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In this golden age of unending technological advancements, smart means more than you think. Imbued with clever functionalities and little innovations that make life an absolute dream, smart technology pervades every aspect of our lives.
Whether it’s the smartphone in your hand or the appliances that occupy your home, living smart has never been easier - nor more accessible.
Within the modern home sphere, smart appliances provide optimum comfort and ease of living, further amplified by connectivity through the Internet of Things (IoT). With global emphasis on sustainability and green technology, many corporations have taken steps to prioritise relevant research.
6 Benefits of a Smart Home
The result? A tidal wave of home and living solutions, perfectly built for sustainable and meaningful lives - smarter, greener, and absolutely worth investing in.
Convenience
Convenience is the currency of the day where technology is concerned. More often than not, modern innovations are aimed at making life easier for humankind. The Internet of Things provides connectivity and access to your home, no matter where you find yourself for the day.
Picking up groceries for the week? Your fridge, connected to your smartphone, can tell you exactly what you need. Running late and need to let a visitor or guest into your home? A high-security smart digital lock allows access with a private passcode. Need clean laundry, but have no time to get a load going? Your washer and dryer will take care of that, while you watch your smartphone for updates from afar.
Everywhere we turn, technology is there on the cusp, ready to change our lives for the better. In the kitchen, smart appliances have more than earned their places of honour. Whether you’re an avid entertainer, a foodie, or a home cook with big culinary dreams, we think your kitchen deserves a smart upgrade.
Safety
Convenience and safety both should top your list of considerations when selecting appliances for the kitchen - a lower initial cost should never be the deciding factor. Go with a practical option that incorporates safety features to keep your home and family from harm. Life by City Energy offers plenty of choices when it comes to home appliances that are not only safe to use, they combine high performance with long-term energy savings as well.
A viable long-term solution is piped gas, which is generally considered a better option due to its design, in-built safety features, and reliability, with no disruptions in supply since 1997.
Piped gas guarantees a continuous supply, and because they’re directly connected to the main gas supply, gas leaks caused by improper manual handling, transportation, and storage are significantly reduced.
The setup and subsequent maintenance of piped gas is a delicate process, and are carried out by licensed gas service workers. Experts at City Energy provide their dependable services by way of installations, alterations, replacements, maintenance, or removals of gas appliances with strict safety measures in place.
Once the work has been completed, the licensed worker will issue a written statement, certifying that your gas appliance has been safely tested and is safe for use.
With piped gas proving to be a viable, long-term solution for greener and cheaper energy, it makes sense to broaden its use throughout the home. In answer, City Energy’s green kitchen solutions bring together the convenience of smart IoT-enabled devices and the environmentally-friendly use of lower-cost piped gas. With the combined power of both in your space, you’ll be able to live life to the fullest, bolstered by convenience and sustainability.
Reliability
Smart appliances are one amazing way to surprise-proof your kitchen, ensuring you always have what you want, when you need. Have you ever been in the throes of cooking, only to find yourself woefully out of gas?
A smart stove fueled by piped gas obliterates this problem, which means you’ll always be on schedule when cooking up a storm. This convenience extends to other appliances in the kitchen - from smart refrigerators that help you keep track of your ingredients to dishwashers you can run from your smartphone, no matter where you are.
Alleviate the risk of hazards by incorporating smart safety features at home. City Energy’s gas leak detectors immediately alert you when gas leaks are detected by sounding an alarm, so you won’t be caught off-guard.
You can further strengthen your home safety with a Möwe smoke detector, which pairs up with other smart appliances through the iAppliances app to cut off the gas supply when smoke is present.
Mobile App Control
Cooking on a busy day? It can be difficult to manage your cooking while you’ve got other errands and chores on the back burner. At best, you’re setting alarms every half hour to remind yourself to check the stove. At worst: a burnt dinner.
A connected, smart kitchen will ease that burden, giving you the flexibility you need to whip up the perfect meal whilst also having the time to manage your other commitments worry-free. Many modern appliances also allow you to save recipes, settings, and cooking times, which means you’ll have perfect control every step of the way.
For long days that leave you bone-tired and ready for relaxation, smart appliances also provide the ultimate self-care experience.
Imagine a world in which your water heater provides stable, continuous hot water for rinsing away your day’s woes. A world where your laundry is freshly clean and dried to fluffy perfection.
Both are possible with City Energy’s gas-powered smart appliances - water heaters for HDB flats, condos and landed properties alike, and dryers that provide fresh laundry year-round at lower running costs and only at a third of the drying time compared with electric dryers.
Lower Carbon Footprint
Smart appliances are programmed to optimise cooking times and temperatures, so less energy is used, thus achieving a lower carbon footprint for all your cooking needs. Home cooks can further lower their carbon footprint by making the switch to piped gas.
The sustainability element of piped gas isn’t merely confined to the kitchen. Gas-powered appliances are making a splash in the modern Singaporean home, all outfitted to cut down on carbon emissions.
Indeed, a study conducted by Professor Lee Siew Eang, Honorary Fellow in the School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore, showed promising results in favour of piped gas.
The in-depth study concluded that if all households use electric storage water heaters and simultaneously switched from these to gas water heaters, the carbon emissions saved would be the equivalent of planting 1.4 million trees.
Utility Bill Savings
Making the switch to smart appliances can save you money in the long run. Fewer materials, energy, and labour are required to transport the gas to your home, which means higher savings for your wallet.
Furthermore, with SP Group’s recent announcement on increasing electricity tariffs (an increase of about 0.31 cents per kWh before Goods and Services Tax), you stand to save even more by making the switch to gas.
Smart gas appliances also help to reduce costs by cutting down on unnecessary gas usage. All too often, we leave the stove going for longer than necessary; however, IoT capabilities ensure that the cooking is halted precisely when it needs to be. How’s that for saving smart?
Good To Know: According to the National Environment Agency (NEA), you can save $1,200 (average lifespan savings) on your SP Utilities Bill when you make the switch to a gas water heater!
Keen to find out more about using piped gas and smart home appliances to enhance your home living? Visit Life by City Energy at Plaza Singapura, #03-77 to 78, 68 Orchard Road, to find out more.