APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HOME ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

An apparatus for controlling a home energy management system (HEMS) includes a communication device connected with the HEMS and a user terminal, storage storing power information of a home power device and a distributed energy resource connected with the HEMS and a rule-based algorithm and an optimization algorithm for controlling the HEMS, and a controller that generates a control strategy for the home power device and the distributed energy resource based on at least one of performance of the rule-based algorithm or the optimization algorithm, the power information of the home power device and the distributed energy resource, or a user setting input from the user terminal, or any combination thereof.