command in order to implement the control command;

    a reception unit which receives the control command from the wide area management device or the upper-level representative management device;

    a transfer unit which, in a case where the reception unit receives the control command, specifies lower-level building management devices managed by the self building management device as a representative management device by referring to the management table stored in the second management table storage unit and transfers the received control command to each of the specified building management devices;

    an event program extraction unit which, in a case where the reception unit receives the control command, extracts the event program corresponding to the control command from the event program storage unit; and

    an event program execution unit which executes the extracted event program to control the power consumption of each facility device in the building corresponding to the self building management devices.

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