TheSmarterPlace is the connected one-stop solution to make your home ready for the future.

1. TheSmarterPlace.com
Connecting homes & people
TheSmarterPlace.com / 2012

2. WHAT´S THE BIG IDEA?
People spend 80% of their
lifetime in homes, apartments
and buildings.
To make them smart and
prepared for the future,
we want to connect them.
TheSmarterPlace is
the connected one-stop
solution for this
opportunity.
Connecting Homes & People
TheSmarterPlace.com / 2012

3. WHAT IS THESMARTERPLACE ?
SmarterPlace helps to run your
home or building smarter - online.
„Smarter“ means through active
control , connection and integration.
Your home on SmarterPlace is an
online hub for actively managing
and controlling your estate.
You control your energy, your
insulation, interior design, smart
appliances, craftsman, plumber,
insurance and mortgage –
everything in one place!
Connecting Homes & People
TheSmarterplace/ 2012

4. HOW DOES
THESMARTERPLACE WORK ?
Sign in for a free SmarterPlace
account.
Build your smarter real home online.
Start connecting and sharing
your home with friends, vendors
and people that you like or want to
have business with.
Use home services like energy
optimization, buy smart appliances,
improve home insulation, get offers
from consultants and craftsman and…
much more.
And most important: test everything
how it really looks and works in your
home!
Connecting Homes & People
TheSmarterplace / 2012

5. THESMARTERPLACE USER STORY :
„AMY AND ROGER“
Amy and Roger have a new home
and want to manage it smartly.
There are many challenges with
smart electricity, insulation, furniture,
heating, sanitation…and on and on.
Where do they get their housing
information from? – Hundreds of
websites, listings, directories etc.
How do they know which products &
services are good for their home and fit
their special case?
Connecting Homes & People
TheSmarterplace / 2012

6. AMY AND ROGER NEED HELP
AND ADVICE
Friends of Amy invite her to build
a home on TheSmarterPlace.
It´s fun to set up her home, connect,
discuss and visit the homes of her
friends.
She builds her real dream home and
contacts friends, vendors and
consultants who help her to make it
come true.
She can invite and let visit her home
anyone she prefers, as in real life – only
online and more efficient.
Connecting Homes & People
TheSmarterplace / 2012

7. AMY WANTS TO IMPROVE HER ENERGY
CONSUMPTION
Amy can import smart appliances of
different vendors directly into her home
- in real size and function to compare
and test.
She´s able to optimize her energy
consumption with advanced simulation
and compare results with friends and
consultants.
She can rely on ratings and comments of
every product and service by other users
– and in the end she adds her comments
and ratings, too.
Connecting Homes & People
TheSmarterplace / 2012

8. INSULATION, HEATING, CRAFTSMAN,
FURNITURE, INTERIOR DESIGN AND
MORE…
Connectedness will offer Amy a growing
number of product and service offerings
- ready to be imported, tested and
applied to her home.
Not least, it is fun to visit the home of
her old friend in Argentina and to talk
about her home!
Advice from friends and experts let her
improve her home and – in the end –
the quality of all the places where we
enjoy our lives.
Connecting Homes & People
TheSmarterplace / 2012