My brother always has the newest gadgets and whistles.
He recently converted evening to be a part of a building management system.
BMS is quite tech heavy. You have your HVAC, security cameras, and lights all a part of it. The idea is that you have one hub that you can control everything from streamlined use. My brother can change anything from his phone now. He doesn’t though. Everything is all automated or on timers. The automated lights in his living room are set to be dim if you walk through during the evening. In the morning they are much brighter. The office lights are timed to go on before my brother’s work day and power down the moment he leaves. The heating and cooling is set the same way for his office. It is all very cool and modern. However, when you house sit for him, it is sort of a nightmare. I really struggle trying to work his BMS. I am not sure what is controlling what. I also am not sure that I want to mess with his programs. The lights coming on in the middle of the night totally freak me out. I hate that the office HVAC will whirl on during 9 am when I least expect it. I also don’t like that if I want to turn a light off when I am in the room, I need to go on my phone. I understand for someone like my brother the system more than pays for itself. For someone who doesn’t use their phone a lot, building automation isn’t really for them.