Energy management apparatus and energy management method

An energy management apparatus for managing multiple pieces of equipment installed in a consumer facility, comprising:

• a controller configured to control the multiple pieces of equipment by using a first operation pattern to achieve a desired operation result by mutual cooperation of the multiple pieces of equipment, wherein the multiple pieces of equipment are pieces of air conditioning equipment,
• wherein when a target equipment to be stopped among the multiple pieces of equipment is stopped during the use of the first operation pattern, the controller changes an operation pattern to be used for the control of the multiple pieces of equipment from the first operation pattern to a second operation pattern,
• the second operation pattern is an operation pattern controlling the multiple pieces of equipment other than the target equipment to be stopped to allow an operation result achieved by the mutual cooperation of the multiple pieces of equipment other than the target equipment to be stopped to approach to the desired operation result,
• wherein the consumer facility is a store, and the controller sets the second operation pattern in accordance with a purpose of use and a kind of sales floor associated to the target equipment to be stopped in a space where the multiple pieces of equipment are disposed,
• the controller controls a piece of the equipment from among the multiple pieces of equipment differently between the first operation pattern and the second operation pattern, when the piece of the equipment has the same kind of sales floor as the target equipment to be stopped, so as to compensate for a stop of the target equipment to be stopped, and
• a sales floor is an area within the consumer facility in which a same type of product is sold.