Home Automation - Energy Saving Solutions

Home automation has been an ideological concept for years. However, it’s only the start of the 20^th century - in particular since the invention of electricity - that it’s been possible.

There are many solutions available for this part of your home with examples such as controlling the ambient room temperature via the internet. Having the ability to turn the heating up, on cold days, just before you leave work and head home or switch the air conditioning on during warmer spells is a way of keeping comfort levels high and unnecessary heating bills and environmental impacts low.

One of the more popular automated home energy saving systems is the installation of remote controlled lighting. Illuminating your home and determining the exact ambient level of illumination is a simple way to implement a home automation and energy saving strategy.

Motion detectors are another good option and mean that lights extinguish once each room is vacated and vice versa.

Being able to control the ambient colour of a room via ‘mood lighting’ is another example. This is achieved by RGB LEDs which consume lower amounts of energy than standard lighting.

Distributing the audio and video source between rooms is a popular choice for home automation. Lighting can then be linked to create a ‘mood’ based on the sound emanating from speakers.

If you forget to switch off the appliance then having a remote facility, such as smart phone app, will give you control allowing you to not waste energy by having a device playing to itself.

Energy saving techniques and green automation utilisation is both a way to save money on your regular utility bills, do your bit for the environment and future proof your home.

With technology advancing rapidly and the need for a more environmentally aware global population, the aforementioned applications will become ever more common.