E. Allameh

The role of smart home in smart real estate

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review an emerging type of dwelling, indicated as Smart Home, with a focus on future user lifestyles and needs. Trends toward sustainability and technological changes dramatically alter the concepts of Smart Home. Consequently, real estate decisions are going to be affected by the Smart Home development. Inspired by research in the field of user centered design and future lifestyles, the authors redefine the housing design to increase the acceptance of Smart Homes in the society.Design/methodology/approach – Upcoming trends and developments in housing technologies and concepts are reviewed and analyzed. A multidimensional definition of a Smart Home is suggested which allows a better understanding of the new elements and spaces of this future home. A new concept of a home environment is presented in which virtual space and ambient intelligent space is integrated within the physical space. Furthermore, possible changes in lifestyles enabled by new technological deve...

Decision Modeling in Smart Home Design

In this paper, we propose a framework for decision modeling of users in smart home design. Individual’s preferences that derived from both of his/her “Current Lifestyle” and “Future Lifestyle” are considered as the main factors that influence the final decision, Such that the compatibility of the choice alternatives with these preferences sets up the final decision for the individual.

VR-Smart Home

In this paper, we propose a prototype of a user centered design system for Smart Homes which lets users: (1) configure different interactive tasks, and (2) express activity specifications and preferences during the design process. The main objective of this paper is how to create and to implement VR Smart Home prototype as a platform to increase user contribution in the earliest phases of design. The presented prototype has the capability of visualizing smart technologies (Smart BIM), performing real-time interactions and tasks (Smart Design System), and revealing users’ preferences (Activity Preference plug-in). The long-term goal of developing this prototype is to bridge the gap between the designers and the clients in a Smart Home design process. Eventually, it is expected that the research will lead to match Smart Home functionalities with users’ demands and therefore an improved user acceptance of Smart Homes