5 Easy Ways to Get Power-saving By Doing Home Automation?

1. Lighting Control:

• Occupancy sensors/Motion sensors can help you save 20% to 60% on energy. Motion sensors confirm that lights are on for safety and/or room occupancy, and then turn lights off when they are no longer needed. There is no reason to waste energy by lighting an empty room, so motion sensors make sure you only have the lights on when they are necessary. For e.g. Power is usually wasted when kids forget to turn off the lights of their bathroom. This kind of scenario can be avoided by using motion sensors.
• You can also create several scenes/moods to reduce power consumption, for e.g. you can create a scene that will turn off the artificial lights when there is sufficient light coming from windows.
• Using dimmable lights with automation systems can also help in decreasing power usage. For e.g. You can create a scene to dim the light intensity to 10% when no one is in that area and increase it to 80% when motion is detected.

2. Curtain Control:

• You might have noticed how hot your room gets when the sun is up and the curtains are open. You can nullify this heating effect without turning on AC with the help of automated curtains. Automated motorized shades are programmable to close at specific times of the day and keep your house cool and operating at peak efficiency.
• Similarly, during winters, you can program your shades to open at the time of sunlight hence avoiding the need to operate room heaters.
• Shades help you harvest daylight and reduce the need for artificial light. For e.g. you can create a scene to open the shades at 7:00 am and close again at 10:00 am. Also, the same scene turns the lights off for the same period of time. Repeat the same scene in the evening from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Hence giving you a power-saving on those lights for 6 hours. And once programmed, this scene will execute itself every day without you having to tap a single button. Imagine the power-saving throughout the year.

This method will also help in decreasing your carbon footprint which is a great way to embrace your responsibility for environmental change.

3. Decrease Phantom Energy loss:

• • Surprisingly, there are many appliances that drain a reasonable amount of power even when they are turned off, including everything from your dryer and toaster to your microwave. The energy used from appliances that are plugged in, yet turned off, represents up to 10% of your monthly electric bill. The only way to avoid this power loss without automation is to turn the switch off or unplug the appliance, which we rarely remember to do.

  So with the help of automation, we can program to cut off the device’s power completely rather than sending it to standby mode. This will effectively save you monthly on your electricity bill.

4. Remote Access Control:

• It happens a lot of times that we have already left the house and we suddenly remember that we have forgotten to turn off a few appliances. And the only choice we are left with is to turn them off when we return home which leads to considerable power loss.

This situation can be avoided if you are using home automation. Most of the home automation systems have remote access which enables the customer to turn off the appliance from anywhere in the world.

5. Smart Thermostat:

• Smart thermostats are thermostats that can be used with home automation and are responsible for controlling a home’s heating and/or air conditioning. They perform similar functions as a Programmable thermostat as they allow the user to control the temperature of their home throughout the day using a schedule, but also contain additional features, such as sensors and Wi-Fi connectivity.

   It will save you money by setting temperatures higher during cooling and lower during heating.

  ·        A study by Nest concluded that customers saved an average of 10 to 12 percent on heating costs and 15 percent on air conditioning costs.

  Another leading smart thermostat, the ecobee, makes some bold claims on energy savings. Ecobee claims that their smart thermostat can save you up to 23% on your energy bills.

  “Contact us” today for a consultation and discover many such benefits of the home automation system.