The Ever Increasing Dynamics of Smart Home Automation

Many rising and developed economies have already witnessed the benefits smart home automation offers. The concept is no longer an avenue that needs to be explored by them in the modern times of today. Home automation offers various advantages such as connectivity, security, safety, and convenience that the developed countries have already witnessed. The key markets of the products of smart home automation are the Middle East, Africa, South America, North America, and Europe. The Asia Pacific region meanwhile has a very large potential for such developments in the coming years and even currently. The Asia Pacific region is characterized by an immensely growing population where the millennials have already started to take interest in the technologies the home automation products offer. Though the disposable incomes in the Asia Pacific region are within bounds yet the demand in the region is growing immensely. The status quo of the Asia Pacific region (Pakistan, India, Japan, China, ASEAN, New Zealand, and Australia) is already under dynamics that can significantly change over the years. 

Advancements in Smart Home Automation Around the World 

There are many opportunities for the growth of smart home automation products in the APAC countries like Japan, India, Pakistan, and China.  When we talk about the United States, the smart home automation market is expected to achieve a sizable market of 135.3 Billion USD by the end of 2025. Currently, the industry has achieved a target of 78.3 Billion USD as of 2020. When considering the CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate), the industry is set to grow by 11.6% in the period that has been forecasted. In addition, when we talk about the home automation market in North America, it has proved to be a major contributor to the global smart home market in 2020. In addition, the mounting implementation of lighting control, smart kitchen, and HVAC control is further the driver of growth in the smart home marketplace in the US. 

Drivers of Smart Home Automation 

The Internet of Things (IoT) over the years has gained popularity where the benefits of its adoption are considered. It provides a smooth flow of information and in addition helps in making real-time decisions in hardly seconds. Many businesses today are investing in the IoT enabled industry, most businesses have by far turned towards smart automation. The growth of the automation market is marked by consumer preferences towards voice-assisted technologies such as Alexa and security systems. The penetration of the internet has increased over the years in addition to the usage of smartphones today. 

The APAC Market Today 

The smart automation market is expected to grow at a rate higher than the forecasted values that have been discussed above. Various factors are responsible for such a trend like peaking economic growth, increased population, and rapid urbanization.

Compact Smart Homes; The Future of Living in Pakistan

Pakistan is a rapidly growing economy with an ever-increasing population. We seem to be moving away from the notion that mansions are the definition of luxury; the definition of luxury is now synonymous with the ease and comfort of living. It looks like in the near future, smart homes will be the trend in Pakistan as smart technology and the Internet of Things seems to be taking over all walks of life.

We are now looking at a demographic that has drifted away from the concept of one breadwinner of the family while the rest of the family stays at home. We’ve moved into a modern era where most family members are contributing to the finances of the house so that the standard of living can be improved. In such a scenario, the burden to maintain bigger homes has become stressful and people have started seeing the wisdom in investing in smaller, more compact houses that are equipped with high-tech amenities that allow one’s life to become easy.

People are drawn towards the idea of home automation owing to the numerous benefits it offers. Needless to say, it is easier to fully automate a small home and make it run more efficiently than a large home with no automation. Pakistanis are now finding it better to do cost-cutting on electricity bills and domestic staff salaries by investing in smart technologies.

As we get more exposure to the global economy and its issues, a lot of Pakistanis are understanding the concept of sustainability and the importance of ‘green living’. Eco-friendly products and activities are being promoted in major cities throughout the country and people are looking to reduce their carbon footprint and invest in home automation technology. This includes the automation of lights to save electricity, the shift to solar solutions for power requirements at home, The automation of temperature control at home, and so on. There are multiple other home automation products that can enable one to reduce their carbon emissions significantly and contribute towards the betterment of the environment.

A lot of families now have also started moving towards nuclear families as opposed to large joint families in the past. Nuclear families obviously require a lot less space and the responsibility to maintain the house increases on each family member. To make life easy, especially in families where the women of the house also work, a lot of households are looking for smart solutions to their daily chores. A working woman will not want to come home and have to supervise domestic staff; instead, she would prefer coming home and having an automatic washing machine to do her laundry, an automatic dishwasher to do her dishes while she enjoys relaxing on her sofa.

These shifts and changes may take some getting used to. In fact, we might even resist these changes but once we realize how incredible these changes can make our lives, we will never want to go back. Smart homes are the way the world is living now and it is only a matter of time that such homes will become the norm for us in Pakistan too.

Smart Home Automation; Living the Green Life

Green smart homes are becoming common nowadays but not everyone is familiar with this basic terminology. Such homes are eco-friendly with a reduced carbon footprint because they put the latest technology to use in recent times. Smart homes meet the requirements of the occupant with minimum impact on the environment.
Green smart homes are known by a variety of names today such as eco-smart homes, green builds, eco-friendly living homes, and eco-green homes. Green smart homes help the occupants save up on energy bills.

The Essentiality of Green Smart Homes

At the core of green smart homes is automation technology. An individual can remotely monitor and manage components through various smart devices at hands such as smartphones or tablets. There are various benefits of instilling such technology at home:

• Home safety systems can be installed using automation technology so that the security of the living space can be enhanced.
• The technology can help the occupants adjust the temperatures of the living space both in winters and summers.
• The lighting of the home can be managed through automation technology.

Remunerations of Living in a Green Smart Home

The materials that are used in building smart homes are sustainable. Humans can derive many benefits by living in such homes:

• The water and electricity bills of such homes are low because the resources are efficiently utilized.
• The indoor air quality is regulated and is far better than outdoors.
• In the case of infusion of automation technology with a solar system, the reliance on an electrical grid system is reduced.

Components of a Green Smart Home

Green smart homes consume an even lesser amount of energy. All this has been made possible because of advanced solutions and technologies.

Smart Appliances

Smart homes include energy-efficient appliances as constituents that provide innumerate benefits of home automation technologies. Such appliances can sense abnormalities during operations such as a sudden electrical surge. Such appliances also turn off the power of appliances that are currently not underused.

Energy-Efficient Lights

A smart home capitalizes on the usage concept of smart and energy-efficient lighting in order to reduce energy wastage. Such lights consume less electricity when compared to conventional bulbs.

Smart Plugs

Occupants can manage various appliances by pre-programming and managing the smart plugs via smartphones. Such plugs can help make a living space even more energy efficient.

Light Management System

Smart Homes use sensors to manage the light arrangement throughout the day. When the daylight sets, sensors detect sunlight and resultantly switches off the lights. When the sun sets, such a system uses sensors to switch on the lights. Such a system can also be used in cases when occupants have forgotten to turn off or turn on the switches.

Occupancy Sensors

Occupancy sensors enable the lights in a room when they detect some kind of movement. They can also turn the lights off when nobody is present in a room. This technology has been used in escalators and sensory doors.

Heating and Cooling Systems

Such systems can help regulate the temperature of the home in different seasons. They can help maintain moderate temperatures in a living space all year round at low costs. In addition, it can help reduce the electricity bill and the carbon footprint of a household.