The importance of optimizing energy consumption is increasing day by day. Although the easiest way to save energy is to use less energy, this is not a practical solution.
Smart homes’ emergence and increase are among the best happenings of the 21st century. One of the many advantages of smart home automation is controlling your home and making your life easier. Smart homes save energy, so they are environmentally friendly and cost less.
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Smart home and reducing energy consumption
The way to save and reduce energy consumption in a smart home is not to limit consumption. A smart home finds your lifestyle and tries to find ways to avoid wasting energy when you don’t need it. In addition, the design of these houses is such that they make the most of the available power.
Therefore, it is not surprising to say that a smart home reduces energy consumption by 30-40%.
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Smart home solutions to optimize energy consumption
Various equipment and systems are used to manage energy consumption in a smart home. Here are some smart solutions to optimize energy consumption and reduce the cost of Enbridge bills in a smart home.
Scenarios
A scenario is a pre-defined intelligent program that gains decision-making power by using raw data from devices and analyzing them. It is possible to define a strategy or plan for smart devices in smart homes.
For a better understanding, consider a smart home whose doors and windows are equipped with sensors. The primary function of these sensors is to increase security, but the smart scenario uses the raw sensor data (open or closed doors and windows) for other purposes.
A defined scenario could be the automatic shutdown of the ventilation system after the window is left open for one minute. In this way, energy loss is prevented with a simple scenario.
Purpose of scenarios
The main feature of scenarios is their high power of change and personalization. There is also no limit to the number of techniques used. With plans, it is possible to prevent energy loss anywhere in the house, from lights to the smart irrigation system.
For example, you can plan the lighting and use Lighting automation by using scenarios. You can turn on and off lamps, a cooling and heating system, and an audio and video system. You will be able to close curtains and even open and close doors and windows at a specific time. In this way, scenarios lead to the reduction of electricity consumption.
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Adjust the air temperature
smart temperature control can adjust an intelligent temperature control system according to personal needs in the smart home. The home automation system will do it if you remember to turn off the heating system when you leave the house.
The smart thermostat plays a vital role in controlling the consumption of electricity and gas in the heating system of smart homes. Smart thermostats can install smart thermostats on heating radiators or other heating devices of the structure to control the house’s temperature.
Temperature control systems can adjust the temperature based on environmental conditions such as season, sunlight, outside temperature, etc. So this will reduce the cost of your bills.
All-off-command
“All off” command
It has probably happened to you that you forgot to turn off the TV while leaving the house in a hurry. Sometimes leaving the house for several hours and days can impose a high cost on you. Turning off everything in the smart home gives you peace of mind and saves energy simultaneously with turning on the smart home security system.
Prevent extra energy consumption
Surprisingly, many devices consume electricity even when they are turned off. 10% of bills are for devices turned off but connected to electricity. In the old days, the only way to eliminate this extra cost was to unplug the appliances. But in a smart home, the devices are set to “ready to work.”
Consumption pattern analysis
One of the ways to control the energy consumption of a smart building is to check the consumption of each device. The smart home, by recording the energy consumption of each device and analyzing it, gives you solutions to optimize energy consumption.
Our smart home services application has a section for energy consumption analysis. With the help of the obtained information, minor lifestyle changes, and, most importantly, home automation, it is possible to save more energy than before.
Conclusion
As explained, home automation reduces energy consumption. Also, lighting automation allows you to make the most of daylight, sunlight, and fresh air.
This way, the lamps remain off as long as the weather is clear and you have sunlight. When sunlight is needed, the curtains are pulled back. Also, whenever you want, you can take control of all the smart devices in the building.
Our experts will help you to reduce the energy consumption in your building to the lowest possible level, and as a result, you will lower the Enbridge bill.
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