Switching a light on, or changing the heating, with a push of a mobile phone screen might seem a little extreme; why don't we just get up off the sofa!? The point, however, is convenience leads to cost reduction.
It's everywhere and why shouldn't it be in our home! Contactless payment is revolutionary by simply replacing the 3 second process of entering a pin with a 3 second process of holding your card over the screen. So why should we have this in our home? You're more likely to leave the heating on high if you can'y be fussed to get out of bed. But what if you were able to lower the temperature using just your phone? How about integrating wireless motion sensors with automatic radiator valves that lower the flow to a radiator in a room where someone hasn't visited for 10 minutes.
How about when you're out the house and you've left the heating on? Open your phone and turn it off. Simple. Away for the weekend and hit with a deep, bone-freezing frost? Stick your heating on with a press of a button and stop pipes freezing.
All this can save you money. You could easily do this yourself, manually but why work harder when you could work smarter?
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