The embodiment of the present application discloses a method and apparatus for controlling a device. One embodiment of the method includes obtaining usage information of a target device, the usage information including usage period information, the usage period information including at least one first period information in which an opening frequency of the target device is greater than a preset threshold value, and at least one second period information in which the opening frequency of the target device is less than or equal to the preset threshold value. Determining a set of control rules for controlling components of the target device based on the usage information; the determined set of control rules is sent to the target device so that the target device controls the corresponding components of the target device based on the determined set of control rules. The embodiment is conducive to reducing the power consumption of the equipment and achieving the purpose of saving power and energy consumption.