An apparatus for controlling peak demand of a resource within a facility, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of devices disposed within the facility, each consuming a portion of the resource when turned on, and said each capable of performing a corresponding function within an acceptable operational margin by cycling on and off; characterized by: a network operations center, NOC disposed external to the facility, configured to generate two or more pluralities of run time schedules, wherein each of said two or more pluralities of run time schedules coordinates run times for said each of said plurality of devices to control the peak demand of the resource, and wherein one or more of said run times start prior to when otherwise required to maintain corresponding local environments while operating within corresponding acceptable operating margins; a facility consumption monitoring device, coupled to a first monitor node, configured to provide a real time value for total consumption of the resource within the facility; and a plurality of control nodes, disposed within the facility, each coupled to a corresponding one of said plurality of devices, wherein said plurality of control nodes is coupled together via a demand coordination network that is operatively coupled to said NOC, and wherein said plurality of control nodes and said first monitor node are configured to transmit sensor data and device status to said NOC via said demand coordination network for generation of said two or more pluralities of run time schedules, and wherein said two or more pluralities of run time schedules are based upon a model that employs said total consumption to represent unmonitored and uncontrolled consumption within the facility, and wherein said plurality of control nodes is configured to execute selected ones of said run time schedules to cycle said plurality of devices on and off, and wherein said each of said plurality of control nodes is configured to select one of said two or more of pluralities of run time schedules for execution based upon latency of last communication with said NOC. a plurality of devices disposed within the facility, each consuming a portion of the resource when turned on, and said each capable of performing a corresponding function within an acceptable operational margin by cycling on and off; characterized by: a network operations center, NOC disposed external to the facility, configured to generate two or more pluralities of run time schedules, wherein each of said two or more pluralities of run time schedules coordinates run times for said each of said plurality of devices to control the peak demand of the resource, and wherein one or more of said run times start prior to when otherwise required to maintain corresponding local environments while operating within corresponding acceptable operating margins; a facility consumption monitoring device, coupled to a first monitor node, configured to provide a real time value for total consumption of the resource within the facility; and a plurality of control nodes, disposed within the facility, each coupled to a corresponding one of said plurality of devices, wherein said plurality of control nodes is coupled together via a demand coordination network that is operatively coupled to said NOC, and wherein said plurality of control nodes and said first monitor node are configured to transmit sensor data and device status to said NOC via said demand coordination network for generation of said two or more pluralities of run time schedules, and wherein said two or more pluralities of run time schedules are based upon a model that employs said total consumption to represent unmonitored and uncontrolled consumption within the facility, and wherein said plurality of control nodes is configured to execute selected ones of said run time schedules to cycle said plurality of devices on and off, and wherein said each of said plurality of control nodes is configured to select one of said two or more of pluralities of run time schedules for execution based upon latency of last communication with said NOC.