A system for audibly controlling an electrical load (162, 122, 132, 142, 146, 144), the system comprising: a microphone device adapted to receive acoustic sounds from a space and transmit acoustic data; a load control device (120, 140) for controlling the electrical load (162, 122, 132, 142, 146, 144); a server (116, 117, 118) configured to receive the acoustic data; characterized in that the load control device (120, 140) is configured to transmit a notification to the server (116, 117, 118) indicating that a change of state of the electrical load (162, 122, 132, 142, 146, 144) has occurred in the space due to the electrical load (162, 122, 132, 142, 146, 144) being controlled by the load control device (120, 140), and the server further being configured to: receive the notification from the load control device (120, 140); record the acoustic data, the notification, a current day of the week and a time of day at which the acoustic data and the notification were received; determine the amount of time between receiving the acoustic data and the notification from the load control device (120, 140); based on the determination, compare the recorded acoustic data and notification with one or more respective previous recordings; based on the comparison, determine a pattern; based on the pattern, associate a corresponding action with the acoustic data, wherein the corresponding action generated the notification from the load control device (120, 140); based on subsequent received acoustic data, determine whether the subsequent acoustic data matches the acoustic data of the pattern associated with the corresponding action; and transmit a control command to the load control device (120, 140) to carry out the corresponding action in response to determining that the subsequent acoustic data matches the acoustic data of the pattern. a microphone device adapted to receive acoustic sounds from a space and transmit acoustic data; a load control device (120, 140) for controlling the electrical load (162, 122, 132, 142, 146, 144); a server (116, 117, 118) configured to receive the acoustic data; characterized in that the load control device (120, 140) is configured to transmit a notification to the server (116, 117, 118) indicating that a change of state of the electrical load (162, 122, 132, 142, 146, 144) has occurred in the space due to the electrical load (162, 122, 132, 142, 146, 144) being controlled by the load control device (120, 140), and the server further being configured to: receive the notification from the load control device (120, 140); record the acoustic data, the notification, a current day of the week and a time of day at which the acoustic data and the notification were received; determine the amount of time between receiving the acoustic data and the notification from the load control device (120, 140); based on the determination, compare the recorded acoustic data and notification with one or more respective previous recordings; based on the comparison, determine a pattern; based on the pattern, associate a corresponding action with the acoustic data, wherein the corresponding action generated the notification from the load control device (120, 140); based on subsequent received acoustic data, determine whether the subsequent acoustic data matches the acoustic data of the pattern associated with the corresponding action; and transmit a control command to the load control device (120, 140) to carry out the corresponding action in response to determining that the subsequent acoustic data matches the acoustic data of the pattern. receive the notification from the load control device (120, 140); record the acoustic data, the notification, a current day of the week and a time of day at which the acoustic data and the notification were received; determine the amount of time between receiving the acoustic data and the notification from the load control device (120, 140); based on the determination, compare the recorded acoustic data and notification with one or more respective previous recordings; based on the comparison, determine a pattern; based on the pattern, associate a corresponding action with the acoustic data, wherein the corresponding action generated the notification from the load control device (120, 140); based on subsequent received acoustic data, determine whether the subsequent acoustic data matches the acoustic data of the pattern associated with the corresponding action; and transmit a control command to the load control device (120, 140) to carry out the corresponding action in response to determining that the subsequent acoustic data matches the acoustic data of the pattern.