As a society we spend a lot of time inside buildings, which generally is the reason for the high energy costs in many establishments with the cost of heating and cooling. In order to compensate for these high costs, certain residential communities have decided to try to limit their energy consumption using alternate approaches. For instance, Tony Smythe, the owner of DFS Technologies Inc. has developed a home automation system, which allows people to hook up several electronic devices in the home to one central location. Basically all your electronics, lights, etc. are hooked up to the computer and a person can adjust their settings by merely with a simple touch of a button.
This can help to reduce the carbon footprint for several areas, as people can learn to better conserve their energy as lights can be adjusted or simple turned off from just one location. Even the drapes can be hooked up and will open and close deepening on the temperature in the house, which can help with limiting the cost of heating and cooling. Any residential area can have this system installed, and it’s a common application in Victoria’s Dock-side Green housing and apartment locations. This is a simple yet effective method of limiting the carbon footprint done by housing communities as well as establishments.
Exert from: Goldstream Gazette: Wed Jan.7/09, article “Going automatic, going green”
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