Patent ID: 7886166

Claim:
A method comprising the steps: causing a user interface to be visibly displayed on a display device operatively connected to a first computer, wherein the user interface enables an end user to enter at least one energy management rule for each of a plurality of electrical loads at a location, wherein each energy management rule comprises a command to be transmitted to the electrical load associated with the rule if a condition is met; receiving at a second computer, over a network, the at least one energy management rule for each of the plurality of electrical loads at a location from the first computer, wherein each of the at least one energy management rules was entered using the user interface; creating, using the second computer, an energy management profile stored on a computer readable medium, wherein the energy management profile contains the at least one energy management rule for each of the plurality of electrical loads at the location, wherein the energy management profile allows the plurality of electrical loads at the location to be controlled in concert; activating, using the second computer, the energy management profile, wherein each of the plurality of electrical loads at the location begin acting on the associated at least one energy management rule contained in the energy management profile; evaluating, using the second computer, each of the at least one energy management rules within the activated energy management profile to determine if the condition associated with the rule has been met; transmitting, over a network, for each of the at least one energy management rules where the condition has been met, the command associated with the rule to the electrical load associated with the rule.