<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Corwyn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:corwyn@midcoast.com">corwyn@midcoast.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
On 11/16/2011 2:08 PM, sanjay jain wrote:<br>
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* Save Money - The Activent pays for itself in the first year<br>
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I would love to see the assumptions they used to get _that_ number.<br></blockquote><div><br>Most programs that subsidized smart thermostats were phased out as far as I've understood because it turned out to be much harder to find the savings which were used to justify the programs in the first place. <br>
<br>But it is also good to recall that 'energy savings' from energy efficiency programs rarely correspond to net reductions in consumption, but are rather measured relative to a hypothetical growth trajectory. <br>
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