What is a Smart Home?

A Smart Home is one that provides its home owners comfort, security, energy efficiency (low operating costs) and convenience at all times, regardless of whether anyone is home.

“Smart Home” or Home Automation is the term commonly used to define a residence that has appliances, lighting, heating, air conditioning, TVs, computers, entertainment audio & video systems, security, and camera systems that are capable of communicating with one another and can be controlled remotely by a time schedule, from any room in the home, as well as remotely from any location in the world by phone, tablet, internet or voice.

Nest Learning Thermostat

The Nest Learning Thermostat has built-in Wi-Fi so you can remotely control the temperature from phone, tablet, or PC. This latest generation also has a larger display and a few more sensors than its predecessors, in addition to geofencing support and a furnace monitor.

For Example: you can remotely increase your heating temperature on a cold evening before you get home or remotely turn on your living room lights, via an APP on your Mobile phone, Tablet or Computer. If you use products like Google Home or Amazon Echo you can control these items by voice commands inside the home.

Smart Home products include anything from light bulbs to thermostats to door locks and TV controls all designed to for homeowner comfort, security and energy efficiency. Consumer products like Nest Thermostats, RING door bell security cameras, Lutron lighting systems, Amazon Echo and Google Home are popular products leading the way.