Patent ID: 8437882

Claim:
A power management system configured to manage power utilization of one or more of loads within a local power network of a building structure, vessel, or vehicle, the power management system comprising: a communicative connection configured to be communicatively coupled with a circuit controller of a distribution board permanently installed in one of a building structure, a vessel, or a vehicle, the distribution board being configured to divide electrical power among one or more circuits each configured to contain at least one load, the circuit controller being configured to reversibly effectuate energization and deactivation of individual ones of the one or more circuits, wherein a given load is electrically coupled with a given circuit via a lighting fixture or an outlet receptacle permanently installed in the building structure, the vessel, or the vehicle in which the distribution board is permanently installed; and one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising: an interface module configured to provide a web-based graphical user interface for presentation to a user, the web-based graphical user interface being accessible via individual ones of a plurality of personal computing devices each being entirely discrete and separate from the power management system, the web-based graphical user interface being configured to receive, from the user, a set of power management parameters including a total power usage limit associated with one or both of at least one load or at least one circuit; a power conservation module configured to generate instructions for the circuit controller, the generated instructions being configured to effectuate energization and deactivation of the one or more circuits by the circuit controller, wherein the generated instructions are based on the total power usage limit; and a communications module configured to transmit the generated instructions from the power management system to the circuit controller via the communicative connection.