Did You Know?

For every 1% reduction in the average America’s residential energy usage,
. . . 11 million metric tons of CO2 eq. is avoided.

Google’s recent acquisition of
. . . Nest Labs(makers of Internet-ready, self-learning thermostats)
. . . thrusts Google into the residential energy management industry.
While they now have access to and control of residential HVAC systems,
. . . several other sources of high-energy use,
. . . (lighting, domestic water heaters, home appliances, etc.)
. . . as well as real-time energy metering technologies,
. . . have yet to make their way into,
. . . mainstream residential energy management systems.

If you could control the energy use of your entire home,
. . . from your cellphone,
. . . would this be called,
. . . "The Internet of Things?"

2014-04-21 Source: Did You Know?