In all situations when we think to build or to refit a house we lineout an image about our goal thinking on short, medium and long term in accordance with the amount of money necessary to do it.
In present, the energy crisis and the increasing of comfort requirements for houses and building represent the motor of progress in the domotic domain because the automation in house generates important savings and improving of comfort.
The increasing of fuels prices and energy will generate a new attitude regarding the analysis of costs in order to save all the costs related at buildings, that means the construction (initial) costs, the current costs, the maintenance costs and the recycling costs too.
Here we can mention the conceptual role of "long life cycle" method in the analysis of optimal solution in building industry, that means to analyze all the cost (production costs, exploitation costs, maintenance costs and recycling costs) suppose by an element that is integrated in house.
The automation in house will allow implementing new and optimal management strategies of energy, water gas and other resources utilized. It is simple to understand the increased energy savings when an thermostat communicate with the automation controller. By tying them together, the temperatures can be automatically set back when the security system is armed.
Additionally, lights and small appliances can be scheduled by activity, time of day, or room occupancy. With home automation, the homeowner doesn't even have to think about it, the system automatically knows to turn on the outside lights if the front door is opened, and its after 6pm. It means save time and it's all about saving without suffering. It's the very essence of what home automation is all about.
Combine the benefits of enhanced comfort, maximum energy savings, time saving and convenience with the fact that the system can pay for itself over time with the money saved and home automation becomes a cost-effective tool to combat the energy crisis.
Such unremarkable services as automatic garage door openers, telephone company voice mail services, and pay-per view cable movies were once as unthinkably high-tech as many of the more luxurious-sounding features sound right now.
If all the automation is centrally connected in a smart house, a central interfaces for this is necessary to be able to control the total house. Once all the pieces work together, the convenience, safety, time-and-money saving, and efficiency of a centralized household control centre will be the driving force that automates the average home.
You can save money on security monitoring services or even monitor for non-traditional security events like water in the laundry room or basement. Additionally, some products include devices that will allow you to unlock the front door to let friends in or close the garage door from your office via the Web.
Remote control thermostats allow you to adjust the temperature from bed at night or even from a cell phone while on your way home. They can even trigger a notice to you if the temperature gets too low (freezing pipes) or too high (pets, plants, etc.). Considering this, it's easy to see just how making provisions in your home plans to improve your in-home air quality can save you a great deal of time, frustration and money down the road.
But also exist a disadvantage like: the convenience of domotics comes at a cost. The systems can be expensive to install. There is also the fear that a system crash could leave the house without an effective heating or lighting system.