DOMÓTICA: viabilidade da Automação Residencial

Abstract

This paper presents a study on the characteristics and benefits of residential automation, which is also called home automation or intelligent home technology, and represents the integration of services and technologies applied to residential real estate. Residential automation provides improved security, protection, communication and management of unified lighting, electrical and electronic equipment as well as comfort in handling and controlling everyday household tasks such as lighting a light bulb, or even replacing all remote controls for appliances such as television, sound and air conditioning, and still have the ability to remotely control the entire house via the Internet through a mobile device. The paper also presents a summary of the elements that can be part of a "smart residence", advantages that can be obtained with automation, applied systems, types of technologies and the integration of automated equipment with the Internet through the “Internet of Things”. Finally, it presents a case study involving the design and installation of an automation system in a loft style residence, and based on this implementation, performs a comparative study between the conventional system and the automated system, evaluating the positive and eventually negative points, in order to evaluate the implementation feasibility of this technology in residences, following the technological advance increasingly present in everybody day to day life.