2.3.7. Home Environment Model

The home environment is a space consisting of a group of objects and programs that interact with each other (for instance, occupants, sensors, actuators, and appliances). The creation of this environment and the selection of its components are carried out according to systematic studies to achieve certain goals, such as saving energy. In general, the elements of this environment belong to the passive category related to constructions and the active category, which pertain to the programs and solutions that apply to the first category of objects.
