Hohm
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Microsoft Hohm is an online web application
Web application
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 by Microsoft
Microsoft
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 that enables consumers to analyze their energy usage and provides energy saving recommendations.

Announced on June 24, 2009, Microsoft Hohm is built on the Windows Azure cloud operating system. Microsoft licensed the Home Energy Saver
Home Energy Saver
Home Energy Saver is a set of on–line resources developed by the U.S. Department of Energy at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory intended to help consumers and professional energy analysts, analyze, reduce, and manage home energy use....

 energy simulation program developed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory conducting unclassified scientific research. It is located on the grounds of the University of California, Berkeley, in the Berkeley Hills above the central campus...

 to drive Microsoft Hohm. It was publicly released on July 6, 2009.

Home Energy Saver
Home Energy Saver
Home Energy Saver is a set of on–line resources developed by the U.S. Department of Energy at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory intended to help consumers and professional energy analysts, analyze, reduce, and manage home energy use....

 and Hohm received an R&D 100 Award in 2010.

The Hohm service will be discontinued on May 31, 2012 due to a lack of consumer uptake.

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