Making the Home
Smarter Than Ever
According to the 21st Annual Consumer Technology Ownership and Market Potential Study conducted by CTA, 17% of U.S. households owned smart appliances in 2019. The top contenders: smart light bulbs, thermostats, home security cameras and robotic vacuums. The study also forecasted that smart home devices will see the biggest gains in household adoption in the next year, led by households planning to buy smart door locks, smart doorbells and smart home hubs for the first time.
Alarm.com
This proliferation of smart home devices across price points and markets has helped shift consumer behavior dramatically in the last five years by headlining these devices’ cost effectiveness, connectivity, easy-to-use technology and energy efficiency. For instance, Alarm.com provides consumers with a whole array of options to better manage their energy use by connecting thermostats and lighting to their security system. Users can manage their lights and temperature settings with automated schedules and create rules to have an added layer of smart automation based on system activity. They can also receive a remote notification if the thermostat setting is adjusted, or if the temperature in the property gets too high or too low.
Eve
More precisely measuring the quality of indoor air in the home is the aim of the Eve Room. The device not only measures temperature and humidity, but also the level of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Eve, which works in sync with the Apple HomeKit, can trigger an air purifier, humidifier, fan or any connected device used in the home to keep conditions under control.
Nano leaf
Nano Leaf, founded in 2012, has since revolutionized smart lighting with products such as the Nanoleaf One, an award-winning, energy-efficient lightbulb and the Nanoleaf Bloom, which allows consumers to dim the lights using a regular on/off light switch, making energy savings much more accessible. And in 2015, the company made its smart hubs and light products all compatible with Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple Homekit.
Connected Garden
Connected Garden’s Archibald is a personal digital gardener with a “Super Sensor” that selects plants for precise locations such as a garden, terrace or balcony and guides consumers via a smart device app.
