Implementation of the Smart Home in specific conditions

Betsegaw Debebe Abadama

Bachelor's thesis

Abstract:

In recent years, a plenty of new innovations has emerged that aim to enhance the quality of life by incorporating intelligent devices into various aspects of home life. While many of these innovations have progressed from early adopters' wish lists to the mainstream, there is still something to be said about the efficiency of the decision to upgrade from a home to a smart home. Many technologies are designed to improve comfort while ignoring concerns about energy consumption, stability, and costs; others are designed to preserve and improve comfort while lowering usage costs, such as energy and other utilities. This thesis examines the Smart Home technologies that promise to deliver the best energy, cost, and protection performance, as well as the relationship between current energy market trends and the price points needed to make those technologies applicable on a large scale. Findings show that the selected smart home devices such as smart thermostat, smart plug and others are more energy efficient than the conventional home devices.

Keywords

Smart Home, Energy efficiency, Smart monitoring, Sensor, Smart device, Arduino

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 15. 3. 2021

Thesis defence

• Supervisor: Ing. Tomáš Vokoun

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Bachelor programme / field:
Systems Engineering and Informatics / Informatics