Patent Document ID: 20160274608
Application ID: 14658755
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A system for energy management comprising: one or more control unit, wherein each control unit is paired to a particular energy consuming device, energy storage device, or energy source, wherein each control unit receives an input data, including at least a power flow data, from, and directs a power flow through, the particular energy consuming device, energy storage device, or energy source; and a system management unit comprising a processing system, a network interface, one or more computer readable storage media, and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media that direct the processing system to: determine an energy model for a time period based on: a total power demand calculated from the input data received from the one or more control unit, a current utility energy price received from a smart meter or a web service, a current local energy generation capacity, and a cost model for energy storage; and modify, in accordance with the energy model for the time period, at least one of an energy consumption activity for one or more energy consuming device, an energy storage activity for one or more energy storage device, and an energy draw activity for one or more energy source, wherein the modifying is performed by sending an instruction set to a particular one of the one or more control unit that is paired to the particular energy consuming device, energy storage device, or energy source.