A smart home isn’t a home that has a high IQ or blows away all the other homes with its awesome SAT scores. A smart home, however, does score high on bringing tons of benefits to its home owners. A smart home provides its home owners with the warm fuzzy feeling of energy efficiency, convenience, comfort and security. Even if you are out surfing the waves in Tahiti, enjoying crepes in Paris or just out getting groceries at the local farmer’s market; a smart home is always working to provide you with all of these benefits.
Imagine if all of your appliances, lighting, temperature control, entertainment systems and security systems could communicate with each other, and could be controlled remotely from any room in the house and from anywhere in the world. Got it? Hold on to that image because if you can imagine that, then you are imagining a smart home. Here a few of the major benefits of having a smart home.
A smart home allows you to live green.
- Energy efficient appliances reduce greenhouse emissions and pollutants without sacrificing performance.
- Allows you to control home systems such as irrigation, lighting, home temperatures and window coverings to save energy.
- Smart homes can monitor and calculate energy usage of all connected devices allowing you to be more aware of how much energy you use and adjust accordingly.
A smart home gives you convenience.
- You no longer need to walk around the entire house turning off all of the lights before bed. You can use one command to get it done!
- You can automatically set mood lighting when you have guests.
- You can program your TV so that your kids can only watch at certain times.
- You never have to worry again if you turned the oven off because you can literally turn it off from wherever you are.
A smart home gives you security.
- You can remotely view live security video even if it’s pitch black outside.
- Your home will turn on exterior lights and unlock your doors when you approach your home using motion sensors.
- Alert you if there is a breach in your home’s security even if you are away from your home.
Lastly, let’s be honest. Having a smart home is FUN! Being able to turn on your appliances, set the mood with lighting, and turn on your entertainment system all with one touch is pretty awesome! Having friends over? You will not only impress your guests with your smart home you will make your life easier so you can have fun doing all of the other things you want to do in life…like surf the waves in Tahiti.
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