Research from Parks Associates has found that operators using connected access control and smart home technology realize a roughly 20 percent gain in operating efficiency and about $80,000 in annual savings per building. Those returns grow as a building's systems work together instead of in isolation.
From DOOR's press release, "DOOR Introduces Scout, a Single Device Bringing Remote Access and Building Health to Multifamily Units"
The majority (61%) of households that do not own and do not intend to purchase a smart home device could be persuaded by reduced household bills or insurance discounts, according to the study, compris...
This information may seem mundane compared with smartphone geolocation software that follows you around or the trove of personal data Facebook Inc. vacuums up based on your activity. But even gadgets...
Meanwhile, Best Buy's push into services and its increasing assortment of smart-home devices—which are now in one out of four U.S. households with broadband Internet, according to researcher Parks Ass...
“Having smart home devices pre-installed in the home creates an immediate opportunity to demonstrate specific value propositions in safety, energy management and convenience,” stated Patrice Samuels,...
