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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2011
Ray Pfeifer, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Raju Pandey, Davis, CA (US);
Ray Pfeifer, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Raju Pandey, Davis, CA (US);
SynapSense Corporation, Folsom, CA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments for managing power capacity in a facility include: a plurality of wireless sensor devices deployed in a facility, each wireless sensor device to monitor electrical power usage of at least one of a plurality of electrical devices in the facility; periodically obtaining system power data from each of the wireless sensor devices, the system power data including electrical power usage data corresponding to associated electrical devices, the system power data being received from the wireless sensor devices via a wireless sensor network; using the system power data to determine the electrical loading levels of each of the electrical devices; identifying at least one lightly loaded electrical device based on the determined electrical loading levels; dynamically commanding the identified lightly loaded electrical device to migrate its workload to another one of the electrical devices; and dynamically commanding the identified lightly loaded electrical device to deactivate.