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• Automation. What’s making this integration possible is the explosion in smart products — appliances, lights, shades.
This year, Whirlpool introduced four higher-end appliances — a dishwasher, fridge, washer and dryer — that can be remotely controlled with a smartphone app. Users can monitor energy rates and consumption.
Crestron has shades and draperies that can be remotely lowered or raised. “We see a lot of residential users putting in photo-cell sensors,” says marketing manager Claudia Barbiero, noting these sensors automatically adjust window coverings depending on how much daylight enters a room. She says automation is especially helpful to homeowners with huge picture or second-story windows.
Several companies, including Crestron, have recently introduced home automation devices that allow users to set security alarms, turn lights on or off, program a room’s temperature or start a load of laundry. Other gizmos allow access to data on smart meters, which track a home’s energy use and report it back to the utility.
“Coming to a home near you very soon are small devices that can fit in the palm of your hand and will be able to read your smart meter,” says Michel Kamel, CEO of California-based MelRok, adding they’ll cost less than $100 and will help residents manage their energy use. Early next year, his company will release its own version.
“We can measure and control everything — every outlet, every light switch, every mechanical system and every fixture,” says David Gottfried, founder of the U.S. Green Building Council. He estimates monitoring can help consumers save 30% to 50% of energy and water.
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