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How do smart homes promote sustainable green living?

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On a normal day, what would you do if you forgot to switch off the geyser or air-conditioner before stepping out of office?  Some of you will go back home and switch it off while few would keep worrying about the mounting cost and wasted electricity throughout the day.  Wait! There is another class of home owners who will simply switch the gadget off through a remote app on their mobile phone right from their office. This set of people live in a smart home. So, what is a smart home? Can it only look after your electrical appliances or more? Moreover, how do they promote a sustainable green living? Let us find out. What is a smart home? It is expected that by the year 2050, as many as 50 billion devices worldwide shall be connected via IOT and save costs to the tune of USD 19 trillion.  A Smart homes infrastructure is a place where the devices within are seamlessly connected and can talk to each other or even be accessible to you remotely in a manner that t