Efficient energy consumption, intelligent monitoring and interactive control of energy consumption in homes/residential buildings, as well as the control of energy consumed outdoors, in public or private areas are key factors to Europe’s ambitious goals of sustainable development, reduction of energy demand peaks and activities related to avoidance of climate change effects. This paper proposes a solution to this problem based on minimizing white goods’/consumer electronic devices’ energy consumption, balancing energy distribution and thus saving energy and reducing the service cost of the power distribution network. The basic issue in energy control is the seamless monitoring of the various energy consumption elements and devices, as well as the scheduling of their operation in order to minimize peaks, balance loads, and ultimately achieve predictable large-scale energy-consumption profiles. This paper describes our experience on the development of a user-friendly/consumer-centric middleware platform based on the OSGi framework for the control and scheduling of operation of energy-consuming appliances and service providers’ access equipment. The proposed solution implements an innovative appliance control system that presents options for optimizing appliances’ operation and scheduling of events. It is also able to act automatically in a single-building level depending on the model of the building embedded in the controller.