What is a smart home, and what are the benefits?
A home becomes smart when it makes your everyday life more secure, convenient, and comfortable through remote monitoring, control, and automation.
A smart home is equipped with internet-connected devices that are controlled remotely. The devices are connected to a smart home hub that connects the devices to a network and controls the communication between them.
A smart home can include just a few or many devices. The more devices you add, the more connected your home will be.
3 benefits of a smart home
Here are some of the benefits of making your home smart:
- Enhance home security
Smart home systems can connect motion sensors, entry sensors, and other security devices, allowing you to activate them from your smartphone when you leave home or before you go to bed. This way, you’ll receive real-time warnings when something is out of the ordinary at home.
- Monitor and control your home wherever and whenever
Being able to control your home from a distance offers you great benefits. Via a smart home system, you can always check if you left the lights or other appliances on somewhere in the home, and you can turn them all off right away using your smartphone.
You can make sure that there are no water leaks in your basement that could result in costly water damage. You can also check that the indoor climate of your home is healthy for you and your family.
- Optimize energy usage
With a smart home system, you can easily monitor your energy consumption on several levels. From the usage of a single electrical appliance to the household consumption, you can get highly valuable information about your energy usage. This information allows you to identify where and when you should lower your consumption. Using smart home devices, you can also easily control electrical appliances to optimize your usage.
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Please note that all frient devices require a compatible hub.
