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The purpose of the application is to use emerging Smart Grid technologies to help home users manage their electrical devices more efficiently – reduce energy consumption, lower cost, and make profit.
It assumes smart appliances are widely used in a household, providing that the electrical devices are "smart" devices, meaning they can provide real time consumption information of each device to the home network, either built-in or through some sort of adapters. The application monitors such information and presents it to the user. It also provides an interface for user to control the devices.
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