Energy management of household appliances

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F25D 29/00 (2006.01) G06Q 50/06 (2012.01) H02J 13/00 (2006.01)

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CA 2723154

A refrigerator comprises a fresh food compartment and a freezer compartment and one or more power consuming features/functions including a refrigeration system for cooling the fresh food compartment and the freezer compartment. A controller is operatively connected to the one or more power consuming features/functions. The controller is configured to receive and process a signal indicative of current state of an associated energy supplying utility. The controller operates the refrigerator in one of plurality of operating modes, including at least a normal operating mode and an energy savings mode, in response to the received signal. The controller is configured to at least one of selectively schedule, delay, adjust and deactivate at least one of the one or more power consuming features/functions to reduce power consumption of the refrigerator in the energy savings mode.

Un réfrigérateur comprend un compartiment pour la nourriture fraîche et un compartiment congélateur, et une ou plusieurs caractéristiques/fonctions de consommation énergétique comprenant un système de réfrigération destiné à refroidir le compartiment pour la nourriture fraîche et le compartiment congélateur. Un dispositif de commande est connecté de façon opérationnelle à la ou aux caractéristiques/fonctions de consommation énergétique. Le dispositif de commande est conçu pour recevoir et traiter un signal indicateur de létat en cours dun service public dalimentation en énergie associé. Le dispositif de commande fait fonctionner le réfrigérateur dans un mode de fonctionnement dune pluralité de modes de fonctionnement, comprenant au moins un mode de fonctionnement normal et un mode déconomie dénergie, en réponse au signal reçu. Le dispositif de commande est conçu pour programmer et/ou retarder et/ou ajuster et/ou désactiver sélectivement la ou les caractéristiques/fonctions de consommation énergétique afin de réduire la consommation dénergie du réfrigérateur dans le mode déconomie dénergie.

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