Smart home technologies in Europe: A critical review of concepts, benefits, risks and policies

Smart home technologies refer to devices that provide some degree of digitally connected, automated, or enhanced services to building occupants. Smart homes have become central in recent technology and policy discussions about energy efficiency, climate change, and the sustainability of buildings. Nevertheless, do they truly promote sustainability goals? In addition, what sorts of benefits, risks, and policies do they entail? Based on an extensive original dataset involving expert interviews, site visits to retailers, and a comprehensive review of the literature, this study critically examines the promise and peril of smart home technologies. Drawing on original data collected in the United Kingdom, which has…

• UR
  UK Research and Innovation

  Award: EP/R035288/1
• RC
  Research Councils UK
• EA
  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

  Award: EP/R035288/1