Home automation: how to turn your home into a 'smart home'

The concept of home automation is becoming increasingly central to people's daily lives. Making your home smarter and more autonomous is a very popular choice. On the other hand, the benefits deriving from the application of new technologies inside a home are many. Later we will try to understand specifically what home automation is, what are its advantages and, above all, what are the steps to make your home smarter.

What is home automation and what are the advantages?

The term home automation refers to the set of technological devices used inside a house in order to increase the level of comfort and efficiency. This is a concept that has become more widespread in recent years, in parallel with the development of smart technologies.

The diffusion of this phenomenon is justified by the many advantages that it is able to provide. Indeed, through the integration between the various systems and systems of a house you can make your daily life much easier, by remotely controlling the lighting, the heatings, the appliances, the irrigation of the gardens, the opening and closing of doors and even security and alarm systems.

However, many people choose home automation for an economic issue: a smart and efficient home also means lower bills, as it significantly reduces the waste of energy. All of this clearly also has a positive impact on the environment.

Among the best known tools in this area are the smart speaker, now present in all homes. However, there are many other devices that can be very useful. Let's see together some examples.

Smart watering

The smart system allows you to control remotely, via your smartphone, garden irrigation systems. In this way, it will be possible not only to make this activity more practical, but it will be possible too optimize water consumption and avoid waste. In fact, the system allows you to set the activation and shutdown of the irrigation system only at certain times of the day. However, it must be said that, among smart tools, the one relating to irrigation is probably the least used and known.

Smart motorized shutters

Among the elements of a house that fall under home automation there are also motorized shutters. These are very useful tools that can be lowered very easily through the application installed on your smartphone. Furthermore, it is also possible to activate the automatic function, which allows you to close or open the shutters based on the time of day and the amount of light present outside.

Smart security tools

The origins of the concept of home automation are closely linked to the field of security. Indeed, at the beginning of this phenomenon there was a tendency to mainly use devices capable of controlling one's home and protecting it from ill-intentioned people. Just think for example of the video surveillance systems o alla videocitofonia.

However, over time these tools have become increasingly sophisticated and allow access to many other functions. For example, today it is possible to control the inside of your home even thousands of km away from it, through your smartphone. Furthermore, in recent years it is also spreading smart lock, which send an alarm in the event of an intrusion.

Lighting

Through home automation technology it is possible to control every type of light inside your home. In particular, you can not just turn them on and off, but also adjust its intensity and color.

How to transform a normal system into home automation

To make your home smart, you need to transform your electrical system, in order to make it capable of controlling the technological devices that we mentioned earlier. But how do you do this? First of all, the intervention of a specialized technician is required, who must carry out an analysis of the system both to understand how to transform the system and to draw up an estimate.

After that, you have to start with the replacement work, starting from the unthreading and replacement of the cables. In this sentence, the technician must check if there is any corrugated material, to then proceed with the unthreading of the cables and their replacement with the bus cable, which allows you to connect the control unit and the devices. At this point, generally we proceed with the masonry work to allow the construction of the traces, which are used to pass the bus cables. Not, you can continue with the installation of the smart devices and connect them to the control unit and to the application. The process is finished, but before you start enjoying your smart home, it is necessary to have a certificate issued by the technician certifying the compliance of the system with the requirements imposed by law.