Smart Homes and Their Users

This insightful book explores the dynamics of smart home technologies and their impact on users, addressing challenges for a sustainable future.

In Smart Homes and Their Users, the author delves into the transformative potential of smart home technologies, which promise to enhance domestic comfort, convenience, security, and leisure while simultaneously aiming to reduce energy consumption. However, the realization of these benefits hinges on the adoption and application of these technologies within homes. This book lays the groundwork for a new analytical framework designed to understand the dynamics between smart homes and their users.

Through a blend of qualitative and quantitative research, Smart Homes and Their Users examines the perceptions of potential users regarding smart home technologies. It investigates how these innovations can connect domestic energy usage with everyday activities, providing insights into their practical integration into daily life. The author highlights the varying degrees to which actual users incorporate these technologies into their routines and the implications for household control dynamics.

The concluding sections of the book synthesize a wealth of evidence-based insights, presenting challenges that need to be addressed by industry stakeholders, policymakers, and researchers alike. By doing so, Smart Homes and Their Users not only contributes to the growing body of knowledge in this field but also outlines a pathway for realizing a future where smart homes can thrive and deliver on their promises.