Patent Publication Number: US-10310466-B2

Title: Managing energy consumption of a building in an interconnected wide area management system

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present invention relates to a wide area management system, a wide area management device, a building management device, and a wide area management method. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     In the related art, in buildings such as office buildings, hospitals, schools, and factories, management devices managing facility devices exist, and in addition, systems monitoring information of the facility devices in a plurality of buildings through a communication network from remote locations exist. 
     In this manner, there is disclosed a technique where, by implementation of high speed and broad band of the communication network, data comparison between buildings distributed in a wide area is easily performed in real time, and thus, facility devices in a plurality of the buildings are cooperated to be automatically controlled (for example, refer to Patent Literature 1 listed below). 
     CITATION LIST 
     Patent Literature 
     Patent Literature 1: JP 2012-53549 A 
     SUMMARY OF INVENTION 
     Technical Problem 
     However, in a wide area management device disclosed in Patent Literature 1, although a command may be issued to a plurality of buildings in an event program selection unit, if the number of to-be-managed buildings is increased, the number of event programs for generating the commands which are to be issued to the buildings is also increased, so that it is difficult to manage the event programs. For example, although the power consumption of each building in a short time interval such as a unit of 1 hour may be needed to be controlled, since the wide area management device disclosed in Patent Literature 1 intensively manages the power consumption of the plurality of buildings, if the number of to-be-managed buildings is large, each time, it may be temporally difficult to generate the command for each building. 
     In addition, the wide area management device disclosed in Patent Literature 1 transmits individual commands for controlling the power consumption of the to-be-managed buildings to all the management devices which manage the buildings. For example, if the number of to-be-managed buildings is increased, communication traffic taken to transmit the control command may be increased, the delay of reaching of the control command may occur, or trouble for reception and transmission of different communication data on a network may occur. 
     In consideration of the above-described circumstances, the present invention is to reduce a processing amount of a wide area management device by distributing a process of controlling power consumption of individual buildings into the wide area management device and building management devices even in a case where the number of to-be-managed buildings is large and to suppress an increase in communication traffic at the time of transmission of commands of controlling power consumption of individual buildings so as to be low. 
     Solution to Problem 
     A first aspect of the present invention to achieve the above object is a wide area management system which manages power consumed in buildings, including: a wide area management device; and building management devices installed to correspond to the respective buildings, wherein the wide area management device includes: a first management table storage unit which stores a management table storing information of lower-level building management devices managed by each building management device as an upper-level representative management device for each building management device; and a transmission unit which specifies an uppermost-level building management device by referring to the management table stored in the first management table storage unit and transmits one control command instructing reduction of power consumption of each building for each specified building management device, and wherein each building management device includes: a second management table storage unit which stores the management table; an event program storage unit which stores an event program describing a content of control which is to be performed on each facility device in the building corresponding to the building management device in association with the control command in order to implement the control command; a reception unit which receives the control command from the wide area management device or the upper-level representative management device; a transfer unit which, in a case where the reception unit receives the control command, specifies lower-level building management devices managed by the self building management device as a representative management device by referring to the management table stored in the second management table storage unit and transfers the received control command to each of the specified building management devices; an event program extraction unit which, in a case where the reception unit receives the control command, extracts the event program corresponding to the control command from the event program storage unit; and an event program execution unit which executes the extracted event program to control the power consumption of each facility device in the building corresponding to the self building management devices. 
     In addition, in the wide area management system, in a case where the first management table storage unit stores the management table, the transmission unit may specify the uppermost-level building management device by referring to the management table and transmit the management table to the specified building management device. In addition, in a case where the reception unit receives the management table from the wide area management device or the upper-level representative management device, the reception unit may store the received management table in the second management table storage unit. In addition, in a case where the second management table storage unit stores the management table, the transfer unit may specify the lower-level building management devices by referring to the management table and transfer the management table to the specified building management devices. 
     In addition, in the wide area management system, each building management device may further include: a power information storage unit which stores information of the power consumption of the buildings corresponding to the building management devices in association with the self building management device and the lower-level building management devices; a power information collection unit which collects the information of the power consumption of the building corresponding to the self building management device to store the information in the power information storage unit and collects the information of the power consumption of the buildings corresponding to the lower-level building management devices from the lower-level building management devices to store the information in the power information storage unit; and an additional command transmission unit which, after the transfer unit transfers the control command received by the reception unit to each of the lower-level building management devices and the event program execution unit of the self building management device executes the event program corresponding to the control command, calculates a sum of the power consumption of the building corresponding to the self building management device and the buildings corresponding to the lower-level building management devices by referring to the power information storage unit, in a case where the calculated sum of the power consumption is equal or larger than power consumption of which reduction is instructed by the control command, generates an additional command instructing new reduction of power consumption, and transmits the generated additional command to the event program extraction unit of the self building management device or to at least one of the lower-level building management devices. 
     In addition, in the wide area management system, the additional command transmission unit may select one destination for the additional command among the event program extraction unit of the self building management device and the lower-level building management devices corresponding to the buildings of which the power consumption is smaller than the power consumption instructed by the control command and transmits the additional command to the selected building management device. 
     In addition, in the wide area management system, the additional command transmission unit may transmit the additional command to each of the event program extraction unit of the self building management device and the lower-level building management devices corresponding to the buildings of which the power consumption is smaller than the power consumption instructed by the control command. 
     In addition, a second aspect of the present invention is, for example, a wide area management device used for a wide area management system managing power consumed in buildings, including: a management table storage unit which stores a management table storing information of lower-level building management devices managed by each building management device as an upper-level representative management device for each building management device installed to correspond to the respective buildings; and a transmission unit which specifies an uppermost-level building management device by referring to the management table stored in the management table storage unit and transmits one control command instructing reduction of power consumption of each buildings to each specified building management device. 
     In addition, a third aspect of the present invention is a building management device installed to correspond to each of buildings, including: a management table storage unit which stores a management table storing information of lower-level building management devices managed by each building management device as an upper-level representative management device for each building management device; and an event program storage unit which stores an event program describing a content of control which is to be performed on each facility device in the building corresponding to the building management devices in association with a control command instructing reduction of power consumption of each building in order to implement the control command; a reception unit which receives the control command from the wide area management device or the upper-level representative management device; a transfer unit which, in a case where the reception unit receives the control command, specifies lower-level building management devices managed by the self building management device as a representative management device by referring to the management table stored in the management table storage unit and transfers the received control command to each of the specified building management devices; an event program extraction unit which, in a case where the reception unit receives the control command, extracts the event program corresponding to the control command from the event program storage unit; and an event program execution unit which executes the extracted event program to control the power consumption of each facility device in the building corresponding to the self building management devices. 
     In addition, a fourth aspect of the present invention is a wide area management method in a wide area management system including a wide area management device and building management devices installed in corresponding buildings to manage power consumed in the buildings, wherein the wide area management device performs a transmitting step of specifying an uppermost-level building management device by referring to a first management table storage unit storing a management table storing information of lower-level building management devices managed by each building management device as an upper-level representative management device for each building management device and transmitting one control command instructing reduction of power consumption of each building for each specified building management device, and wherein each building management device performs: a receiving step of receiving the control command from the wide area management device or the upper-level representative management device; a transferring step of, in a case where the reception unit receives the control command, specifying lower-level building management devices managed by the self building management device as a representative management device by referring to a second management table storage unit storing the management table and transferring the received control command to each of the specified building management devices; an event program extracting step of, in a case where the control command is received in the receiving step, extracting an event program corresponding to the control command in association with the control command in order to implement the control command by referring to an event program storage unit storing the event program describing a content of control which is to be performed on each facility device in the building corresponding to the building management device; and an event program executing step of executing the extracted event program to control the power consumption of each facility device in the building corresponding to the self building management device. 
     In addition, in the wide area management method, in the transmitting step, in a case where the first management table storage unit stores the management table, the wide area management device may specify the uppermost-level building management device by referring to the management table and transmits the management table to the specified building management device. In addition, in the receiving step, in a case where the management table is received from the wide area management device or the upper-level representative management device, each building management device may store the received management table in the second management table storage unit. In addition, in the transferring step, in a case where the second management table storage unit stores the management table, each building management device may specify the lower-level building management devices by referring to the management table and transfer the management table to the specified building management devices. 
     In addition, in the wide area management method, each building management device may perform: a power information collecting step of collecting the information of the power consumption of the building corresponding to the self building management device to store the information in the power information storage unit and collecting the information of the power consumption of the buildings corresponding to the lower-level building management devices from the lower-level building management devices to store the information in the power information storage unit; and an additional command transferring step of, after the control command received in the receiving step is transferred to each of the lower-level building management devices in the transmitting step and the event program corresponding to the control command is executed in the event program executing step of the self building management device, calculating a sum of the power consumption of the building corresponding to the self building management device and the buildings corresponding to the lower-level building management devices by referring to the power information storage unit, in a case where the calculated sum of the power consumption is equal or larger than power consumption of which reduction is instructed by the control command, generating an additional command instructing new reduction of power consumption, and extracting the event program corresponding to the generated additional command in the event program extracting step or transmitting the generated additional command to at least one of the lower-level building management devices. 
     In addition, in the wide area management method, in the additional command transmitting step, each building management device may select one destination for the additional command among the self building management device and the lower-level building management devices of which the power consumption is smaller than the power consumption instructed by the control command and transmit the additional command to the selected building management device. 
     In addition, in the wide area management method, in the additional command transmitting step, each building management device may transmit the additional command to each of the self building management device and the lower-level building management devices of which the power consumption is smaller than the power consumption instructed by the control command. 
     Advantageous Effects of Invention 
     According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce a processing amount of a wide area management device by distributing a process of controlling power consumption of individual buildings into the wide area management device and building management devices even in a case where the number of to-be-managed buildings is large and to suppress an increase in communication traffic at the time of transmission of commands of controlling power consumption of individual buildings so as to be low. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a system configuration diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a wide area management system  10  according to an embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 2  is a conceptual diagram illustrating a hierarchical structure of building management devices  30 . 
         FIG. 3  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a wide area management device  20  according to a first embodiment. 
         FIG. 4  is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of a command table  220  stored in a database  22 . 
         FIG. 5  is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of a management table  221  stored in the database  22 . 
         FIG. 6  is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of a program table  222  stored in the database  22 . 
         FIG. 7  is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of a correspondence table  223  stored in the database  22 . 
         FIG. 8  is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of a power information table  224  stored in the database  22 . 
         FIG. 9  is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example of control contents for buildings  14 . 
         FIG. 10  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the building management device  30  according to the first embodiment. 
         FIG. 11  is a flowchart illustrating an example of operations of the wide area management device  20  according to the first embodiment. 
         FIG. 12  is a flowchart illustrating an example of operations of the building management device  30  according to the first embodiment. 
         FIG. 13  is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of a management table  221  stored in a database  22  in a second embodiment. 
         FIG. 14  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a building management device  30  according to the second embodiment. 
         FIG. 15  is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of operations of a wide area management system  10  according to the second embodiment. 
         FIG. 16  is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a computer  40  embodying functions of the wide area management device  20  or the building management device  30 . 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
     First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 
       FIG. 1  is a system configuration diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a wide area management system  10  according to an embodiment of the present invention. The wide area management system  10  is configured to include a wide area management device  20  and building management devices  30  ( 30 - 1  and  30 - 2 ) installed in a plurality of buildings  14  ( 14 - 1  and  14 - 2 ). The wide area management device  20  and the building management devices  30  are connected to communication lines  13 , so that reception/transmission of communication data can be performed through the communication lines  13 . 
     The wide area management system  10  according to the embodiment has, for example, a hierarchical structure as illustrated in  FIG. 2  (a conceptual diagram for explaining a hierarchical structure of the building management devices  30 ). In  FIG. 2 , “C 000 ” denotes the wide area management device  20 , and “B 001 ” to “B 011 ” denote building IDs of buildings corresponding to the building management devices  30 . In the embodiment, basically, the devices connected by lines in  FIG. 2  perform communication with each other. In the example of  FIG. 2 , the uppermost-level building management devices  30  are building management devices  30  of “B 001 ” to “B 003 ” and perform communication with the wide area management device  20 . 
     In the embodiment, for example, like the building management device  30  of “B 001 ”, “B 002 ”, “B 006 ”, “B 007 ”, or “B 010 ”, a building management devices  30 , in a lower level of which one or more building management devices  30  exist, is referred to as a “representative management device”. The “representative management device” transmits data received from an upper-level wide area management device  20  or an upper-level representative management device to lower-level building management devices  30  or lower-level representative management device and transmits data received from the lower-level building management devices  30  or the lower-level representative management device to the upper-level wide area management device  20  or the upper-level representative management device. 
     In the embodiment, one representative management device is installed in unit of building management devices  30  corresponding to buildings which are, for example, geographically near or under the management of the same organization as indicated by dotted lines of  FIG. 2  or a plurality of building management devices  30  included in the same communication network. 
     The wide area management device  20  receives a control command of controlling power consumption of the buildings  14  from a manager  12  through a manipulation terminal  11  and transmits the received control command through the communication lines  13  to the uppermost-level building management device  30  or the representative management device. Each representative management device transfers the received control command to the lower-level building management devices  30  or the lower-level representative management devices. 
     In addition, even in a case where the wide area management device  20  receives a control command from a different device through a communication line  18 , the wide area management device may perform the same operations as those in a case where the wide area management device receives the control command from the manager  12  through the manipulation terminal  11 . As the above-mentioned “other device”, for example, in an energy management system for the entire region such as a Cluster/Community Energy Management System (CEMS), a community cooperation device  17  which transmits a control command for controlling power of each building in the region or the like is considered. 
     Each building management device  30  is connected to a communication network  16  such as a LAN installed in the building  14  so that the building management devices can perform reception and transmission of communication data with facility devices  15  installed in the building  14  through the communication network  16 . In addition, each building management device  30  receives an event program associated with the control command from the wide area management device  20  through the communication line  13  and stores the event program. Each building management device  30  may be configured with, for example, a device used for a Building Energy and Environmental Management System (BEMS). 
     In the embodiment, the event program is a program for controlling power consumption of the facility devices  15  by controlling operations of the facility devices  15  installed in the building  14 . In a case where each building management device  30  receives a command ID of a control command from the wide area management device  20  through the communication line  13 , the building management device controls the entire power consumption of the building  14  in response to the control command by performing the event program corresponding to the received command ID. 
       FIG. 3  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a detailed functional configuration of the wide area management device  20  according to the first embodiment. The wide area management device  20  according to the embodiment is configured to include a control command acquisition unit  21 , a database  22 , a registration information acquisition unit  23 , an information output unit  24 , a transmission unit  25 , and a reception unit  26 . The database  22  stores a command table  220 , a management table  221 , a program table  222 , a correspondence table  223 , and a power information table  224 . 
     For example, as illustrated in  FIG. 4  (a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of the command table  220  stored in the database  22 ), the command table  220  stores information indicating a content  2201  of the control command in association with a command ID  2200  identifying each control command. 
     Herein, “normal operation” is a command instructing that, for example, normal operations are performed with predetermined settings; “x % power saving” is a command instructing that, for example, a sum of power consumption of all the buildings under the management is set to be x % of the power consumption during rated operation; and “manual manipulation preferential operation” is a command instructing that, for example, normal operation is basically performed and, in a case where there is manual manipulation, control according to the manipulation is preferentially performed. 
     For example, as illustrated in  FIG. 5  (a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of the management table  221  stored in the database  22 ), the management table  221  stores address information  2211  of the building management device  30  and lower-level IDs  2212  indicating building IDs of different building management devices  30  which are at levels lower than the building management device  30  in association with the building ID  2210  identifying the building corresponding to each building management device  30 . 
     By referring to the management table  221 , it can be seen that the building management device  30 , in the lower-level ID of which the data are registered, is a representative management device, and it can be seen that building IDs or address information of lower-level or upper-level different building management devices  30  with respect to each building management device  30 . 
     For example, as illustrated in  FIG. 6  (a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of the program table  222  stored in the database  22 ), the program table  222  stores event program main bodies  2221  in association with program IDs  2220  identifying event programs. 
     For example, in illustrated in  FIG. 7  (a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of the correspondence table  223  stored in the database  22 ), the correspondence table  223  stores building-associated correspondence tables  2231  in association with the building IDs  2230 . Each building-associated correspondence table  2231  stores, for each command ID  2232  identifying each control command, a program ID  2233  of the event program embodying the control command in the corresponding building  14 . 
     For example, as illustrated in  FIG. 8  (a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of the power information table  224  stored in the database  22 ), the power information table  224  stores individual power information tables  2241  in association with building IDs  2240 . Each individual power information table  2241  stores, for each time zone, power consumption  2243  in association with date  2242 . The power consumption  2243  indicates a sum of power consumption of the facility devices  15  in the building  14  according to the building ID  2240  in each time zone. 
     In a case where reading of control command is requested from the manager  12  through the manipulation terminal  11 , the control command acquisition unit  21  reads the command ID and the content of the corresponding control command from the command table  220  of the database  22  and displays the command ID and the content on a screen of the manipulation terminal  11 . Next, in a case where a selection of the control command is received from the manager  12  through the manipulation terminal  11 , the control command acquisition unit  21  transmits the command ID of the selected control command to the transmission unit  25 . 
     In a case where data of the command table  220 , the management table  221 , and the program table  222 , or the correspondence table  223  are received from the manager  12  through the manipulation terminal  11 , the registration information acquisition unit  23  stores the received data in the database  22 . 
     In a case where the management table  221  is stored in the database  22 , the transmission unit  25  specifies the address information of the uppermost-level building management device  30  by referring to the stored management table  221  and transmits the data of the management table  221  to a destination indicated by the specified address information through the communication line  13 . 
     In addition, in a case where the program table  222  or the correspondence table  223  is stored in the database  22 , or in a case where the command ID is received from the control command acquisition unit  21 , the transmission unit  25  specifies the address information of the uppermost-level building management device  30  by referring to the management table  221  of the database  22  and transmits data of the program table  222  or the correspondence table  223  or the command ID to the destination indicated by the specified address information through the communication line  13 . The transmitted data may be sequentially transferred to lower-level building management devices  30  by each representative management device, and finally, all the building management devices  30  may receive the data. 
     In a case where the building ID and the sum of power consumption for each date and each time zone are received from the uppermost-level building management device  30  through the communication line  13 , the reception unit  26  specifies the individual power information table  2241  corresponding to the received building ID in the power information table  224  of the database  22  and stores the received sum of power consumption in the columns of the corresponding date and time zone of the specified individual power information table  2241 . 
     In a case where reading of data in the database  22  is instructed by the manager  12  through the manipulation terminal  11 , the information output unit  24  reads the instructed data from the database  22  and displays the data on the manipulation terminal  11 . The information in the database  22  is displayed on the manipulation terminal  11 , so that the manager  12  can acquire information of determining whether to transmit a control command or which control command to be transmitted or information as to how much the power consumption of each building is changed after transmission of the control command. 
     Herein, the control command and the contents of the event program executed for each building  14  are described in association with each other, for example, as illustrated in  FIG. 9  (a conceptual diagram for explaining an example of contents of control for each building  14 ). 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 9 , for example, the “building  1 ” with the building ID “B 001 ” may be associated with the event program “P 001 ” performing control of the content that, with respect to the control command “C 001 ” of “10% power saving”, for the “lighting control”, the control is not performed, and for the “air-conditioning control”, the “set temperature is changed 2° C.”. For the “air-conditioning control”, the “set temperature is changed 2° C.” denotes that, for example, during cooling, the set temperature is increased 2° C., and during heating, the set temperature is deceased 2° C. 
     In addition, the “building  1 ” may be associated with the event program “P 002 ” performing control of the content that, with respect to the control command “C 002 ” of “20% power saving”, for the “lighting control”, the “blind in the vicinity of the lighting  1  is drawn up”, and for the “air-conditioning control”, the “set temperature is changed 4° C.”. Since the “building  1 ” is considered to be a building where an elevator is not installed, the elevator control is not performed. 
     In addition, the “building  2 ” with the building ID “B 002 ” may be associated with the event program “P 102 ” performing control of the content that, with respect to the control command “C 002 ” of “20% power saving”, for the “lighting control”, the “blinds in the vicinity of the lighting  1  and the lighting  2  are drawn up”; for the “air-conditioning control”, the “set temperature is changed 2° C.”; and for the “elevator control”, the “elevator  1 ” is stopped. 
     In this manner, the buildings are associated with the respective control commands instructing different amounts of power saving, so that the event programs embodying individual control of the facility devices  15  for embodying the respective power saving may be associated. Therefore, even though one control command is commonly transmitted from the wide area management device  20  to the building management devices  30 , in the respective building management devices  30 , the power consumption can be controlled by the control methods unique to the facility devices  15  installed in the respective buildings  14 . 
     Therefore, although the wide area management device  20  does not generate different control commands for the respective buildings  14  to individually transmit the control command to the respective buildings  14  every time when the power saving is needed, if the wide area management device commonly transmits one control command instructing the entire power saving to all the buildings  14  which are to be managed, desired power saving over the entire buildings  14  can be implemented. 
       FIG. 10  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the building management device  30  according to the first embodiment. The building management device  30  according to the embodiment is configured to include a transfer unit  31 , a reception unit  32 , a database  33 , an event program extraction unit  34 , an event program execution unit  35 , and a power information collection unit  36 . The database  33  stores a management table  330 , a building-associated correspondence table  331 , an individual program table  332 , and a power information table  333 . 
     The management table  330  stores the data described with reference to  FIG. 4 . The building-associated correspondence table  331  stores the data in the building-associated correspondence table  2231  associated with the building ID of the building corresponding to the self building management device  30  in the correspondence table  223  described with reference to  FIG. 7 . The individual program table  332  stores the program ID and the corresponding event program main body stored in the building-associated correspondence table  331  in the program table  222  described with reference to  FIG. 6 . 
     The power information table  333  has the same data structure as the power information table  224  described with reference to  FIG. 8 ; the power information table  333  stores the power information of the building  14  corresponding to the self building management device  30 ; and if the self building management device  30  is a representative management device, the power information table  333  also stores the power information of the buildings  14  corresponding to the lower-level building management devices  30 . 
     In a case where the reception unit  32  receives the management table from the wide area management device  20 , the reception unit  32  transmits the received management table to the transfer unit  31  and stores the received management table as the management table  330  in the database  22 . 
     In addition, in a case where the correspondence table is received from the wide area management device  20 , the reception unit  32  transmits the received correspondence table to the transfer unit  31 , extracts the building-associated correspondence table which is associated with the building ID of the building  14  corresponding to the self building management device  30  in the received correspondence table, and stores the extracted building-associated correspondence table as the building-associated correspondence table  331  in the database  22 . 
     In addition, in a case where the program table is received from the wide area management device  20 , the reception unit  32  transmits the received program table to the transfer unit  31 , extracts the event program main body which is associated with the program ID registered in the building-associated correspondence table  331  of the database  22  in the received program table, and stores the extracted event program main body in association with the program ID as the individual program table  332  in the database  22 . 
     In addition, in a case where the command ID is received from the wide area management device  20 , the reception unit  32  transmits the received command ID to the transfer unit  31  and the event program extraction unit  34 . In addition, in a case where the building ID and the power information indicating the power consumption of the corresponding building are received from the lower-level building management device  30 , the reception unit  32  stores the received power information in the individual power information table which is associated with the corresponding building ID in the power information table  333  of the database  22 . 
     In a case where the transfer unit  31  receives the management table from the reception unit  32 , the transfer unit  31  specifies the address information of a different building management device  30  registered in the management table as a lower-level building management device of the self building management device  30  and transfers the management table to the destination indicated by the specified address information. 
     In addition, in a case where the transfer unit  31  receives the correspondence table, the program table, or the command ID from the reception unit  32 , the transfer unit  31  specifies the address information of a different building management device  30  registered as a lower-level building management device of the self building management device  30  by referring to the management table  330  of the database  33  and transfers the received information to the destination indicated by the specified address information. 
     In addition, in a case where the power information is registered in the power information table  333  of the database  33 , the transfer unit  31  specifies the address information of a different building management device  30  (an upper-level representative management device) or the wide area management device  20  in which the self building management device  30  is registered as a lower-level building management device by referring to the management table  330  of the database  33  and transfers the power information together with the associated building ID to the destination indicated by the specified address information. 
     In a case where the event program extraction unit  34  receives the command ID from the reception unit  32 , the event program extraction unit  34  specifies the program ID which is associated with the received command ID by referring to the building-associated correspondence table  331  of the database  33 . Next, the event program extraction unit  34  extracts the event program which is associated with the specified program ID from the individual program table  332  of the database  33  and transmits the extracted event program to the event program execution unit  35 . 
     The event program execution unit  35  executes the event program received from the event program extraction unit  34  to control operations of the facility devices  15  installed in the building  14  through the communication network  16  to control the power consumption of the facility devices  15 . 
     The power information collection unit  36  collects the measured values of power consumption of the facility devices  15  in the building  14  through the communication network  16  at each predetermined timing. In addition, the power information collection unit  36  sums the measured values of the power consumption of all the facility devices  15  for every predetermined time zone and stores the value of sum of the power consumption in the columns of the time zone corresponding to the corresponding date in the power information table  333  of the database  33 . 
       FIG. 11  is a flowchart illustrating an example of operations of the wide area management device  20  according to the first embodiment. The flowchart illustrates operations relating to transmission of data of the management table and the like. In addition, separately from the flowchart, the wide area management device  20  receives power information, at any time, from the building management devices  30  through the communication lines  13  to store the power information in the power information table  224  of the database  22  and outputs the data in the power information table  224  to the manipulation terminal  11  in response to a request of the manipulation terminal  11 . 
     First, the registration information acquisition unit  23  determines whether the management table is received (S 100 ). In a case where the management table is received (S 100 : Yes), the registration information acquisition unit  23  stores the received management table as the management table  221  in the database  22  (S 101 ). Next, the transmission unit  25  specifies the address information of the uppermost-level building management device  30  by referring to the management table  221  of the database  22 . Next, the transmission unit  25  transmits the management table  221  to the destination indicated by the specified address information (S 102 ), and the registration information acquisition unit  23  performs the process illustrated in step S 100  again. 
     In a case where the management table is not received (S 100 : No), the registration information acquisition unit  23  determines whether the program table or the correspondence table is received (S 103 ). In a case where the program table or the correspondence table is received (S 103 : Yes), the registration information acquisition unit  23  stores the received program table or correspondence table as the program table  222  or the correspondence table  223  in the database  22  (S 104 ). 
     Next, the transmission unit  25  specifies the address information of the uppermost-level building management device  30  by referring to the management table  221  of the database  22 . Next, the transmission unit  25  transmits the program table  222  or the correspondence table  223  to the destination indicated by the specified address information (S 105 ), and the registration information acquisition unit  23  performs the process illustrated in step S 100  again. 
     In a case where both of the program table and the correspondence table are not received (S 103 : No), the control command acquisition unit  21  determines whether the selection of the control command is received (S 106 ). In a case where the selection of the control command is received (S 106 : Yes), the control command acquisition unit  21  specifies the command ID corresponding to the selected control command by referring to the command table  220  of the database  22  and transmits the specified command ID to the transmission unit  25 . 
     Next, the transmission unit  25  specifies the address information of the uppermost-level building management device  30  by referring to the management table  221  of the database  22  and transmits the command ID received from the control command acquisition unit  21  to the destination indicated by the specified address information (S 107 ), and the registration information acquisition unit  23  performs the process illustrated in step S 100  again. 
       FIG. 12  is a flowchart illustrating an example of operations of each building management device  30  according to the first embodiment. The flowchart illustrates operations relating to reception and transfer of data of the management table and the like. In addition, separately from the flowchart, each building management device  30  collects power information, at any time, from the facility devices of the corresponding building or the lower-level building management devices  30  to store the power information in the power information table  333  of the database  33  and transmits the power information in the power information table  333  through the communication lines  13  to the wide area management device  20  or the upper-level representative management device. 
     First, the reception unit  32  determines whether the management table is received from the wide area management device  20  or the upper-level representative management device (S 200 ). In a case where the management table is received (S 200 : Yes), the reception unit  32  transmits the received management table to the transfer unit  31  and stores the received management table in the database  22  (S 201 ). 
     The transfer unit  31  specifies the address information of a different building management device  30  registered in the management table as a lower-level building management device of the self building management device  30  by referring to the management table received from the reception unit  32 . Next, the transfer unit  31  transfers the received management table to the destination indicated by the specified address information (S 202 ), and the reception unit  32  performs the process illustrated in step S 200  again. 
     In a case where the management table is not received (S 200 : No), the reception unit  32  determines whether the program table or the correspondence table is received from the wide area management device  20  or the upper-level representative management device (S 203 ). In a case where the program table or the correspondence table is received (S 203 : Yes), the reception unit  32  transmits the received program table or the correspondence table to the transfer unit  31 . Next, the reception unit  32  generates the individual program table  332  or the building-associated correspondence table  331  from the received program table or the correspondence table and stores the individual program table or the building-associated correspondence table in the database  33  (S 204 ). 
     The transfer unit  31  specifies the address information of a different building management device  30  registered in the management table as a lower-level building management device of the self building management device  30  by referring to the management table  330  of the database  33 . Next, the transfer unit  31  transfers the program table or correspondence table received from the reception unit  32  to the destination indicated by the specified address information (S 205 ), and the reception unit  32  performs the process illustrated in step S 200  again. 
     In a case where both of the program table and the correspondence table are not received (S 203 : No), the reception unit  32  determines whether the command ID is received from the wide area management device  20  or the upper-level representative management device (S 206 ). In a case where the command ID is not received (S 206 : No), the reception unit  32  performs the process illustrated in step S 200  again. 
     In a case where the command ID is received (S 206 : Yes), the reception unit  32  transmits the received command ID to the transfer unit  31  and the event program extraction unit  34 . The transfer unit  31  specifies the address information of a different building management device  30  registered in the management table as a lower-level building management device of the self building management device  30  by referring to the management table  330  of the database  33 . Next, the transfer unit  31  transfers the command ID received from the reception unit  32  to the destination indicated by the specified address information (S 207 ). 
     Next, the event program extraction unit  34  specifies the program ID which is associated with the received command ID by referring to the building-associated correspondence table  331  of the database  33  based on the command ID received from the reception unit  32 . Next, the event program extraction unit  34  extracts the event program which is associated with the specified program ID by referring to the individual program table  332  of the database  33  and transmits the extracted event program to the event program execution unit  35  (S 208 ). 
     Next, the event program execution unit  35  executes the event program received from the event program extraction unit  34  (S 209 ), controls operations of the facility devices  15  installed in the building  14 , and controls the power consumption of the facility devices  15 . Next, the reception unit  32  performs the process illustrated in step S 200  again. 
     Heretofore, the first embodiment of the present invention has been described. 
     As clarified from the above description, according to the wide area management system  10  of the present invention, even in a case where there are many buildings  14  which are to be managed, an increase in communication traffic at the time of transmission of commands and the like of controlling power consumption of individual buildings  14  can be suppressed so as to be low. 
     Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 
     The system configuration diagram of the embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 1 . In addition, the functional configuration of the wide area management device  20  according to the embodiment is also the same as that of the first embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 3 . However, the data structure of the management table  221  of the database  22  is slightly different from the power information table  224  of the first embodiment. 
       FIG. 13  is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of a management table  221  stored in a database  22  in the second embodiment. As illustrated in  FIG. 13 , in addition to the building ID  2210 , the address information  2211 , and the lower-level ID  2212 , the management table  221  stores data of the rated power  2213  representing the power consumed during rated operation in the building  14  corresponding to the building ID  2210 . 
       FIG. 14  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a building management device  30  according to the second embodiment. The building management device is configured to include a transfer unit  31 , a reception unit  32 , a database  33 , an event program extraction unit  34 , an event program execution unit  35 , a power information collection unit  36 , and an additional command transmission unit  37 . The database  33  stores a management table  330 , a building-associated correspondence table  331 , an individual program table  332 , a power information table  333 , and a command table  334 . In addition, except for the points described below, in  FIG. 14 , since the components denoted by the same reference numerals as those of  FIG. 10  have the same or similar functions as those of the components in  FIG. 10 , the detailed description is omitted. 
     The management table  330  stores the data of the management table  221  described with reference to  FIG. 13 . In a case where the reception unit  32  receives the command ID from the wide area management device  20 , the reception unit  32  transmits the received command ID to the transfer unit  31 , the event program extraction unit  34 , and the additional command transmission unit  37 . 
     The additional command transmission unit  37  determines whether the self building management device  30  is a representative management device by determining whether a different building management device  30  exists in the lower level by referring to the management table  330  of the database  33 . In a case where the self building management device  30  is a representative management device, the additional command transmission unit  37  determines whether a different representative management device exists in the lower level by further referring to the management table  330  of the database  33 . 
     In a case where a different representative management device does not exist in the lower level, when a predetermined time (for example, 10 minutes) elapses after the event program corresponding to the command ID received from the reception unit  32  is executed by the event program execution unit  35 , or when the value of power consumption corresponding to a predetermined building ID is updated by referring to the power information table  333 , the additional command transmission unit  37  calculates the values of power consumption which is to be achieved according to the control command corresponding to the command ID received from the reception unit  32  in association with the buildings  14  of the self building management device  30  and the lower-level building management devices  30  by referring to the management table  330  and command table  334  of the database  33 . 
     For example, in a case where the control command corresponding to the command ID received from the reception unit  32  is a command indicating that the power consumption is reduced 20% of the power consumption during rated operation and the power consumption during rated operation of the building  14  corresponding to the self building management device  30  or the lower-level building management device  30  is 50 kW, the additional command transmission unit  37  calculates the value of the power consumption which is to be achieved according to the control command as 50 kW×0.8=40 kW. 
     Next, the additional command transmission unit  37  extracts values of the current power consumption of the buildings  14  corresponding to the self building management device  30  and the lower-level building management devices  30  by referring to the power information table  333  of the database  33  and calculates the value of sum of the extracted current power consumption. In addition, the additional command transmission unit  37  calculates the values of sum of the power consumption which the buildings  14  corresponding to the self building management device  30  and the lower-level building management devices  30  are to achieve according to the control command. Next, the additional command transmission unit  37  determines whether the calculated value of sum of the current power consumption is smaller than the value of sum of the power consumption which is to be achieved according to the control command. 
     In a case where the value of sum of the current power consumption is smaller than the value of sum of the power consumption which is to be achieved according to the control command, the additional command transmission unit  37  specifies the address information of the different building management devices  30  (an upper-level representative management devices) in which the self building management device  30  is registered as the lower-level building management devices or the wide area management device  20  by referring to the management table  330  of the database  33 . Next, the additional command transmission unit  37  transmits the result notice including information indicating achievement to the destination indicated by the specified address information. 
     On the other hand, in a case where the value of sum of the current power consumption is equal to or larger than the value of sum of the power consumption which is to be achieved according to the control command, the additional command transmission unit  37  searches for the buildings  14  of which the value of the current power consumption is smaller than the value of the power consumption which is to be achieved according to the control command. In a case where the buildings  14  of which the value of the current power consumption is smaller than the value of the power consumption which is to be achieved according to the control command do not exist, the additional command transmission unit  37  transmits the result notice including information indicating non-achievement to the upper-level representative management device or the wide area management device  20 . 
     In addition, in a case where one or more buildings  14  of which the value of the current power consumption is smaller than the value of the power consumption which is to be achieved according to the control command exist, the additional command transmission unit  37  selects one destination for the additional command among the buildings  14  of which the value of the current power consumption is smaller than the value of the power consumption which is to be achieved according to the control command. 
     The destination for the additional command may be selected at random among the buildings  14  of which the value of the current power consumption is smaller than the value of the power consumption which is to be achieved according to the control command. In order that the additional commands are not concentrated on one building  14 , the building  14  of which the recorded number of times of reception of the previous additional command is small may be preferentially selected. The building  14  of which the power consumption during rated operation is large may be preferentially selected. Alternatively, all the buildings  14  of which the value of the current power consumption is smaller than the value of the power consumption which is to be achieved according to the control command may be selected as the destinations for the additional command. 
     Next, with respect to the buildings  14  corresponding to the self building management device  30  and the lower-level building management devices  30 , the additional command transmission unit  37  calculates a difference between the value of sum of the current power consumption and the value of sum of the power consumption which is to be achieved according to the control command as an insufficient portion of a reduction amount. Next, the additional command transmission unit  37  generates an additional command by further adding the power consumption corresponding to the calculated insufficient portion to the power consumption which is to be achieved according to the control command and transmits the command ID corresponding to the generated additional command to the building management device  30  of the selected building  14 . 
     For example, as a result of the control according to the initial control command indicating that the power consumption is uniformly reduced 20% of the power consumption during rated operation, the building  14  of which power consumption is 21% of the power consumption during normal operation is selected as the destination for the additional command, if the power consumption during rated operation of the building  14  is 40 kW and the insufficient portion of the power consumption is 3.1 kW, the additional command transmission unit  37  adds the insufficient portion of the power to the building management device  30  to generate the control command indicating that the power consumption is reduced 30% of the power consumption during rated operation and transmits the command ID corresponding to the generated control command to the building management device  30  of the building  14 . 
     In addition, in a case where different representative management devices exist in the lower level, the additional command transmission unit  37  stands by until the result notice is received from all the lower-level representative management devices. In a case where the result notice is received from all the lower-level representative management devices, the additional command transmission unit  37  extracts the values of the current power consumption of the buildings  14  corresponding to the self building management device  30  and the lower-level building management devices  30  by referring to the power information table  333  of the database  33  and calculates the value of sum of the extracted current power consumption. Next, the additional command transmission unit  37  determines whether the calculated value of sum of the current power consumption is smaller than the value of sum of the power consumption which is to be achieved according to the control command. 
     In a case where the value of sum of the current power consumption is smaller than the value of sum of the power consumption which is to be achieved according to the control command, the additional command transmission unit  37  transmits the result notice including information indicating achievement to the upper-level different representative management device or the wide area management device  20 . 
     On the other hand, in a case where the value of sum of the current power consumption is equal to or larger than the value of sum of the power consumption which is to be achieved according to the control command, the additional command transmission unit  37  searches for a building  14  of which the value of the current power consumption is smaller than the value of the power consumption which is to be achieved according to the control command or a lower-level representative management device which transmits the result notice indicating achievement. In a case where neither a building  14  of which the value of the current power consumption is smaller than the value of the power consumption which is to be achieved according to the control command nor a lower-level representative management device which transmits the result notice indicating achievement exists, the additional command transmission unit  37  transmits the result notice including information indicating non-achievement to the upper-level representative management device or the wide area management device  20 . 
     In addition, in a case where one or more buildings  14  of which the value of the current power consumption is smaller than the value of the power consumption which is to be achieved according to the control command or one or more lower-level representative management devices which transmit the result notice indicating achievement exist, the additional command transmission unit  37  selects one destination for the additional command among the buildings or the representative management devices. 
     In addition, since there is a possibility that the lower-level representative management device has already transmitted the additional command to a further lower-level building management device  30 , it is preferable that the lower-level representative management device be not selected as a destination for the additional command. 
     Next, with respect to the buildings  14  corresponding to the self building management device  30  and the lower-level building management devices  30  (including lower-level representative management devices and further-lower-level building management devices  30 ), the additional command transmission unit  37  calculates a difference between the value of sum of the current power consumption and the value of sum of the power consumption which is to be achieved according to the control command as an insufficient portion of a reduction amount. Next, the additional command transmission unit  37  generates an additional command by further adding the power consumption corresponding to the calculated insufficient portion to the power consumption which is to be achieved according to the control command and transmits the command ID corresponding to the generated additional command to the building management device  30  of the selected building  14 . 
     Next, the entire operations of the wide area management system  10  according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to  FIG. 15 .  FIG. 15  is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of the operations of the wide area management system  10  according to the second embodiment. In addition, in  FIG. 15 , it is assumed that the building management devices  30   a  and  30   b  operate as representative management devices and the values of power consumption during rated operation of the buildings  14  corresponding to the building management devices  30   b  to  30   d  are 50 kW, 50 kW, and 40 kW, respectively. 
     First, the transmission unit  25  of the wide area management device  20  or the transfer unit  31  of the building management device  30   a  transmits the command ID (S 300 ). In the example of  FIG. 15 , the command ID of the control command indicating that the power consumption is uniformly reduced 20% of the power consumption during rated operation is transmitted. The transfer unit  31  of the building management device  30   b  transfers the received command ID to the lower-level building management devices  30   c  and  30   d  (S 301  and S 302 ). 
     Next, in each of the building management devices  30   b  to  30   d , the event program execution unit  35  performs the event program corresponding to the received command ID (S 303 ), and the power information collection unit  36  collects the power information of each building  14  and stores the power information in the power information table  333  of the database  33  (S 304 ). Next, the transfer units  31  of the building management devices  30   c  and  30   d  transfer the power information stored in the power information table  333  to the building management device  30   b  that is a representative management device (S 305  and S 306 ). 
     Herein, the power consumption of the building  14  corresponding to the building management device  30   b  after the execution of the event program becomes −20% (80%) of the power consumption during rated operation; the power consumption of the building  14  corresponding to the building management device  30   b  becomes −14% (86%) of the power consumption during rated operation; and the power consumption of the building  14  corresponding to the building management device  30   c  becomes −21% (79%) of the power consumption during rated operation. 
     Next, the additional command transmission unit  37  of the building management device  30   b  extracts the values of the current power consumption of the buildings  14  corresponding to the self building management device  30   b  and the lower-level building management devices  30   c  and  30   d  by referring to the power information table  333  of the database  33  and calculates the value of sum of the extracted current power consumption (S 307 ). 
     In the example illustrated in  FIG. 15 , the values of power consumption during rated operation of the buildings  14  corresponding to the building management devices  30   b  to  30   d  are 50 kW, 50 kW, and 40 kW, respectively; the value of the current power consumption of the building  14  corresponding to the self building management device  30   b  becomes 50 kW×0.8=40 kW; the value of the current power consumption of the building  14  corresponding to the lower-level building management device  30   c  becomes 50 kW×0.86=43 kW; and the value of the current power consumption of the building  14  corresponding to the lower-level building management device  30   d  becomes 40 kW×0.79=31.6 kW. Therefore, the additional command transmission unit  37  of the building management device  30   b  calculates 40 kW+43 kW+31.6 kW=114.6 kW as the value of sum of the current power consumption. 
     Next, the additional command transmission unit  37  of the building management device  30   b  calculates the value of sum of the power consumption which the buildings  14  corresponding to the self building management device  30   b  and the lower-level building management devices  30   c  and  30   d  are to achieve according to the control command (S 308 ). In the example illustrated in  FIG. 15 , the values of power consumption during rated operation of the buildings  14  corresponding to the building management devices  30   b  to  30   d  are 50 kW, 50 kW, and 40 kW, respectively, and the value of sum of the power consumption which is to be achieved according to the control command indicating that the power consumption is uniformly reduced 20% of the power consumption during rated operation becomes 50 kW×0.8+50 kW×0.8+40 kW×0.8=112 kW. 
     Next, the additional command transmission unit  37  of the building management device  30   b  determines whether the calculated value of sum of the current power consumption is smaller than the value of sum of the power consumption which is to be achieved according to the control command (S 309 ). In the example of  FIG. 15 , since the value of sum of the current power consumption is 114.6 kW, the additional command transmission unit  37  of the building management device  30   b  determines that the calculated value of sum of the current power consumption is more than 112 kW which is the value of sum of the power consumption to be achieved according to the control command, that is, 112 kW or more. 
     Next, the additional command transmission unit  37  of the building management device  30   b  selects one building  14  which is to be the destination for the additional command among the buildings  14  of which the value of the current power consumption is smaller than the value of the power consumption which is to be achieved according to the control command. In the example of  FIG. 15 , since the buildings  14  of which the value of the current power consumption are smaller than the value of the power consumption which is to be achieved according to the control command is the buildings  14  corresponding to the building management devices  30   b  and  30   d , the additional command transmission unit  37  of the building management device  30   b  selects, for example, the building  14  corresponding to the building management devices  30   d  as the destination for the additional command. 
     Next, with respect to the buildings  14  corresponding to the self building management device  30   b  and the lower-level building management devices  30   c  and  30   d , the additional command transmission unit  37  of the building management device  30   b  calculates a difference between the value of sum of the current power consumption and the value of sum of the power consumption which is to be achieved according to the control command as an insufficient portion of a reduction amount. In the example of  FIG. 15 , since the value of sum of the current power consumption is 114.6 kW and the value of sum of the power consumption which is to be achieved according to the control command is 112 kW, the additional command transmission unit  37  of the building management device  30   b  calculates 114.6 kW−112 kW=2.6 kW as an insufficient portion of a reduction amount. 
     Next, the additional command transmission unit  37  of the building management device  30   b  generates an additional command by further adding the power consumption corresponding to the calculated insufficient portion to the power consumption which is to be achieved according to the control command and transmits the command ID corresponding to the generated additional command to the building management device  30  corresponding to the selected building  14 . In the example of  FIG. 15 , since the power consumption during rated operation of the building management devices  30   d  is 40 kW, the reduction amount corresponding to the insufficient portion becomes 2.6 kW÷40 kW×100=6.5%; and since the control command for 20% reduction is transmitted in advance, the control command of 20%+6.5%=26.5% or more reduction may be transmitted. 
     The additional command transmission unit  37  of the building management device  30   b  specifies the control command for 30% reduction as the control command nearest to the control command indicating that the power consumption is reduced 26.5% of the power consumption during rated operation by referring to the command table  334  of the database  33 . Next, the additional command transmission unit  37  of the building management device  30   b  transmits the command ID corresponding to the generated control command to the building management device  30   d  (S 310 ). The event program execution unit  35  of the building management device  30   d  executes the event program corresponding to the received command ID (S 311 ). 
     Next, the power information collection units  36  of the building management devices  30   b  to  30   d  collect the power information of the buildings  14  and stores the power information in the power information table  333  of the database  33  (S 312 ). Next, the transfer units  31  of the building management devices  30   c  and  30   d  transfer the power information stored in the power information table  333  to the building management device  30   b  that is a representative management device (S 313  and S 314 ). 
     Herein, it is assumed that the power consumption of the building  14  corresponding to the building management device  30   b  measured in step S 312  becomes −20% (80%) of the power consumption during rated operation; the power consumption of the building  14  corresponding to the building management device  30   c  becomes −14% (86%) of the power consumption during rated operation; and the power consumption of the building  14  corresponding to the building management device  30   d  becomes −28% (72%) of the power consumption during rated operation. 
     Next, the additional command transmission unit  37  of the building management device  30   b  extracts the values of the current power consumption of the buildings  14  corresponding to the self building management device  30   b  and the lower-level building management devices  30   c  and  30   d  by referring to the power information table  333  of the database  33  again and calculates the value of sum of the extracted current power consumption (S 315 ). 
     At the point of step S 315 , the value of the current power consumption of the building  14  corresponding to the self building management device  30   b  becomes 50 kW×0.8=40 kW; the value of the current power consumption of the building  14  corresponding to the lower-level building management device  30   c  becomes 50 kW×0.86=43 kW; and the value of the current power consumption of the building  14  corresponding to the lower-level building management device  30   d  becomes 40 kW×0.72=28.8 kW. Therefore, the additional command transmission unit  37  of the building management device  30   b  calculates the value of sum of the power consumption at the point of step S 315 , that is, 40 kW+43 kW+28.8 kW=111.8 kW as the value of sum of the current power consumption. 
     Next, since the calculated value of sum of the current power consumption is 111.8 kW, the additional command transmission unit  37  of the building management device  30   b  determines that the value of sum of the power consumption which is to be achieved according to the control command is smaller than 112 kW (S 316 ) and transmits the result notice including information indicating achievement to the wide area management device  20  or the upper-level representative management device (S 317 ). 
     In this manner, since each representative management device generates and transmits the additional command so that the control command corresponding to the command ID transmitted from the wide area management device  20  or the upper-level representative management device is embodied among the self building management device  30  and the lower-level building management devices  30 , although the power consumption of the buildings  14  corresponding to a portion of the building management devices  30  is not reduced in accordance to the control command, it is possible to remove the trouble that the manager  12  selects the control command again through the wide area management device  20 . For this reason, it is possible to provide further highly convenient wide area management system  10 . In addition, each representative management device first calculates the value of sum of the current power consumption, calculates the value of sum of the power consumption which is to be achieved, and transmits the additional command to the building management devices when the power consumption is not achieved, so that it is possible to appropriately reduce the power consumption of the buildings connected to loads of each representative management device. 
     Heretofore, the second embodiment of the present invention has been described. 
     In addition, the wide area management device  20  or each building management device  30  according to the first or second embodiment is embodied by, for example, a computer  40  having a configuration illustrated in  FIG. 16 . 
       FIG. 16  is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a computer  40  embodying functions of the wide area management device  20  or each building management device  30 . The computer  40  is configured to include a Central Processing Unit (CPU)  41 , a Random Access Memory (RAM)  42 , a Read Only Memory (ROM)  43 , a Hard Disk Drive (HDD)  44 , a communication interface (I/F)  45 , an input/output interface (I/F)  46 , and a media interface (I/F)  47 . 
     The CPU  41  operates based on the program stored in the ROM  43  or the HDD  44  to perform control of components. The ROM  43  stores a boot program executed by the CPU  41  at the time of activation of the computer  40  or programs depending on the hardware of the computer  40 . 
     The HDD  44  stores the program which is to be executed by the CPU  41  and data used by the program. The communication interface  45  receives data from different devices through the communication line  13  to transmit the data to the CPU  41  and transmits data generated by the CPU  41  through the communication line  13  to the different devices. 
     The CPU  41  controls an output device such as a display and an input device such as a mouse and a keyboard through the input/output interface  46 . The CPU  41  acquires signals through the input/output interface  46  from the input device. In addition, the CPU  41  outputs the generated signal through the input/output interface  46  to the output device. 
     The media interface  47  reads a program or data stored in the recording medium  48  and provides the program or data through the RAM  42  to the CPU  41 . The CPU  41  loads the program on the RAM  42  through the media interface  47  from the recording medium  48  and executes the loaded program. The recording medium  48  is, for example, an optical recording medium such as a Digital Versatile Disk (DVD) and a Phase change rewritable Disk (PD), an opto-magnetic recording medium such as a Magneto-Optical disk (MO), a tape medium, a magnetic recording medium, a semiconductor memory, or the like. 
     In a case where the computer  40  functions as the wide area management device  20  according to the first and second embodiments, the CPU  41  of the computer  40  executes the program loaded on the RAM  42  to embody the functions of the control command acquisition unit  21 , the database  22 , the registration information acquisition unit  23 , the information output unit  24 , the transmission unit  25 , and the reception unit  26 . In addition, the data of the database  22  may be stored in the ROM  43  or the HDD  44  or may be stored in the database on the network. 
     In addition, in a case where the computer  40  functions as the building management device  30  according to the first embodiment, the CPU  41  of the computer  40  executes the program loaded on the RAM  42  to embody the functions of the transfer unit  31 , the reception unit  32 , the database  33 , the event program extraction unit  34 , the event program execution unit  35 , and the power information collection unit  36 . In addition, the data of the database  33  may be stored in the ROM  43  or the HDD  44  or may be stored in the database on the network. 
     In addition, in a case where the computer  40  functions as the building management device  30  according to the second embodiment, the CPU  41  of the computer  40  executes the program loaded on the RAM  42  to embody the functions of the transfer unit  31 , the reception unit  32 , the database  33 , the event program extraction unit  34 , the event program execution unit  35 , the power information collection unit  36 , and the additional command transmission unit  37 . In addition, the data of the database  33  may be stored in the ROM  43  or the HDD  44  or may be stored in the database on the network. 
     Although the CPU  41  of the computer  40  reads programs from the recording medium  48  and executes the program, as another example, such programs may be acquired from different devices through the communication lines  13 . In addition, the wide area management device  20  or the building management device  30  may not include the HDD  44 , and the programs, the data, and the like may be stored in a rewritable ROM  43 . 
     In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but various modified examples are included. For example, the above-described embodiments are described in detail in order to explain the present invention for the better understanding, and thus, the present invention does not limit to necessarily including all the components described above. In addition, a portion of components of some embodiments may be replaced with components of other embodiments, and components of some embodiments may be added to components of other embodiments. In addition, with respect to a portion of components of each embodiment, other components may be added, removed, or replaced. 
     In addition, a portion or all of the above-described components, functions, processing units, processing means, and the like may be implemented in a hardware manner, for example, by designing with integrated circuits. In addition, the above-described configurations, functions, and the like may be implemented in a software manner by allowing a processor to analyze and execute programs implementing the functions. Information of programs, tables, and files implementing the functions may be stored in a recording device such as a memory, a hard disk, and a Solid State Drive (SSD) or a recording medium such as an IC card, an SD card, and a DVD. 
     In addition, control lines or information lines are illustrated to the extent that the lines are necessary for description, and thus, all the control lines or information lines necessary in terms of a product may not be considered to be illustrated. Actually, almost all the components may be considered to be connected to each other. 
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               10 : wide area management system 
               11 : manipulation terminal 
               12 : manager 
               13 : communication line 
               14 : building 
               15 : facility device 
               16 : communication network 
               17 : community cooperation device 
               18 : communication lines 
               20 : wide area management device 
               21 : control command acquisition unit 
               22 : database 
               220 : command table 
               221 : management table 
               222 : program table 
               223 : correspondence table 
               224 : power information table 
               23 : registration information acquisition unit 
               24 : information output unit 
               25 : transmission unit 
               26 : reception unit 
               30 : building management devices 
               31 : transfer unit 
               32 : reception unit 
               33 : database 
               330 : management table 
               331 : building-associated correspondence table 
               332 : individual program table 
               333 : power information table 
               334 : command table 
               34 : event program extraction unit 
               35 : event program execution unit 
               36 : power information collection unit 
               37 : additional command transmission unit 
               40 : computer 
               41 : CPU 
               42 : RAM 
               43 : ROM 
               44 : HDD 
               45 : communication interface 
               46 : input/output interface 
               47 : media interface 
               48 : recording medium