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A method for employing utility-supplied information relies on two schemes for accommodating such pricing information. All subsystems in a building function based on the individual controller responsible for that subsystem and the user-defined predetermined responses stored in memory. Direct load con

A method for employing utility-supplied information relies on two schemes for accommodating such pricing information. All subsystems in a building function based on the individual controller responsible for that subsystem and the user-defined predetermined responses stored in memory. Direct load control and user overrides are allowed. Where appropriate, a setback is applied across subsystems that operate on setpoints, and other loads are add/shed based on their value vis-a-vis interpreted utility pricing information signals.

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A Method for cooperatively controlling a community of individual user premise subsystems each of which is controlled by controllers on a substantial portion of said community of user premises, said method comprising: sending information signals from the utility provider for the community which conta

A Method for cooperatively controlling a community of individual user premise subsystems each of which is controlled by controllers on a substantial portion of said community of user premises, said method comprising: sending information signals from the utility provider for the community which contains at least one of the following values: DLC, tier, time, real-time and price, receiving said information signals from said utility provider at the user premise, interpreting the information signals to provide a value to the controllers, making the interpreted signals available to controller processors which control said subsystems in said users\premises, and if a processor receiving said interpreted signal has access to information regarding setback profiles for its subsystem, then having such processor locate a value match in the setback profile for the value indicated by said utility information signal, and then controlling its subsystem with that matching value by using it to generate a setback delta for the subsystem controller and providing it to said controller, and if the processor is one which does not access profile information for its subsystem, then having such processor compare the predetermined tier value of its subsystem to the information signal provided by the utility, and if its value is greater, doing nothing, else turning off the subsystem for which it is responsible.