Providing temporary use of a web-based software application for connecting switching and sensing equipment attached to a network, namely, sensors that monitor environmental conditions, sensors that monitor global location, occupancy sensors, utility meters, counters, thermostats, switched electrical and electronic load controls, cameras, building security sensors, transducers, commercial electrical appliances, industrial motors, HVAC equipment and controls, lighting controls,SCADA and building control equipment for the purposes of accessing and gathering data produced by said equipment over a network and exposing access to control functions for said equipment via a network