Editing Home automation (section)

== Applications and technologies ==
Home automation is prevalent in a variety of different realms, including:
* [[HVAC|Heating, ventilation and air conditioning]] (HVAC): it is possible to have remote control of all [[home energy monitor]]s over the internet incorporating a simple and friendly user interface.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Preville|first1=Cherie|title=Control Your Castle: The Latest in HVAC Home Automation|url=http://www.achrnews.com/articles/124160-control-your-castle-the-latest-in-hvac-home-automation|access-date=15 Jun 2015|work=ACHRNews|date=26 Aug 2013|ref=ACHRNews}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Asadullah|first1=Muhammad|title= An Overview of Home Automation Systems|work=Conference Paper|publisher=IEEE|date=22 Dec 2016|pages=27–31 |ref=IEEE|doi=10.1109/ICRAI.2016.7791223|isbn=978-1-5090-4059-9 }}</ref>
* [[Lighting control system]]: a "smart" network that incorporates communication between various lighting system inputs and outputs, using one or more central computing devices.
* Occupancy-aware control system: it is possible to [[occupancy sensor|sense the occupancy]] of the home using smart meters<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Jin|first1=M.|last2=Jia|first2=R.|last3=Spanos|first3=C.|date=2017-01-01|title=Virtual Occupancy Sensing: Using Smart Meters to Indicate Your Presence|journal=IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing|volume=PP|issue=99|pages=3264–3277|doi=10.1109/TMC.2017.2684806|issn=1536-1233|arxiv=1407.4395|s2cid=1997078 }}</ref> and environmental sensors like [[Carbon dioxide sensor|CO<sub>2</sub> sensors]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Jin|first1=M.|last2=Bekiaris-Liberis|first2=N.|last3=Weekly|first3=K.|last4=Spanos|first4=C. J.|last5=Bayen|first5=A. M.|date=2016-01-01|title=Occupancy Detection via Environmental Sensing|journal=IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering|volume=PP|issue=99|pages=443–455|doi=10.1109/TASE.2016.2619720|s2cid=4600376|issn=1545-5955}}</ref> which can be integrated into the building automation system to trigger automatic responses for [[Efficient energy use|energy efficiency]] and building comfort applications.
* Appliance control and integration with the [[smart grid]] and a [[smart meter]], taking advantage, for instance, of high solar panel output in the middle of the day to run washing machines.<ref name="BERGU14">{{cite book|author1=Berger, Lars T.|author2=Schwager, Andreas |author3=Pagani, Pascal|author4=Schneider, Daniel M.|date=February 2014|title=Smart Grid Applications, Communications, and Security|publisher=CRC Press|series=Devices, Circuits, and Systems|isbn=978-1-4665-5752-9|url=http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118004396.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://energy.gov/energysaver/tips-smart-appliances |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929063327/http://energy.gov/energysaver/tips-smart-appliances |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-09-29 |title=Tips: Smart Appliances {{!}} Department of Energy |website=energy.gov |access-date=2016-04-20 }}</ref>
* [[Home robot]]s and security: a household [[security system]] integrated with a home automation system can provide additional services such as remote surveillance of security cameras over the Internet, or [[access control]] and central locking of all perimeter doors and windows.<ref>{{cite web|last=Griffiths|first=Melanie|title=Smart Home Security|url=http://www.homebuilding.co.uk/smart-security-and-alarms/|work=Homebuilding & Renovating|access-date=27 February 2012|date=June 2016}}</ref>
* Leak detection, smoke and CO detectors<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2014/02/consumer-reports-review-of-nest-protect-smoke-and-co-alarm/index.htm|title=Nest Protect {{!}} Smoke and CO Alarms - Consumer Reports News|website=www.consumerreports.org|access-date=2016-04-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2014/02/consumer-reports-review-of-nest-protect-smoke-and-co-alarm/index.htm|title=Nest Protect {{!}} Smoke and CO Alarms - Consumer Reports News|access-date=2016-11-22}}</ref>
* [[Laundry-folding machine]], [[self-making bed]]
* [[Indoor positioning system]]s (IPS).
* [[Home automation for the elderly and disabled]].
* Pet and [[Baby monitor|baby care]], for example tracking the pets and babies' movements and controlling pet access rights.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.smarthomegeeks.co.uk/news/smart-cat-flap/|title=Sure Flap - Smart Cat Flap Coming Soon! - News - Smart Home Geeks|date=2017-04-06|work=Smart Home Geeks|access-date=2017-08-11|language=en-GB}}</ref>
* Air quality control ([[Indoor air quality|inside]] and [[Air pollution|outside]]). For example, [[Air Quality Egg]] is used by people at home to monitor the air quality and pollution level in the city and create a map of the pollution.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Kamel Boulos|first1=Maged N|last2=Al-Shorbaji|first2=Najeeb M|title=On the Internet of Things, smart cities and the WHO Healthy Cities|journal=International Journal of Health Geographics|date=2014|volume=13|issue=1|pages=10|doi=10.1186/1476-072x-13-10|pmid=24669838|pmc=3987056 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Smart kitchen, with [[smart refrigerator|refrigerator]] inventory, premade cooking programs, cooking surveillance, etc.
*[[Voice user interface|Voice control]] devices like [[Amazon Alexa]] or [[Google Nest (smart speakers)|Google Nest]] used to control home appliances or systems.