Energy management is one of the major purposes of home automation together with home security and surveillance. Energy management means saving and using energy efficiently in residential areas so that you can reduce electricity consumption and create a green, energy saving house.

In this chapter, we will learn how to connect sensors to Intel Galileo and develop C applications that will give us the ability to develop specific devices only with Intel Galileo.

After you learn how to develop applications for Intel Galileo with a sample application, we will follow up with controlling electrical switches remotely to control the energy consumption of our home.