disclosed are methodologies for enabling energy conservation in a home . occupancy by an entity of the home may be detected and used by a utility meter associated with the home to control and / or adjust operation of energy consuming devices based , at least in part , on the occupancy state of the home . occupancy detection is based on signals received from devices generally associated with those entities that may from time to time occupy the home . in selected embodiments , detection of a bluetooth or rfid device associated with a home occupant including items such as key chains , work id cards , bluetooth enable equipment such as cell phones and audio equipment or infrared signals from presence detectors may be used to provide indications of home occupancy .