I don't mind the OP per se, but I think MrEnergyCzar owes us full disclosure regarding the apparent business aspect. Otherwise it comes across as a shill.

That said, many of the ideas are sound, though they're hardly new information. The biggest challenge, with the biggest payoff, is a change in habits.

A couple of his strategies require careful and ongoing monitoring:
- the fridge timer has to be coupled with careful temperature monitoring to prevent illness or degraded food quality; personally I wouldn't let a fridge sit more than 4 hours
- the water heater timer is a good idea, but the water temperature must stay high enough to kill legionella bacteria