From the reviews: “This book introduces the field of embedded systems for energy management … . This material is intended for readers working on the next generation of decentralized smart energy systems and people faced with the need to optimize future energy use with information technology. … this book represents an important source of information on the latest efforts to improve actual and future energy management through the use of smart appliances and embedded systems.” (Gonzalo Peralta Villavicencio, ACM Computing Reviews, January, 2013)