Lately there’s been a lot of talk about conserving energy. With the rolling blackouts in California and along the west coast, the whole nation is talking about power, and how to conserve it.

Joe Messner considers himself frugal. Not just for the sake of conserving power, but he likes to conserve his money as well. But he has figured out how to conserve, and still live it up. "My ActiveHome system is just the solution for my active lifestyle," Joe says. "Despite the fact that I will be 75 on the first of March this year."

Even at 75, Joe wakes up at 5 AM every morning to his favorite radio station, which has been activated by an ActiveHome macro. From there he works out a bit, buffering his body with dumbbells and barbells and other weights. After that, he jumps into his spa, which has been heating itself since earlier that morning, started by the same macro.

After a little while in the spa, it’s time for Joe to have some breakfast. And no breakfast would be complete without coffee. And there just happens to be a fresh pot of coffee made. It seems that same ActiveHome macro started the coffee pot as well. So Joe can sip his coffee, read his newspaper, and then get started on fixing breakfast.

Joe’s living room is nice and warm, as it’s been slowly heating for about an hour. The air is fresh as well, thanks to the air control system that moves fresh air throughout the house.

"In other words," Joe says, "My entire home and life are assisted by ActiveHome, which relieves me of the problems I would encounter due to the reduced short-term memory that has begun to affect anything not monitored by ActiveHome."

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