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Home and personal safety
By drawing its resources from the fields of electronics and communication, home automation ensures better security for the house and its occupants. Here are some innovations relating to home automation.
Surveillance camera and videophone
The risk of burglary of your home or business is reduced through the use of presence detectors and surveillance cameras. Quickly spotting intrusions, modern alarms are equipped with cameras connected to the screen of a control unit or to your smartphone. Even remotely, you can monitor your home or business and be alerted if something goes wrong. When someone rings your doorbell, an alert can be sent to your smartphone and you will see directly who is there, thanks to the camera. You can even communicate with your visitors when you are not at home.
Tailor-made alarm systems are notably offered by a platform of experts in alarms and remote monitoring for more than 30 years. Connected alarms, at the cutting edge of technology, are able to protect all sensitive areas of your home. Remote monitoring is also used to offer more autonomy to the elderly. When they find themselves in a situation of dependency, a manual or automatic alarm allows them to immediately notify the emergency services in the event of a fall or discomfort.
Connected smoke detectors
The connected home is also protected with smoke (mandatory) and carbon monoxide detectors. These devices prevent fires as well as the dangers that could result from the malfunction of heating appliances. They are equipped with an optical chamber equipped with an LED which constantly checks the state of the air. When the environment becomes opaque due to smoke, the detector triggers its alarm.
The connected smoke detector has several advantages:
No matter where you are, it directly sends you a message when the alarm is triggered. Even when you are not at home, you receive a signal in real-time.
The alarm can be silenced with a single click and remotely.
You receive an alert when the batteries are low.
It can integrate several other functionalities: control the quality of the air, etc.
Having a camera, allows you to quickly know if it is a false alarm.
When you are unable to react to the alarm that is triggered, an assistance system alerts the emergency services.
Connected locks
Connected locks are another home automation innovation that has appeared in home security. These are smart locks that you can control (lock or unlock) remotely using a smartphone or computer. They are useful for monitoring the entrances and exits in a dwelling. This is an additional guarantee of security against intrusions, which also saves you the loss or theft of keys.
Reduction of energy consumption
We are all looking for ways to reduce energy consumption. The connected home makes it possible to take steps in this direction. A home automation system could save up to 10% on your energy bills. You can now program the operation of a number of energy-intensive devices, such as heating. The automatic shutters also open and close according to sunrise and sunset times, or depending on the brightness.
This system contributes to limiting the use of interior lighting and guarantees optimal insulation of the house. The frequency of use of air conditioning or heating, on the one hand, lamps and lights, on the other hand, is thus reduced.
Other equipment can also be automated so that their operation is limited to your real needs. You can automatically turn off unused devices and avoid leaving them on an energy-consuming standby.
Finally, the live monitoring of your consumption will allow you to know which are the most important expenditure items and to act accordingly. You will know when there is excessive water consumption due to a poorly closed tap or a leak, and you will be able to precisely locate the installation concerned.
Home comfort
Apart from security and energy consumption, home automation is also a real ally of daily comfort. It allows you to centralize the access and control of your household appliances, which is ideal for saving time by programming the repetitive tasks that you have to manage.
With lighting, for example, you no longer need to move around to turn on or off the lights and air conditioning in your different rooms. You can program according to your habits and set up different lighting moods. It's the same with your household appliances such as coffee maker, dryer, oven, etc. Whether you're at home or on the go, you always have control over your home.
And there is a wide variety of equipment you could buy for added comfort. Smart pillows, for example, improve the quality of your falling asleep and your sleep. They have speakers that play the music you want just for you, as well as an anti-snoring system, and they record your data to adapt to your sleep cycle.
Advances in the field of new technologies now allow devices to interact and communicate with the user. These innovations are designed not only to ensure the safety of goods and people but also to make everyday life easier and provide maximum comfort. Although these technologies also have their limits, one cannot help but appreciate the many advantages they bring to us.
