Before the era of smart lighting, burnt-out light bulbs needed to be replaced with similar incandescent bulbs. However, today, walking down the lighting aisle of your local hardware store will yield seemingly endless options for home lighting. The simple and energy-intensive incandescent bulbs are a thing of the past, replaced by seemingly infinite energy-saving smart lighting devices.
A smart appliance switch is a smart home technology that allows homeowners to remotely control the lights in their home. The smart appliance switch connects to your home network or smart home hub, allowing homeowners to access and control their home lighting via Wi-Fi. This connection allows you to remotely control different light switches in your home through applications accessed via smartphones, tablets, or computers. For all smart appliance switch products, you can still manually turn on or off the light by flipping the wall switch. This manual function will allow your visiting "non-smartphone" grandma to turn off the bathroom light.
Smart appliance switches provide homeowners with new ways to control their home lighting and wired devices. In addition to light bulbs, you can also configure smart appliance switch products to remotely control any hard-wired devices operated by the switch. Waste disposal units, ceiling fans, and bathroom exhaust fans can be remotely turned on or off with smart appliance switches. On cold winter nights, you can even use a smart appliance switch to turn on the electric fireplace before you come home from work and warm up the living room.
LED lighting options are one of the simplest and most cost-effective energy efficiency changes we can make. According to a report by the Department of Energy (DOE), the collective effort to switch to LED bulbs saved over $675 million in energy costs each year. Assuming that every homeowner and business owner fully switches to LED lighting in the next twenty years, the U.S. is expected to see a reduction of approximately $250 billion in energy costs. This reduction effectively cuts in half the electricity consumption used for lighting and helps avoid approximately 1.8 billion metric tons of CO2 emissions.
LED lighting options significantly reduce a household's energy consumption and open up a range of new, unique custom lighting options. The hallmark of a successful home technology choice is the ability to significantly reduce energy use while improving the overall comfort, performance, and functionality of our homes. The data shows that LED lighting options are quickly becoming a popular choice for homeowners.
