Smart Home

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Courtesy: Kelly Flanagan

Home + Technology = Smart Home

A Smart Home is a home where the devices, appliances and systems like the Audio Visual, lighting, thermostat, shades, door lock, door bell, camera, TV, coffee machine, cooking range, microwave and many more are all integrated together / connected to each other for you to a control with your voice using smart speakers, smart phones, tablets, iPads or any other control pad. Or if you choose to, they will act smartly to your needs when you want them to without having you to touch or say anything. The smartness is built in to understand your routines, your needs, your liking and to act accordingly. If you say, “Turn on family room lights” and your family room lights turns on or if you say, “Turn on my TV or Its movie time” all the devices (T.V, home theater/receivers, speakers, DVD, streaming player etc.) that you need to watch a movie; turns on without you having to touch any remote. Forgot to turn off your cooking range, or to shut a garage? No problem! You can do that now from anywhere for your smart home or take a step further, a smart home will do it for you.

Vision here is to make your home smart enough so it add convenience to your life, saves energy, add extra level of security.

Smart home uses Smart Technology that senses what is happening around us and act accordingly or always ready at your service to perform tasks at your voice command. Smart Technology can learn things about you and your family and use that information to make your home more efficient and comfortable for you. Here are few examples:

Turning off lights when no one in the room, diming lights when watching a movie or turning them up when reading or working on your computer without having you to flip a switch.
Turn on home entertainment devices, only what you need based what you want to watch all at once, changing channel, turning up or down the volume.
Running air conditioner or furnace only when it is needed.
Turning on/off various appliances like your coffee machine, panini maker, cooking range, microwave, printer, treadmill etc.
Turning on your washer/dryer when you leave your home.
Automatically locks the door when you leave the house.
Monitor air quality, sound level, smoke detection, water leaks and many more.

WHY DO YOU NEED ONE?

Saves time and effort

It doesn’t take a lot of time and effort to get up and flip a light switch but takes few seconds and bit of expandable energy. It’s just like adding a remote control for your devices that weren’t there before. It may seem like a little thing, but every bit adds up. All the individual seconds saved adds up to minutes and hours as time goes by. Time you save becomes available for better use. Time is valuable.

SAVES $ AND CONSERVE ENERGY

Smart lighting saves money by dimming the lights when it makes sense and turning them off when you are not in the room. Smart power plugs turn on the devices only when you are around or when you need them. Smart thermostat saves money by running more efficiently based on your usage and schedule. It learns and adapt your habits. Smart irrigation system saves money on your water bill by running only when your lawn needs it. And many more.

CONVENIENT

Whether you are home, outside or on vacation, smart homes give you the convenience of operating your home devices and appliances via your phone or talking to your smart controllers like smart speakers.

companion

It becomes your companion and take care of your things for you even when you are not at home.