Are you looking to make your life easier and more convenient, save energy and reduce your environmental footprint? These smart home devices can help.
Smart home technology is changing the way we live. It’s not some futuristic concept; smart technologies are here today, making our lives easier and more convenient and helping us save energy, too. Here are five technologies shaping the future of sustainable living.
Smart thermostats
Smart thermostats are the essential building blocks of today’s energy-efficient homes. Programmable thermostats have been around for years, but smart technology takes home comfort and savings to a whole new level. Smart thermostats can be controlled remotely through a smartphone app, allowing you to control your home’s climate from anywhere. Plus, many smart models can learn your schedule and preferences and set comfort schedules accordingly.
Smart lightbulbs
Lightbulbs have illuminated homes since the 19th century, but the latest smart models are brighter than ever. Smart LED bulbs offer greater control — from turning them on and off remotely with your smartphone to dimming them with a voice command. You can also change the color tone, setting the mood for a relaxing dinner or brightening things up for tasks such as reading.
Smart appliances
Smart appliances can help streamline everyday tasks and make your life more convenient. With smart appliances, you can do cool things like preheat your oven while you’re on your way home, get an alert if your freezer door has been left open, stay updated on how much time is left on your laundry and more. Most importantly, smart appliances can help you save money by optimizing their operation based on usage patterns.
Smart water monitoring
Water-sensing smart home devices make finding leaks and saving water easier than ever before. Smart sensors, installed near your meter, monitor your water usage in real-time. If they detect an anomaly that indicates a leak, they’ll send you an alert and shut off your water supply automatically if necessary. Some models use machine learning to develop profiles of each fixture in your home, providing you with unique insight into your household’s water use.
Home automation
Smart home hubs bring all these technologies together, allowing you to easily integrate and control a variety of smart home devices from one central interface. You can also create schedules or routines that not only help make your life simpler and easier, but help you optimize energy use as well.
By taking advantage of these advanced technologies, you can make saving energy and living more sustainably easier than ever before. Visit celp.com for additional energy saving tips.
Crawfordsville Electric Light & Power contributes a monthly column to the Journal Review.