Airplane cabin environment management

A method to manage the load on one or more environmental control systems, comprising the steps of:

• providing power from a power source to a plurality of power access points and to at least one of said environmental control systems;
• wherein the environmental control systems are configured to control temperature;
• comparing a proportional load on said environmental control system to a preset threshold;
• and
• disabling ones of said plurality of power access points not in use if said proportional load exceeds said preset threshold.

A load distribution and management system (LDMS), comprising:

• a power source;
• a plurality of power access points connected to said power source;
• at least one environmental control system connected to said power source that is under a proportional load and configured to control temperature;
• a device effective to take an environmental condition measurement of at least one environmental condition of an environment;
• said environmental condition measurement having a corresponding preset threshold;
• a master control unit capable of monitoring statuses including said environmental condition measurement and comparing said status to its said corresponding preset threshold and creating a disable signal if said compared status is equal to or exceeds its said corresponding preset threshold;
• and
• a sub-system effective to disable said ones of said plurality of power access points not in use in response to said disable signal.

A method to manage a load distribution, comprising the steps of:

• providing power from a power source to a plurality of power access points and to at least one environmental control system under a proportional load and configured to control temperature;
• measuring using a sensor at least one environmental condition of an environment;
• monitoring statuses of said proportional load and said environmental condition;
• comparing at least one said monitored status to a corresponding preset threshold;
• and
• disabling ones of said plurality of power access points not in use if said monitored status is equal to or exceeds said corresponding preset threshold.