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How is Technology Affecting Architecture?

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How is Technology Affecting Architecture?

Smart appliances are slowly making their way into people’s homes, but often they have to come from the ground up. Smart technology is affecting home and public building architecture, with advancements that would make The Jetsons jealous. Security and an elevated way of life are all at the end of a few smart tech enhancements. Read on for more information.

Smart amenities

Smart amenities are the devices that residents will use throughout an apartment. The most common you’ve likely heard of are smart lighting, smart outlets, smart thermostats, sensors throughout the apartment, smart airflow systems, smart locks, voice assistants and loads more.

Smart lighting uses mesh networking where each smart bulb connects wirelessly to its nearest neighbour. You can control colour and brightness with your phone.

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Smart thermostats and airflow systems allow you to control your heating and air conditioning systems through your phone. Setting temperature and timers is simpler on the screen as well as turning it off in the middle of a setting that isn’t suiting you.

Smart plugs turn any plug-in appliance in your home into a smart appliance. You can plug a smart plug into any socket, and in turn any electric appliance into it, and use your phone to control the appliance.

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Voice assistants are probably the most recognisable. Alexa is the one in most people’s homes, but even she has been reprogrammed to sound like Hal 2000 or JARVIS from Iron Man. Most of them are on devices like Alexa, or in your phone and can be commanded to control every appliance mentioned above, or play media, answer questions, etc.

Smart security

Smart tech has a lot of uses in security. Almost every building will one day be fitted with some form of smart card reader or other smart tech. For example, motion sensors can trigger alarms and will notify you on your phone. False alarms are avoided by a combination of intelligent sensors, depending on which ones you buy.

Traditional keys will often go missing, can be copied easily and are not foolproof. Whereas, keyless and smart card entry systems require giving every user a unique ID that will allow access to the building, bypassing the possibility of keys being copied or locks being picked.

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Smart cards will identify you by the unique code in your badge, allowing you access only to what you are permitted to. Your information is all stored and backed up to a cloud storage, which can be adapted to fit your role in the company.

For city security, there is the possibility of real-time crime mapping, which will use statistical analysis to highlight patterns, allowing for predictive policing, which will anticipate crime to head off incidents before they occur. These will be aided by applications like gunshot detection, smart surveillance, and home security systems. All these systems combined could lower assault, robbery, burglary, and auto theft by 30-40%.

With the environment becoming more of a priority, applications like building-automation systems, which monitor and control electric systems, dynamic electricity pricing and mobility applications are being implemented to cut emissions by 10-15%. Water-consumption tracking can urge people to conserve water and reduce consumption by 15%.

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