Patent ID: 7706928
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: G05B,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A compact power management device for simultaneously monitoring a plurality of individual energy sub-loads, comprising: an integrated monitor unit, including: a multi-circuit energy monitoring module of an energy management system (EMS) that directly and simultaneously monitors energy usage as a form of power of the plurality of individual energy sub-loads to generate a plurality of measurements of energy usage by said plurality of energy sub-loads; at least one program for using said plurality of measurements of energy usage in a first pre-determined manner, said at least one program selected from the group consisting of firmware and software, each said at least one program downloadable via a communications network, each said at least one program locally stored on the device, each said at least one program comprising at least one pre-determined algorithm, each said at least one program comprising at least one member of the group consisting of at least one schedule, at least one setpoint and at least one report parameter; and said first pre-determined manner including said monitor module selecting and executing said at least one program, a single housing unit for housing components of the monitor module within 24 inches of one another, and a local display coupled to the integrated combination monitor/control unit, wherein the communications network is connected to the integrated monitor unit, optionally said EMS includes a control module operatively coupled to the energy monitoring module to control energy usage by the said at least one energy load in a first pre-determined manner based on at least one said measurement of energy usage, wherein said control module controls at least one said energy sub-load; wherein at least one module of the group consisting of said monitor module and said optional control module is configured for further performing processing to accomplish at least one of the group consisting of alarm notification, exception reporting, and periodic reporting, wherein said at least one of alarm notification, exception reporting, and periodic reporting are output to at least one of the communication network and the local display, and a security monitoring module of a security system (SS), said SS being operatively coupled to the EMS, said security monitoring module has means to detect at least one alarm condition, wherein said EMS and SS are suited for arrangement locally within a building being monitored, said EMS has first means to communicate with at least one entity selected from the group consisting of police department, fire department, security company, custodial personnel, first responder and facilities manager, said SS has second means to communicate with at least one entity selected from the group consisting of police department, fire department, security company, custodial personnel, first responder and facilities manager; wherein the EMS has means to automatically provide the first means to communicate as an alternative back up communications means to report SS alarms and/or other SS communications to said at least one entity when the SS communications means is unavailable.