An overview Climate change and increasingly scarce resources make the efficient and effective use of energy an issue of social importance. As is well known, the civilian sector is among the largest contributors to energy end uses (according to ENEA, 40 percent in the European Union), and certain contingent phenomena such as rising temperatures on a planetary scale and the consequent ever-increasing demand for "well-being and comfort," including summer air conditioning, are causing such consumption to increase substantially. There are different tools that, if used properly and integrated with each other, allow significant energy savings of the civil sector. Prominent among these are renewable energy sources such as photovoltaic, geothermal, mini-wind, micro-hydroelectric and interventions designed to increase the energy performance of buildings, whether new construction or renovation, such as the use of ultra-high performance insulation materials and the installation of passive solar systems. There is a misconception, however, that such systems are the only actors in building energy savings, placing total responsibility for energy dissipation on the envelope. Instead, the management of a building must be both efficient and effective. Efficient in creating an envelope that is optimized from the point of view of thermal insulation, but also effective because it is managed by automation systems capable of coordinating, first and foremost, the two most energy-intensive systems: the thermal system and the electrical system.
In aiuto arriva l'AI:
The home is becoming more and more human, thanks to the Internet and the IOT, which have transformed the home into something increasingly intelligent.
The Italian population is increasingly fascinated by this new ecosystem. According to Istat data, in 2017 Italians invested more than 3 billion to improve the efficiency of their homes. In the same year, spending on home automation systems increased by 32 percent. This growth was also supported by tax deductions that allow 65% of the costs for home automation and 50% for energy upgrading to be recovered.
ENERGY SAVING, DOMOTICS and IOT.
Home automation and the Internet of Things help achieve the two goals of the renewable home: reducing energy consumption and improving living comfort. The weapons for the energy-saving strategy are consumption monitoring and smart HVAC management.
Home automation appears to be increasingly important when linked to enabling energy conservation, considering the connection to electricity of numerous devices within the home.
How could all this be made possible? The integration of home automation and different devices, photovoltaic systems as well as heating systems, boilers, air conditioners, heat pumps, home appliances, generate a strong ecosystem that provides economic benefits that cannot be underestimated. It is necessary to control energy losses, to control how much energy, gas or water as and when it is used, within the home to implement savings metrics.
Most of us use our washing machine without knowing when it consumes less. By installing an IOT system, it is possible to enter time slot costs and connect it to home appliances. Automatically, the system will program the washing machine at the most convenient time. If home automation is connected to a photovoltaic system, the savings are absolute because it defines the start of home appliances when the energy, generated for free by the sun, is at its maximum production.
Same for the scheduling of heating and cooling systems that maintains the correct temperatures according to the seasons.
A smart home also allows you to manage lighting, audio, hi-fi, video systems, ventilation, and fixtures. How? Just talk to the devices that connect the systems to turn on and off the lights in the house, raise and lower the blinds, raise or lower the temperature at any time you want.
Smart homes represent the future in the world of housing, living comfort and well-being.
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