Patent ID: 8364325

Claim:
A method for distributed intelligence in facility lighting control, the method comprising: storing in memory of a control device a set of guidelines, each guideline indicating one or more tasks to be performed in response to a set of conditions; receiving signal information sent over a communication network to the control device, the signal information concerning a lighting control area in a facilities system comprising a plurality of control areas, the lighting control area comprising one or more lighting devices under control of the control device, the signal information including an environmental condition that may impact a measurement of power usage at the control device; executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor of the control device determines a response to the received signal information, wherein the determination of the response includes: consulting the set of guidelines stored in memory, identifying a present condition, the present condition not included in the signal information sent over the communication network, where the present condition may be determined based on one of date, time of day, and schedule, identifying one or more tasks associated with a set of conditions comprising the environmental condition that may impact the measurement of power usage as indicated by the signal information and the identified present condition, the identification of the one or more tasks based on the set of guidelines; and directing performance of the one or more tasks identified based on the set of guidelines, wherein performance of the one or more tasks includes adjusting load of the one or more lighting devices within the control area.