Intel’s Home Energy Management Reference Design to help keep tab on power consumption at home

Have your appliances been drinking too much of electricity? Have your electricity bills started extending towards the floor? Well, it’s about time you curb your energy usage and hit your self for a bit of eco-consciousness. And to help you with managing your energy usage at home efficiently, Intel has come up with the Intel Home Energy Management Reference Design that includes a lot of tech to keep your energy usage in check. Using a touch-sensitive screen, similar to modern smartphone touchscreens, the system displays various energy management applications to choose from. An ATOM-based device, this one shows up all the important information you require to keep a close eye on your home’s energy usage.

Keeping energy usage in check is so much easier with devices like these showing up these days. Great going Intel!
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