1. An energy performance monitoring device, comprising: a monitor module for directly monitoring energy usage as a form of power of at least one energy load by generating at least one measurement of energy usage of said at least one energy load at predetermined intervals; and a storage module for storing a baseline value of energy usage of said at least one energy load at one or more of said predetermined intervals; a comparator module for comparing said at least one measurement of energy usage generated by the monitor module that monitors said at least one energy load with the baseline value of energy usage to determine whether a predetermined threshold has been reached; said predetermined threshold associated with a power usage when one or more energy loads malfunction or are not operational, and a notification module for providing notification that said at least one energy load has malfunctioned during use or is not operational based on a change in energy usage.