Energy management system and method

A method of managing a demand response system comprising:

• detecting a user being disposed away from a site;
• detecting energy management information from a utility company associated with the site;
• detecting a preference of a user to participate in a reduction of energy use;
• said detecting a preference of the user includes detecting at least one of an always participate selection, a never participate selection, or a request to participate selection;
• altering an operating condition of a network device associated with the site in response to the user being disposed away from the site and the energy management information and detecting the always participate selection;
• not altering the operating condition in response to detecting the never participate selection and the energy management information;
• and
• initiating a communication with the user in response to detecting the request to participate selection and the energy management information.

A demand response system comprising:

• a mobile device including location based services accessible by a mobile application of the mobile device, wherein the mobile application is further configured to initiate altering an operating condition of a network device disposed at a site using the location based services;
• a demand response application interface module configured to enable access between a utility company and the network device to communicate energy management information therebetween which includes a curtailment action for use in altering an operating condition of the network device in response to the mobile device being disposed away from the site;
• a scheduling tool module in communication with said demand response application interface module;
• said scheduling tool module including a demand response selector configured to allow a user to select a preference to participate in said curtailment action;
• said demand response application interface module further configured to generate said curtailment action in response to said energy management information and said relative location of the mobile device and said preference to participate;
• and
• wherein the network device is configured to be remotely altered by each of the demand response application interface module and the mobile application separately based on the location based services and the energy management information.