Community resource management systems and methods

A system for management of a plurality of community assets of a community and of unit assets of each of a plurality of individual units of a community, the system comprising

• a central control system in communication with each community asset for managing each community asset,
• each individual unit of the plurality of units of the community having a unit manager in communication with each unit asset for managing each unit asset,
• the central control system in communication with each unit manager for selective management of each unit asset by the central control system,
• a network system providing for communications between the central control system and each unit manager and providing for communications between the central control system and each community asset,
• wherein the community has community resources systems,
• the central control system manages the community resource systems,
• wherein the community resource systems include any of power generation system, water supply system, water treatment system, and water purification system,
• wherein the community assets include any of community lighting system, community facility, community pool, community recreation center, community security system, community alarm system, community heating system, community electrical power-consuming item, and community cooling system,
• wherein the unit assets include any of unit lighting system, unit security system, unit alarm system, unit pool, unit cooling system, unit heating system, and unit electrical power-consuming system,
• wherein managing of each community asset includes monitoring, controlling, adjusting and scheduling each community asset,
• wherein the network system is any of a public switched telephone network, an Internet protocol network, a wireless network, and a point-to-point radio system,
• the community resources including water resources,
• water meter apparatus for metering community water usage and for sending water meter signals indicative of said community water usage to the central control system,
• the central control system managing the water resources based on the water meter signals,
• wherein the community resources include electrical power resources, the community system further comprising
• electrical power meter apparatus for metering community electrical power usage and for sending electrical power meter signals indicative of said electrical power usage to the central control system, and
• the central control system managing the electrical power based on the electrical power meter signals.