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Method for the energy management in a domestic environment

  • US 6,487,509 B1
  • Filed: 02/20/1996
  • Issued: 11/26/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/20/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for managing energy consumption by electrical appliances operatively connected to an electrical network, each of which presents an electrical load to a source of power that is also connected to the network for supply power to the appliances, comprisingproviding each one of a plurality of said appliances with a programmed electronic control system, measuring the instantaneous total consumption of electrical energy from said power source with a measuring device, transmitting to each control system information from said measuring device information which is a function of the instantaneous total consumption of electrical energy from said power source, and causing each control system to adjust the load presented to said power source by its corresponding appliance in response to the information provided thereto.

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