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This report aims to give an overview of the whole smart home ecosystems with a focus on the energy implications that incur from it. Throughout the report a focus is being given on how are the conditions for a successful roll-out of smart home technologies in Europe, what type of Information and Communication Technologies, Energy policies and Standards are in place regarding the Smart Home environment. The status of the European market is given a look into, regarding the smart readiness of EU Members States, Internet Access, Smart meter roll-out, Demand Response or the Smart Appliances market. An outline of the Smart Appliances and Smart Home Technologies is given with also the types of networks, smart home wireless technologies and sensor types to be used in the Smart Home. It addresses the potential energy savings to be achieved within the Smart Home environment.

Subject Area: 1. Natural sciences, 2. Engineering and technology – Computer and information sciences, Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, Systems engineering

Education Level: Secondary school

Education Use: Instruction/curriculum, Professional development

Language: EN

Publisher/Institution: European Commission Joint Research Centre

License type: Creative Commons-Attribution (CC BY)

Primary User: Teacher

Learning resource type (IEEE LOM): Narrative Text (theory)

Technical type (IEEE LOM): Text – Document

Time to read: 135min

Learning outcomes:

• Have a general understanding of Energy Efficiency
• Acquire data relating to the consumption of the equipment present
• Evaluate the energy consumption of digital services in use

DigComp competence area: 4. Safety – 4.4 Protecting the environment

DigComp proficiency level: 4.Tasks, and well defined and non-routine problems

Link: https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/bitstream/JRC113988/kjna29750enn_1.pdf

Key words: Energy efficiency, energy performance, energy policy, smart appliances