Patent ID: 7651034

Claim:
An appliance room controller for coordinating operation of an appliance room having combustion appliances, comprising: a configurable air control portion adapted to control at least one air flow condition of the appliance room and includes an air control interface adapted to be operatively coupled with a combustion exhaust system; a configurable appliance control portion adapted to control operation of a plurality of separate appliances, each appliance having a distinct combustion exhaust line connected to a common channel of the combustion exhaust system that is shared among the plurality of separate appliances, the configurable appliance control portion including at least one appliance interface adapted to be operatively coupled with each of the plurality of appliances; and a controller interfaced with the configurable air control portion and with the configurable appliance control portion, the controller being adapted to operate the configurable air control portion in conjunction with the configurable appliance control portion such that activation of individual appliances is permitted or prohibited so as to assist in control of the at least one air flow condition.