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Energy butler - Cutting utility bills made easy

Fabian ChristMay 11, 2011

Two hundred households in the Mannheim area are already saving money on their electric bills by using the energy butler. The little computer shows when the price of energy on the Leipzig power market is especially low and takes the opportunity to automatically turn on the house’s electrical appliances.

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This not only saves money, it’s good for the environment, because the power selected by the energy butler is almost exclusively from renewable energy sources.

Report by Julia Henrichmann