Arabized Smart Applications and its Impact on Reducing Energy Consumption in the Residential Area

Abstract

Smart applications go in parallel with technology and its development, and therefore it is accelerating at a high rate as it enters several areas, including smart home systems in the residential space. The importance of the research lies in raising awareness of the great role of smart technology in facilitating public life and in raising the efficiency and performance of users of the residential space and developing its contribution to saving the energy bill. The study problem lies in the lack of Arabized smart applications, thus increasing the fear of dealing with it and high initial cost. The research aims to introduce the importance of using smart applications and the ease of their application within the residential space, and to show their contribution to saving the energy bill during a certain period. The study adopted the mixed approach due to its compatibility with the nature of the study, the questionnaire tool used a simple random sample, where the sample size should not be less than 302 respondents with a confidence level of 90%, and the questionnaire was distributed electronically on the total study population. Interviews were conducted with a selected sample of smart systems business implementers to compare installation prices, and the invoices of a selected sample of those who used these systems before and after installation. The research results represented the negation of the first hypothesis of the research, and the proof of the second hypothesis that were statistically significant differences. A set of recommendations were presented at the conclusion of the study.