World’s Smartest House Demonstration
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about 2 years ago
Hi Ian,
I’d like to start doing the savings of the energy as you did and I am a .NET programmer too. Could you please tell me where should I start to to all this energy saving thing, what tools I need what knowledge may be of electronics or something?
about 2 years ago
Timur, I hope to publish more how-to information in future blog posts including more details of the hardware used in my smart home.