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Saving the world best begins in our own homes and backyards, and one way to get started is by monitoring, analyzing, and controlling our household energy usage. Energy consumption worldwide is on the rise, and local utility companies have started to roll out peak demand billing where your electricity costs more when you need it the most. Knowing when these rates occur and what you can do about them will hopefully help improve your energy efficiency and save you a few pennies in the process.
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References
Open Energy Monitor project: http://openenergymonitor.org/
Original code by Trystan Lea: https://github.com/openenergymonitor/MainsACv3
Arduino Twitter library: http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Code/TwitterLibrary
Twitter authorization app: http://arduino-tweet.appspot.com
Whole-house monitoring: http://www.desert-home.com/p/test-html-code.html
emonTX energy monitoring node: http://openenergymonitor.org/emon/emontx
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Premeaux, E., Evans, B. (2011). Staying Current. In: Arduino Projects to Save the World. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-3624-5_7
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