METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF ENERGY NETWORK

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and an apparatus for controlling an operation of an energy network for changing an air conditioning temperature of a user so as to decrease the number of operating heat source devices or to improve operation efficiency while reducing air conditioning heat demand of the user within an air conditioning temperature range set in light of comfort so as to further reduce energy consumption of the heat source devices.SOLUTION: A method of controlling an operation of an energy network configured by a heat supply plant including a plurality of heat source devices and a plurality of heat users including a plurality of air conditioning facilities, includes: variably setting, by the heat users, a set temperature of the air conditioning facility of each of the heat users with views of reducing energy consumption of the heat source devices of the heat supply plant; and controlling, by the heat supply plant, the number of operating heat source devices among the plurality of heat source devices.