Systems and methods for energy management and device automation system
First Claim
1. An integrated energy management and device automation system for managing a premises electrical system having a plurality of electrical circuits, the energy management system comprising:
- a central controller operatively connected to the premises electrical system, the central controller being configured to receive, over the premises electrical system, energy usage data from a plurality of modules and to store the energy usage data on a storage device accessible to the central controller, and being further configured to receive module originated notifications that a module has been connected to the premises electrical system;
the plurality of modules, each module comprising a processor, a powerline interface operatively connected to the processor and to one of the plurality of electrical circuits and a sensor operatively connected to the one of the plurality of electrical circuits so that the sensor can sense at least one of current and voltage,each module being configured to collect data relating to energy usage using the sensor and to transmit at least a portion of the data relating to energy usage to the central controller as energy usage data,each module also being configured to automatically send a notification of its presence to the central controller when the module is connected to the premises electrical system; and
at least one of the plurality of modules being configured to control the operation of a controlled electrical device when the controlled electrical device is connected to the electrical circuit to which the at least one module is operatively connected.
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Abstract
An integrated energy management and device automation system for managing a premises electrical system having a plurality of electrical circuits. The energy management and device automation system comprises a central controller. The central controller is configured to receive, over the premises electrical system, energy usage data from a plurality of modules and module originated notifications that a module has been connected to the premises electrical system. The central controller is configured to receive and send, over the premises electrical system, messages for device automation and control from a plurality of modules. The energy management system additionally comprises a plurality of modules. Each module comprises a processor, a powerline interface operatively connected to the processor and to one of the plurality of electrical circuits and a sensor operatively connected to the electrical circuit so that the sensor can sense at least one of current and voltage. Each module is configured to collect data relating to energy usage using the sensor and to transmit the data to the central controller. The central controller uses energy usage data to indentify, profile and analysis connected devices and their usage.
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23 Claims
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1. An integrated energy management and device automation system for managing a premises electrical system having a plurality of electrical circuits, the energy management system comprising:
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a central controller operatively connected to the premises electrical system, the central controller being configured to receive, over the premises electrical system, energy usage data from a plurality of modules and to store the energy usage data on a storage device accessible to the central controller, and being further configured to receive module originated notifications that a module has been connected to the premises electrical system; the plurality of modules, each module comprising a processor, a powerline interface operatively connected to the processor and to one of the plurality of electrical circuits and a sensor operatively connected to the one of the plurality of electrical circuits so that the sensor can sense at least one of current and voltage, each module being configured to collect data relating to energy usage using the sensor and to transmit at least a portion of the data relating to energy usage to the central controller as energy usage data, each module also being configured to automatically send a notification of its presence to the central controller when the module is connected to the premises electrical system; and at least one of the plurality of modules being configured to control the operation of a controlled electrical device when the controlled electrical device is connected to the electrical circuit to which the at least one module is operatively connected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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