Providing energy management recommendations with a computing device

A computing device for providing energy management recommendations to a user for operating one or more appliances, comprising:

• a memory;
• a controller configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to:
• record a number of interactions between a user and the computing device, wherein at least some of the user interactions capture one or more choices made by the user related to energy usage preferences;
• and
• provide a number of energy management recommendations to the user, wherein at least some of the energy management recommendations are tailored to the user based on one or more of the choices made by the user related to energy usage preferences.

A computing device for providing energy management recommendations to a user for operating one or more appliances, comprising:

• a memory;
• a controller configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to:
• record a number of interactions between a user and the computing device, wherein at least some of the user interactions capture one or more choices made by the user in response to one or more previous energy management recommendations;
• and provide a number of energy management recommendations to the user, wherein at least some of the energy management recommendations are tailored to the user based on one or more of the choices made by the user in response to one or more previous energy management recommendations.