A method and a device for energy saving control in the home base station environment are provided to solve the problem of energy saving control in the home base station environment. In the present invention, a source base station sends an energy saving control request to a target home base station, wherein the energy saving control request comprises the information of the target base station, the information of the source base station, and the type of the energy saving control request. After receiving the energy saving control request, the target home base station performs an energy saving control processing operation, and sends a result of the energy saving control processing to the source base station through an energy saving control response. If the energy saving control processing fails, the energy saving control response further comprises a reason for the failure and/or a wait time. In the present invention, by exchanging energy saving control related messages between the source base station and the target home base station, energy saving control can be implemented on a home base station in time, and the home base station can sleep or be awakened, and thereby effective energy saving of a network in the home base station environment is achieved.