Residential Energy: Are You Bogarting? - Page 3
Second, I installed an intelligent home automation system. These systems allow you to plug in any or all the appliances in your home into an automated system that can turn them on or off according to your schedule. If you are still envisioning those ancient rotary modules that can turn a lamp on and off according to your placement of certain pegs, this is a whole ‘nother order of automation. Using a home computer to program the automating console, you can give all kinds of contingent instructions to the electric appliances in your home. For instance, you can tell the bathroom heater to crank up on weekdays at 6am if and only if the outside temperature is below 50 degrees F and the lamp in your room is on (i.e. you are awake), and if not, then to check every half hour until you are awake. The possibilities are truly endless and best of all can make a very substantial impact on your residential energy efficiency.
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