1. An automation device, comprising: a computer readable medium having software instructions encoded thereon, the software instructions comprising: an energy object associated with the automation device and configured to: utilize attributes, messages, services, or any combination thereof, for monitoring and control of an energy consuming or producing resource of an energy consuming or producing process; calculate a first energy usage of the automation device; and act as a proxy for one or more other automation devices of the energy consuming or producing process by: calculating a second energy usage of the one or more other automation devices based on input and output process data associated with the one or more other automation devices and one or more relationships between the input and output process data and the second energy usage, wherein the input and output process data comprises a flow measurement, a temperature measurement, or any combination thereof associated with the one or more other automation devices, and wherein the one or more relationships are stored locally within the energy object; determining one or more energy operation states of the one or more other automation devices based on the second energy usage; and transmitting the one or more energy operation states to the one or more other automation devices; and a processor configured to execute the software instructions encoded on the computer readable medium.