Domotics

"Home automation (also called domotics) is a field within building automation, specializing in the specific automation requirements of private homes and in the application of automation techniques for the comfort and security of its residents. Although many techniques used in building automation (such as light and climate control, control of doors and window shutters, security and surveillance systems, etc.) are also used in home automation, additional functions in home automation include the control of multi-media home entertainment systems, automatic plant watering and pet feeding, and automatic scenes for dinners and parties.

The main difference between building automation and home automation is, however, the human interface. In home automation, ergonomics is of particular importance: the control should be largely image-based and self-explanatory." - Wikia

And it's true.  Home automation takes hundreds of small tasks and performs them on schedule so you can focus on more important things.   Let's list some of the stressors that one hypothetical customer has eliminated with the Vera 2 controller and various sensors:

Z-Wave Alliance Member Evolve Cuts Hotel Energy Use by 25-40 Percent

If it can save the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas millions of dollars, it can help you save on utilities in your home. See the following article for some interesting information.

Z-Wave Alliance Member Evolve Cuts Hotel Energy Use by 25-40 Percent

Tools of Entry, No Need for a Key Chain

July 3, 2011 

By MATT RICHTEL and VERNE G. KOPYTOFF

REPRINTED FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES

SAN FRANCISCO — Front pockets and purses are slowly being emptied of one of civilization’s most basic and enduring tools: the key. It’s being swallowed by the cellphone.
New technology lets smartphones unlock hotel, office and house doors and open garages and even car doors.

It’s a not-too-distant cousin of the technology that allows key fobs to remotely unlock automobiles or key cards to be waved beside electronic pads at office entrances. What’s new is that it is on the device more people are using as the Swiss Army knife of electronics — in equal parts phone, memo pad, stereo, map, GPS unit, camera and game machine.   The phone simply sends a signal through the Internet and a converter box to a deadbolt or door knob. Other systems use internal company networks, like General Motors’ OnStar system, to unlock car doors.

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