The increase in spending is a global trend that can be observed throughout the entire history of the economy, if not even the existence of a civilized society. In recent decades, the big problem has become the production of energy, which must be delivered to the homes of billions of people on the planet. But the increase in its consumption has the most direct impact on the ecological situation in the world. Some systems can not only reduce this impact, but also save you a lot of money. Let’s see how this is even possible and what a smart home is anyway – good or evil.
Smart home is the trend of our century.
Energy saving
Traditionally, people have used incandescent bulbs in most lighting fixtures in their homes. These lamps have a filament through which an electric current passes, which causes the material to glow and glow. This process is inefficient compared to more modern lighting options. In it, about 90% of the energy was spent on heating, and the consumption of materials was too high, since the lamps often burned out. Usually they served no more than 750 hours. And then, only if there were no power surges and frequent on-off.
How to save on gadgets
Modern LED lamps are many times more efficient and also last many times longer. But there are ways to reduce energy consumption even more – use smart lighting. For lighting I mainly and buy gadgets on aliexpress. Since we sell them the same, but one and a half to two times more expensive. For example, in chandeliers and floor lamps I have such lamps installed, for illumination I use such a tape, and to control large systems of lamps – such relays.
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The LED light bulb requires less electricity to operate, does not generate heat and lasts much longer than a conventional one – over 10,000 hours. But you can make it even more effective making her smart. Adding smart lighting to your home can be one of the easiest ways to reduce energy costs and reduce the impact on our planet.
You can control your home from one phone. Although, this is not the mind, but automation.
Is a smart home expensive?
Some might think that adding smart lights to a home is very expensive, and at some point it was. However, now the technology has become so accessible that it is not necessary to talk about high cost. Therefore, the cost of entry into building a smart home has dropped significantly over the past few years. There are many great cheap smart bulbs available now. For example, Xiaomi familiar to us cost from 1000 rublesand solutions from Rubetek, Hiper or other manufacturers can be found less than 700 rubles. Even if they are of lower quality, but lowering the price on their example becomes very effective. And there are more devices themselves, and they go beyond the usual switching on and off of the light.
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Often you will have to deal with multiple apps on your phone for each brand, which is frustrating. But there are voice assistants that combine many different types of devices. Such Yandex, Mail.ru, Sberbank have systems and others. And you can also choose one smart home manufacturer and assemble all the components so that they work through one application.
Smart lighting helps you save energy by scheduling turn-on and turn-off times, dimming and other control options. You can configure not only scheduled on and off, but also Possibility to connect with a motion sensor. You can even make the lamp glow at half power. It is not only economical, but also convenient.
You can control the vacuum cleaner with your voice. And this is also part of a smart home.
Home Automation
And also, if you left the house and think if the lights were turned off in one part of it or another, you can check it, just by opening the app on your phone. And if you have additional appliances, you can control your home remotely. For example, turn on the air conditioner strictly at your arrival, so that it does not work all day and does not waste a lot of energy just like that.
Smart home devices are much more than just lights. From the simplest, sockets can be noted (I I use such), switches (I I use such), relays, simple household appliances (for example, such) and sophisticated home appliances. I basically chose Xiaomi/Aqara/Mijia (essentially the same thing) starting with one light bulb. Now I even have humidifier and vacuum cleaner brand. But there are other devices as well. For example, a couple of gadgets from Hiper and LG TVs, which can also be controlled by voice and turned off with one command.
If you don’t want to buy, for example, a smart home humidifier, you can buy a smart plug. Connect the humidifier to a power outlet and set it to turn on and off according to a schedule. And if you have a humidity sensor, then you can even automate the process to keep the humidity in the temperature range. At the same time, everything is configured very simply and quickly – literally in 1-2 minutes.
The same process can be set to operate the air conditioner. It requires a lot of energy, and if it does not have a normal built-in timer, then you can add it using a smart outlet for 1000 rubles. And you can also manage it from anywhere in the world where there is an Internet connection.
Voice control is possible through assistants.
An example of using a smart home
As one of the non-standard examples of the use of such gadgets, I can name the need that I had at one time, when I had to get up at night to prepare formula for a small child, and I needed hot water. I connected the kettle to a smart socket, turned it on, but turned off the socket. Five minutes before the alarm, it turned on, the kettle was powered and it boiled in the usual mode, turning off after reaching the operating temperature. As a result, I saved a few minutes of sleep waiting for the boil, did not have time to clear up and calmly went to bed after I finished the feeding process.
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As you can see, smart gadgets can not only work in conjunction with each other, providing more convenient management of all processes. They can also save time and energy. And if we delve into the process even more, then we will achieve a reduction in the burden on the environment. But it is unlikely that anyone will think about this within the framework of using one or two light bulbs.
Whether or not you decide start with a small number of outlets and light bulbs in your home or assemble a large system from scratch, it will still allow you to reach a new level of use at home. But I want to warn you that this process is addictive. I started with one light bulb and now I can’t stop after trying dozens of gadgets.
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