Policy-based energy management

A system for policy-based energy management, comprising:

• a module for enrolling a hierarchy of entities and devices in an energy management system;
• a module for associating a set of energy management policies with a least a subset of the entities and devices of the hierarchy;
• a module for initiating an energy conservation request;
• and
• a module for traversing the hierarchy and selecting an optimal energy throttling plan based on the set of policies to satisfy the energy conservation request.

A computer readable medium containing a program product for policy-based energy management, the computer readable medium comprising a set of program instructions for causing a computer system to:

• enroll a hierarchy of entities and devices in an energy management system;
• associate a set of energy management policies with a least a subset of the entities and devices of the hierarchy;
• initiate an energy conservation request;
• and
• traverse the hierarchy and select an optimal energy throttling plan based on the set of policies to satisfy the energy conservation request.

A method for deploying a system for policy-based energy management, comprising:

• deploying a computer infrastructure being operable to:
• enrolling a hierarchy of entities and devices in an energy management system;
• associating a set of energy management policies with a least a subset of the entities and devices of the hierarchy;
• initiating an energy conservation request;
• and
• traversing the hierarchy and selecting an optimal energy throttling plan based on the set of policies to satisfy the energy conservation request.