The home server identifies home appliances and lights using this table. The energy consumption data of home appliances and lights are stored in the information database. The aggregated data are continuously accumulated over time. The
energy consumption manager (ECM) analyzes the aggregated data over time, day, week, and month. It creates energy consumption information such as: energy use patterns of home appliance and lights; total energy use pattern of the whole home.
The home server figures out the energy consumption information of a home using this energy consumption manager.