Smart Grid technologies embed new sensing, control, and communications technologies into utility networks and devices. The same technologies can also be incorporated in the networks and devices found in homes, businesses, and factories. In many cases, they already are. The connected home* is a convenient term to describe the burgeoning applications that can improve security and quality of life and reduce operating costs for people in a dwelling. Some people also call it a smart home. By either term, it consists of communications networks and communications-enabled devices or equipment, most notably appliances, electronics equipment, and sensored (sensor-equipped) home structures, and depending on the solution and degree ...
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