A cell control apparatus is provided with a load calculation part which calculates an operational load including at least one of average power consumption, maximum power consumption, and a variable indicating a component lifetime of a manufacturing cell in a predetermined period. The cell control apparatus includes an operation adjustment part which performs first control for reducing at least one of a speed and an acceleration at which the manufacturing machine drives and second control for adjusting a ratio of time of successive operations in such a manner as to reduce the operational load in such an extent that the number of products manufactured in the predetermined period is not changed.

Method performed by a first communication device (101) operating in a wireless communications network (100). The first communication device (101) obtains (201) a first set of one or more values indicating an observed speed of a boat (151) relative to a power of an engine (161) of the boat (151). The speed and the first indication are obtained by from sensors (171, 172) in the boat (151). The first communication device (101) then obtains (205) a second indication of an external factor on the hull of the boat (151) causing friction against water. The obtaining (205) of the second indication is based at least on: the obtained first set, and a reference. The reference is based on one of: a) a threshold, and b) a mathematical model. The first communication device (101) also initiates providing (206) a third indication of the external factor to a device (103), based on the obtained second indication.

Methods and systems for controlling a building. An illustrative method includes receiving sensor data from one or more sensors of the building, using the received sensor data to control one or more building management components to control one or more environmental conditions within the building, normalizing the sensor data and storing the normalized sensor data, comparing the normalized sensor data with normalized sensor data from one or more other buildings to identify one or more anomalies associated the building, and providing a recommended action to improve at least one of the one or more identified anomalies of the building.

Methods and systems for controlling a building. An illustrative method includes receiving sensor data from one or more sensors of the building, using the received sensor data to control one or more building management components to control one or more environmental conditions within the building, normalizing the sensor data and storing the normalized sensor data, comparing the normalized sensor data with normalized sensor data from one or more other buildings to identify one or more anomalies associated the building, and providing a recommended action to improve at least one of the one or more identified anomalies of the building.

Method performed by a first communication device (101) operating in a wireless communications network (100). The first communication device (101) obtains (201) a first set of one or more values indicating an observed speed of a boat (151) relative to a power of an engine (161) of the boat (151). The speed and the first indication are obtained by from sensors (171, 172) in the boat (151). The first communication device (101) then obtains (205) a second indication of an external factor on the hull of the boat (151) causing friction against water. The obtaining (205) of the second indication is based at least on: the obtained first set, and a reference. The reference is based on one of: a) a threshold, and b) a mathematical model. The first communication device (101) also initiates providing (206) a third indication of the external factor to a device (103), based on the obtained second indication.

Methods and systems for controlling a building. An illustrative method includes receiving sensor data from one or more sensors of the building, using the received sensor data to control one or more building management components to control one or more environmental conditions within the building, normalizing the sensor data and storing the normalized sensor data, comparing the normalized sensor data with normalized sensor data from one or more other buildings to identify one or more anomalies associated the building, and providing a recommended action to improve at least one of the one or more identified anomalies of the building.

A processing unit includes a plurality of subsystem control modules. Each subsystem control module includes a set of one or more inputs that receives a set of one or more external signals and a set of one or more monitored outputs from a hardware subsystem corresponding to the subsystem control module, and a set of configuration outputs for controlling one or more configuration settings of the hardware subsystem. The subsystem control module determines the one or more configuration settings based on the set of monitored outputs and on one or more targets derived from the set of external signals.

A management method for management of a CO2 emission amount emitted by production of a product in a production line where a first product and a second product are produced includes acquiring a power consumption amount consumed in the production line for a predetermined period, and calculating a CO2 emission amount for each product by allocating the power consumption amount based on a ratio of a total work time required to produce the first product in the production line during the predetermined period and a total work time required to produce the second product in the production line during the predetermined period.

A method and apparatus for determining the suitability of a network configuration for a factory energy management system (FEMS) are provided. The method includes receiving an energy management level for obtaining the suitability of a network configuration for an FEMS, receiving second parameters according to the energy management level among first parameters set for the network configuration, receiving a communication characteristics matrix and a communication adaptability matrix for communication schemes usable for the network configuration, obtaining a communication characteristics metric matrix by normalizing the communication characteristics matrix, based on the second parameters and the communication characteristics matrix, obtaining a communication adaptability metric matrix by normalizing the communication adaptability matrix, based on the energy management level, the second parameters, and the communication adaptability matrix, and determining the suitability of the network configuration at the energy management level based on the communication characteristics metric matrix and the communication adaptability metric matrix.

Provided is a method and a system for analyzing stability of factory energy consumption based on energy intensity per product. The method includes extracting a profile including a production history of a product and process operation information of a process line or process equipment used to produce the product, determining energy intensity per product, which is a ratio of an amount of energy consumed to produce the product for production of the product, based on the profile, and identifying consumption stability of energy consumed to produce the product based on the energy intensity per product.