Apparatus and method for energy management based on estimated resource utilization

摘要

An apparatus for controlling consumption of an energy resource includes devices, a network operations center (NOC), and control nodes. The devices are within the facility. The NOC is external to the facility, and generates run time schedules that coordinate run times for the each of the devices to control consumption while maintaining local environments and desired level of performance, and adjusts the run time schedules based upon resource utilization levels generated by the NOC, where the resource utilization levels are exclusively generated based on the consumption of the energy resource and outside temperature. The control nodes are coupled together via an energy management network that is operatively coupled to the NOC, and transmit sensor data and device status to the NOC for generation of the run time schedules, and where the control nodes execute selected ones of the run time schedules to cycle the devices on and off.