Electric power management system, electric power management device, electric power management method, and computer readable recording medium

An electric power management device which manages consumed electric power of a electric device using a measuring device to acquire electric power information which specifies consumed electric power of said electric device which receives supply of electric power from the outside or environment information which specifies a peripheral environment of said electric device, comprising:

• a needlessness condition interpretation unit;
• an information collection unit;
• and an electric power analysis unit, wherein
• said needlessness condition interpretation unit,
• based on system information which specifies for every said electric device a user entity which uses said electric device, a location to supply electric power to said electric device, and said measuring device associated with said electric device,
• for every said user entity or for every location where said electric device is supplied with electric power, specifies an electric device and measuring device associated with a needlessness condition which is configured in advance based on either or both of said electric power information and said environment information and which specifies a case where said electric device consumes electric power needlessly, and
• furthermore, configures based on said needlessness condition a condition by which it can be determined that a specified electric device uses electric power needlessly, and
• said information collection unit collects either or both of said electric power information and said environment information which are acquired by said measuring device, and
• said electric power analysis unit determines whether either or both of said electric power information and said environment information which are collected from a measuring device specified by said needlessness interpretation unit fulfill a condition configured by said needlessness interpretation unit, and in the case of fulfilling it, determines that needlessness of electric power consumption has arisen.

An electric power management method for managing consumed electric power of an electric device using a measuring device to acquire electric power information which specifies consumed electric power of said electric device which receives supply of electric power from the outside or environment information which specifies a peripheral environment of said electric device, the method comprising:

• (a) a step which, based on system information which specifies for every said electric device a user entity which uses said electric device, a location to supply electric power to said electric device and said measuring device associated with said electric device, for every said user entity or for every location where said electric device is supplied with electric power, specifies in advance an electric device and measuring device associated with a needlessness condition which is configured based on either or both of said electric power information and said environment information and specifies a case where said electric device consumes electric power needlessly;
• (b) a step which, based on said needlessness condition, configures a condition by which it can be determined that an electric device specified in a step of said (a) uses electric power needlessly;
• (c) a step which collects either or both of said electric power information and said environment information which are acquired by said measuring device;
• and
• (d) a step which determines whether either or both of said electric power information and said environment information which are collected in a step of said (c) from a measuring device specified in step of said (a) fulfill a condition configured in a step of said (b), and in the case of fulfilling it, determines that needlessness of electric power consumption has arisen.

A computer readable recording medium having recorded a program for executing by a computer management of consumed electric power of an electric device, using a measuring device to acquire electric power information specifying consumed electric power of said electric device which receives supply of electric power from the outside or environment information specifying a peripheral environment of said electric device, the computer readable recording medium having recorded a program including an instruction making the computer execute the steps of:

• (a) based on system information which specifies for every said electric device a user entity which uses said electric device, a location to supply electric power to said electric device, and said measuring device associated with said electric device, specifying an electric device and measuring device associated with a needlessness condition which is configured in advance based on either or both of said electric power information and said environment information and which specifies a case where said electric device consumes electric power needlessly, for every said user entity or for every location where said electric device is supplied with electric power;
• (b) configuring a condition by which it can be determined based on said needlessness condition that an electric device specified in a step of said (a) uses electric power needlessly;
• (c) collecting either or both of said electric power information and said environment information which are acquired by said measuring device;
• and
• (d) determining whether either or both of said electric power information and said environment information which are collected in a step of said (c) from a measuring device specified in step of said (a) fulfill a condition configured in a step of said (b), and determining that needlessness of electric power consumption has arisen in the case of fulfilling it.