Patent ID: 8671167
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A demand-response control system, having hardware and software, comprising: a logic module for converting resource demand-response information into device commands for devices to control usage of a resource at a facility; and a communications module for conveying the device commands from the logic module to the devices; wherein: the logic module comprises: the demand-response level dictates an amount of usage of the resource at the facility; the demand-response level is selected from a pre-defined finite set of demand-response levels; for at least one translator of the demand-response information to demand-response level translator, the demand-response level to device state translator, and the device state to device command translator, an output of the at least one translator incorporates less information than is input into the at least one translator; and one or more of the modules are composed of hardware and software.