20140088782 | ENERGY-SAVING APPARATUS AND ENERGY-SAVING SYSTEM - The present disclosure provides an energy-saving apparatus that can switch a plurality of templates containing procedures for controlling the connected devices. The energy-saving apparatus comprises a template storing section that stores a plurality of templates containing procedures for controlling the connected device; an operation controlling section that selects a template to be executed that is used for controlling the operation of the connected device from among a plurality of the templates and controls the operation of the connected device according to the template to be executed; and a discomfort index calculating section that calculates a discomfort index showing a discomfort level of a user of the connected device corresponding to the template to be executed based on an amount of change of a setting of the connected device and that stores the discomfort index in association with the template to be executed; wherein the operation controlling section reselects the template to be executed based on the discomfort index. | 03-27-2014 |