A system and method for controlling an appliance with respect to the appliance's energy usage, in which a signal relating to the energy used by the appliance is received, and a determination of whether to continue or interrupt a cycle of operation being co...

Provided are a household electrical appliance and a method for controlling the household electrical appliance which take into consideration the convenience for a user using a time shift function. A washer-dryer (20) is provided with a time shift function f...

Provided is a component for a network system, which includes a communication device for receiving at least energy information, a component driver part driven by supplied energy, and a control part that recognizes high price-related information or low price...

A dishwasher is provided comprising one or more power consuming functions and a controller in signal communication with an associated utility. The controller can receive and process a signal from the associated utility indicative of current cost of supplie...

An energy management system for an appliance comprising an interface (22) to receive a schedule having an off-peak time segment and an on-peak time segment; a control (62) to determine an operation to be performed by the appliance; a mode selecting device ...