Some people think that it is difficult to find a relationship between home
and computer. Usually people think that computer just using in a company and
office. It is a misleading concept as we have a . The complete SMART
HOUSE System has been available since early 1993. In a , people
build a relationship between computer and home. The SMART HOUSE is a home
management system that allows home owners to easily manage their daily lives by
providing for a lifestyle that brings together security, energy management,
entertainment, communications, and lighting features. So, the SMART HOUSE system
is designed to be installed in a new house. Moreover, the system can be
installed in a home undergoing reconstruction where walls have been completely
exposed. The SMART HOUSE Consortium is investigating a number of different
option to more easily install the SMART HOUSE system in an existing home.
Moreover, the SMART HOUSE system has been packaged to satisfy any home buyer's
needs and budget. The system appeals to a broad segment of new home buyers
because of the diverse features and benefits it offers. These segments includes
professionals, baby boomers in the move up markets, empty nesters, young middle-
class, two - income families, the aging, and all who are energy conscious and
technologically astute. Therefore, the SMART HOUSE system is suitable to
install in new homes.
Firstly, more saving can be gained when the SMART HOUSE System offers
several energy management options that have the potential to reduce a home
owner's utility bill by 30% or more per year depending on the options installed.
For examples, a smart house can turn lights on and off automatically, it can
help save on your electric bill. Moreover, the heating and air conditioning can
be more efficiently controlled by a computer, saving tremendously on the cost of
maintaining a consistent temperature within a large house. The exact level of
savings will pay vary by house due to local utility rate structures, size of
home, insulation, lifestyle, etc.
Secondly, it is an easily operating system. Home owners can control
their SMART HOUSE System using a menu driven control panel, touch-tone phone,
personal computer, remote control or programmable wall switch. All SMART HOUSE
controls are designed to be simple and easy to use. Because smart houses are
independence, they can help people with disabilities maintain an active life. A
smart house system can make such tasks easier by automating them. Lights and
appliances can be turned on automatically without the user having to do it
manually. For people with short term memory problem, a smart house can remind
them to turn off the stove or even turn the stove off by itself.
The SMART HOUSE System is initially programmed by a trained technician
who configures the system using electronic tools designed to guide the technical
through the necessary steps of System programming. These tools use a menu driven
format to prompt the technician for the appropriate inputs to customize the
System to meet a specific buyer's needs.
Then, the home owner can create some house modes that are preprogrammed
settings that allow home owners to activate a sequence of events with a single
action. House modes can be named to represent general activity patterns common
to most homes -- Awake, Asleep, Unoccupied, Vacation, etc. All can be programmed
and changed to meet a home owner's needs. An example of a house mode is an AWAKE
mode which can be programmed in the morning to do such things as: turn up the
heat, turn up the water heater, change the security system settings, turn on the
lights start the coffee and turn on the TV, etc.
Thirdly, in a power outage, home owners will not able to use their
system, which is the case with all electrical products, simply because
electrical power is required in order for the SMART HOUSE system to operate.
However, the system controller will re-boot itself when the power comes back on
and the system's programming will be maintained. When the system fails, the home
owners will be able to manually operate their home's products and appliances.
The SMART HOUSE System is specifically designed so that if the system fails, the
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