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You’ve heard about the ‘smart home’ but what actually is it? Is it just a fancy term used for modern tech being integrated into your home or is it really an ethos? With the addition of artificial intelligence, one might say that it’s turned into an ethos. A home that actually learns about the owners and how they live, is bound to change lives for the better. So it’s well worth making the investment to go all out and make your home easier to use, more enjoyable and designed in a way to allow everyone to make good use of the features. This includes children and elderly people.
Solar energy
The great thing about solar power is, it can never truly be affected by the usual power grid issues. Normally, fossil fuel energy can’t really be stored. It has to be used as you burn it. For example, gas and coal power stations have to operate in order for homes to be supplied with energy. But as community solar technology has shown, you can store solar power locally and use it whenever you want. This is why homes and even apartment owners have begun to make the switch over to solar. Not only do they support local farmers who give up their unused land to host rotating solar panels, but they also support the growth and expansion of this technology. Solar power is locally stored, locally distributed; so you won’t be the victim of a power cut.
Smart lock
Who uses keys these days? It’s quite unnecessary when you have smart locks that can operate with just your fingerprints. For example, a modern smart lock like the August smart lock Pro can have several fingerprints stored so your chosen family and friends can always come over if needed. Bear in mind you can turn on and off the selection of fingerprints you want to be working on at any given time. Smart Locks are great for when your hands are full with groceries and you just need to open the door to get inside quickly at night. They also automatically lock behind you, so there’s less chance of being taken unawares by a stalking burglar.
Smart assistant
The Amazon Echo has made waves and pushed Google’s Alexa to one side. It’s been an incredibly useful piece of technology to people who may not know how to use their phones as well to find the information valuable to them. This could be something simple as the weather update, or the news headlines, but it could also be to call someone to have a chat. This smart assistant can work with your various technologies after being linked with them. So you can use your lights, TV, sound system and thermostats or door locks, via the voice commands of the Echo.
Every modern home should be smart because it makes menial jobs less taxing and the general living standard increases. Solar energy is a major step forward in making a modern smart home, more resilient and greener.
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