After buying my house, the first hot month caused some panic when I got the electricity bill. I quickly ordered a zwave thermostat that I could control and wrot

After buying my house, the first hot month caused some panic when I got the electricity bill. I quickly ordered a zwave thermostat that I could control and wrote some quick code to optimize my costs a bit. 1. Dial the temperature back quite a bit during peak hours and just run the central fan. 2. Get alerts when the outside temperature is above or below the internal temperature (so I open/close windows at optimal times). 3. Pre-cool the house outside of peak hours. Additionally I close vents downstairs during the summer, and use a box fan blowing outward at night. Those things brought my bill down over $50 each summer month. Now if I could just get my trees to grow faster...