Patent ID: 7676280

Claim:
A computer readable storage medium on which is embedded one or more computer programs, said one or more computer programs being configured as an environmental management architecture for providing environmental management of a physical location using a sensor network having a plurality of environmental sensors and at least one primary actuator configured to provide an environmental change to the physical location, the one or more computer programs comprising: a communications module that operates to access the plurality of environmental sensors of the sensor network; and an application module that operates to: a) commission the plurality of environmental sensors of the sensor network and receive detected conditions from the plurality of environmental sensors; b) control an operation of the at least one primary actuator to provide environmental management of the physical location based on the commission and detected conditions of the plurality of environmental sensors of the sensor network; and c) provide a graphical layout of an environmental condition of the physical location based on the commissioning and detected conditions of the plurality of environmental sensors and the control of the at least one primary actuator, wherein the graphical layout graphically depicts a mapping of at least one of the detected conditions and values derived from the detected conditions with respect to objects contained in the physical location; wherein the environmental management architecture at least one of resides and operates on top of an operating system of a computing device and network services on which the computing device is connected.