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Smart meters lead to smart behaviors
Posted by: on July 21, 2008 in Tags: Efficiency, Energy, Europe, housing
Since the writing of my Master’s Degree thesis I am fully aware of how insulating housing is a vital part of solving both climate change and energy scarcity crises.
By reading a New York Times’ article I learned that halving houses’ carbon footprint in only five years is feasible. This is the result of an experiment carried out in Hove, United Kingdom.
Insulating buildings and using smart meters allow such drastic reductions and show that mitigating global warming and saving money can be done. Continue reading »








