We have heard the term “Going Green” in relation to saving energy in order to save the planet. Most of the information in news articles covers gas mileage for our cars, how to insulate our homes and purchasing energy efficient appliances. While the concepts are beneficial to the cause, they make going green a boring subject as there is no added benefit. However, thanx to CE manufacturers, going green does not have to be boring and can enrich our lives while saving energy.
Evaluating Your Home
One the key players in this movement is Microsoft with their Holm program, this program aligns with energy company partners to help consumers conserve energy. At the heart of Holm is a site that allows for consumers to create a free of charge profile where they enter in information about their home such as windows, insulation and appliances. With this data a baseline is established on how well your home should use the energy. If your energy provider is a partner, then data on the usage of your energy is pulled to show what you are using, this data can also be entered manually from past energy statements. The site itself is very user friendly and kind of entertaining to view your energy usage.
Going Beyond Green
Aside for energy efficient appliances, electronics, and insulation, controlling the power that you use provides a benefit that can also enrich your life. Many home automation manufacturers such as LifeWare, HAI and Control4 that are providing energy management as part of their products. Using a home automation system is a great way to monitor your home and have appliances, electronics, HVAC and lighting controlled to limit the amount of energy that they use. With one of these systems you control the lights, climate, and media throughout your home from any location in the home, or even from a remote location as well.
Let’s say that you just left for vacation, you are on your way to the airport and you start to think that you left the oven on, the lights on and the heat blasting. What do you do? Do you turn around risking missing your flight? With a home automation system you can alleviate your concerns from the airport using a laptop or a Smartphone in many cases.
Added Benefits
Basically a home automation system is a good way to cut your energy costs while adding the convenience of control to the electronics and appliances in your home. With this in mind you will not only be saving the planet, you will be enriching your life as well.
For more information contact a home automation manufacturer or your local integrator:
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