By a smart home many people mean some individual sensors and switching off all the light with one button, but performance capabilities of modern systems are much wider. A smart home is an automated system that integrates all the elements into a single whole, and provides an opportunity to customize personalized scripts. Such scripts involve a significant set of actions for certain events. All that you want happens at the click of a button – on the switcher or smartphone.
SCRIPT «GOOD MORNING»
7:00 am – Waking up
The chosen music is playing in the bedroom. Sound gently envelops the room, because acoustic system is playing – not a smartphone rattling under the pillow. Curtains rise, and the sunlight penetrates into the room, so that it would be easier for you to wake up.
7:15 am – You are awake and ready to get up
Press the “Good Morning” button at the bedside – and the curtains in the bedroom automatically open completely. You will feel easy getting out from under the blanket, because when you press the button of heating and air conditioning systems, the house moves to day mode. In the bathroom and in the kitchen the floors are already warmed up – you will be pleased to step even barefoot.
8:30 am – You are preparing breakfast
Press the “Breakfast” button on the wall switch – and the curtains of panoramic windows open in the kitchen, highlighting above stove and countertop turns on, and your favorite radio station begins to play.
9:00 am – You leave the house
Get into your car and leave for your business: the garage doors will close automatically. If on the way you suddenly remember about the iron or lights left on in the hallway – press the button “I’m gone” on your smartphone. The house will automatically turn off all the lights, the curtains will be lowered, and the heating system, air conditioning and floor heating will switch to low consumption mode. The alarm system will also turn on automatically.
SCRIPT “I’M COMING HOME”
On the way home press “I’ll be home soon” on your smartphone, and all the systems are prepared for your arrival: floors are heated, temperature and humidity are adjusted to optimal parameters, electric sauna prepares its hot “hugs”.
SCRIPTS “I AM HOME” and “I AM IN THE HOUSE”
When your car is near the house, garage doors open automatically, landscape and facade lighting turns on, curtains open, and the lights are on in rest rooms and bedrooms.
When you enter the house with a fingerprint, light music turns on – you can select tracks on your smartphone or turn off the audio. In the wardrobe, the light turns on and off automatically.
Does your morning or evening look different? Do you want to have freshly brewed coffee waiting in the kitchen in the morning and a new YouTube video played on TV? Do you like to sleep with light on or do you want special lighting for parties with friends? Perfectly! Professionals, who know everything about designing personalized spaces for life and advanced business spaces, are ready to realize your desires. And the more complicated they are, the more interesting it will work for them. After all, their specialization is to customize your home personally for you.
Modern technologies change our lives, so why not take advantage of the opportunities they provide? Perhaps you think that it doesn’t take a lot for you to turn off the light or change the ambient temperature using remote control. But you should agree that it’s more convenient to pay for your purchases contactlessly, store files in storage cloud or synchronize applications on your smartphone and computer. A smart home also makes ordinary things and routine activities easier and more convenient, and your life becomes delicious.
Personalization
Imagine that a house or apartment can be configured in the same way as a smartphone or an application. And it’s not about the interior. Remember how annoying it is to wait for indoor air to warm up or cool. Or recall the disparity, when you want to wake up in natural light, but the sun “burns” from 6 am, and you have to close the curtains at night. Now all these issues are easily solved by engineering solutions: comfort temperature, automatic curtains, different lighting, audio multiroom, etc. And you won’t waste time waiting and dealing with routine activities.
Peace and safety
Oh, that iron! It spoiled mood for many people on their way to work. Or a sudden pipe burst. Or an open water tap. Now such alarms are solved by pressing one button. Your head is no longer occupied with unnecessary thoughts, you are doing your business, while the sensors take control over leaking water, switching off electrical appliances, etc.
Rational consumption
A smart home helps you consume resources rationally. When you are not at home, all devices are either turned off or operate in energy-saving mode, when it comes to air conditioning and heating. The lights are off, and the flow of water will be blocked in case leaks occur so that your home and your neighbours are safe from flood.
Smart home systems and control tools
Lighting and curtains: interior lighting, external lighting, curtains/blinds, sockets
Security: intercom, video surveillance, burglar alarm, fire alarm, water leakage control
Climate: heating, warm floors, air conditioning, ventilation, humidification
Audio and video: audio multiroom, home theater, network data storage
Control tools
- Local: using smartphone and special switches.
- Remote: using smartphone or computer.
- Using scripts:
- presence imitation;
- “I’m gone” (turning everything off);
- imitation of daylight;
- gentle awakening;
- etc.
The cost of a smart home system depends on the number of functions it will perform, and the type of equipment required.
The market offers a large number of equipment in different price segments: accostable from Chinese manufacturers, medium-priced and premium from European and American producers. When you are choosing equipment, the key points are your preferences, requirements and, of course, the budget. You can evaluate cost of a smart home in an amount of $100 per 1 sq. m.
Smart home systems can be divided into 3 types:
- Basic set: control of light, floor heating, TV, intercom, security.
- Extended set: basic + full climate, curtains, multimedia.
- Maximum set: extended + home theater, hi-end sound and other systems.
If you have any questions after reading this article – please, contact the specialists.
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