Patent ID: 8606407

Claim:
An energy management gateway comprising: a memory; a processor coupled to the memory; a building management system (BMS) interface executed by the processor and configured to receive a first message, the first message being structured according to an industrial protocol; an energy management system interface executed by the processor and configured to: translate the first message into a second message structured according to an energy management protocol different from the industrial protocol, the second message including a query comprising at least one command and a set of qualifiers, the query being addressed to at least one first endpoint and including at least one of a sum command and a set command; and provide the second message to a first domain member of a first domain including the at least one first endpoint, the first domain member being a device other than the at least one first endpoint, wherein the sequence of messages includes instructions that will cause the at least one processor to: receive the first message using the MODBUS protocol; and translate the first message into a second message structured according to the EnergyWise protocol.