Smart Home: A New Home Concept Within the Next 5 Years

1. University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest
Faculty of Management, economic engineering in agriculture
and rural development
STUDENTS:
Bratu Iuliana
Niculae George-Daniel
Calen Ramona Georgiana
Group 8214
Coordonating teacher :
Mihai Daniel Frumușelu

2. Smart Home: A New Home Concept Within the Next 5 Years
You’ve probably heard about the smart home for several years
now, but it’s only recently that this concept of housing seems to
have finally found the way for significant development.
What is a smart home? A smart home is a home that
incorporates advanced automation systems in order to offer those
who live inside the ability to monitor and control various
functions, such as temperature control, the opening and closing
of doors and windows, or even controlling appliances such as the
refrigerator, washing machine, and TV – all without the need to
physically operate the devices and interacting with them
remotely through a wireless connection.

3. The operation of a smart home
is based on the use of a home
network. Generally, it’s a
wireless network (Wi-Fi,
Bluetooth, or RFID) that allows
multiple devices to be
connected to each other
through an appropriate app
(developed and made available
by the manufacturers of smart
devices) that work as an
administrative console. In this
way, from anywhere in your
home or office – or anywhere
else, you can select – thanks to
your smartphone or tablet – the
most appropriate washing
program on your washing
machine or adjust the heat – or
even display video from your
surveillance system.
How does a smart home work?

4. What awaits us in the next 5 years?
Deloitte estimates in a recent study that by 2022, there could be nearly 500
smart devices connected to a smart home: from coffee machines to lawn
irrigation sensors. An important contribution to this development will be
offered by IoT (Internet of Things), the ability of physical objects to use the
Internet to communicate and share information about their condition and
process real-time data collected by sensors to perform “smart” actions.
According to the research company Berg Insight, when it comes to the smart
home, it’s necessary to distinguish between the North American and European
markets. The North American market had about 13 million smart homes in
2015, compared to about 5 million in Europe. However, the number of smart
homes is expected to grow substantially and by 2020, it is estimated that there
will be 46.2 million smart homes in North America and 44.9 million smart
homes in Europe.

5. Alongside the implementation of remotely controlled thermostats, security
systems, lighting and entertainment, a real smart home must also be aligned to
everyday appliances such as stoves, refrigerators, and washing machines. This
new generation of equipment promises, according to the manufacturers, not just
a remote management via an app, but also the ability to generate cost savings:
the smart fridge will optimize the consumption of food (for example, informing
users about food nearing the expiration date). Washing machines and
dishwashers will get the best washing results with the most efficient use of
water. And thanks to sensors on pots and pans, your oven will be able to adjust
the power by reducing the waste of electric energy or gas and the risk of
burning the food if we forget it on the stove.

6. How much does a smart home cost?
One of the main obstacles to the development of
the smart home seems to be currently the cost of
smart devices. In a recent survey by Deloitte ,
48% of respondents said that smart device costs
are still too high, while 26% said that current
technology needs to evolve further before
considering the purchase of a smart device.
For obvious reasons, the cost of an intelligent
appliance is higher than the cost of a traditional
appliance. Those who want to make their own
home “smart” must be ready to pay almost
double for an intelligent refrigerator or washing
machine compared to the same appliance in the
“classic” sense. Spending that kind of money is
not really within the reach of everyone. Unless,
of course, you’re Bill Gates .

7. What are the current security risks with smart home devices?
Even though a smart home can be a great way to improve the way we live in the future,
there are still some problems to be solved. Since the first Internet-connected devices began
flooding the market, vulnerabilities became obvious. It’s now possible for professional
hackers to gain access to Internet connected television sets in order to spy on the occupant of
the house. With this ability it’s possible to create a motion profile and use this information to
plan a burglary. One of the other challenges of smart homes as they currently exist is that
different manufacturers use different protocols and standards that are not compatible with
each other. This is why users might find themselves connecting to multiple networks and
often having to use different, and sometimes open and unprotected protocols, which must be
made secure by the user.

8. If you’re an early adopter and manage to
bring together all your internet connected
devices and your smart house under one
single interface, you can face even more
problems. A single and simple failure in one
of the parts in the system or a hacking
attack could make your life really
miserable. In a worst case scenario, nothing
would function and it’s possible you won’t
be able to enter your own house. In this
instance, data protection is a very important
matter. So if you want to protect yourself
from somebody accessing your house or
manipulate your devices, you must
frequently change passwords and keep
them secure at all times.

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