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Lighting control device with demand response indicator

  • US 9,110,449 B1
  • Filed: 12/21/2012
  • Issued: 08/18/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A lighting control device, comprising:

  • a microcontroller;

    a transceiver communicably coupled to the microcontroller and configured to receive a demand response signal from a unit that is external to the lighting control device; and

    a demand response indicator communicably coupled to the microcontroller, the demand response indicator configured to emit light, wherein a first intensity level of the light indicates to a consumer a first level of a demand response, wherein a second intensity level of the light indicates to the consumer a second level of the demand response, wherein the first intensity level of the light is a higher intensity level than the second intensity level of the light, wherein the demand response is associated with energy demand experienced by a utility provider, wherein the light has same color at the first intensity level and at the second intensity level, and wherein the first level of the demand response is associated with a higher energy demand experienced by the utility company than the second level of the demand response.

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