Five routines worth setting up first

Routines are rules your home follows on its own. These five earn their keep in the first week.

1. Good morning

At your usual wake time, the bedroom lamp fades up over ten minutes and the geyser comes on. Softer than an alarm, and the water is hot by the time you are.

2. Leaving home

One tap at the door, or automatically when the last phone leaves. Lights off, fans off, AC off, door locked. This is the routine that saves the most electricity.

3. Sunset lights

Porch and living room lamps come on at sunset, which shifts through the year without you touching anything.

4. Movie night

Main lights off, accent lights to twenty percent, curtains closed. Assign it to one key on the TouchX panel so anyone can start it.

5. Goodnight

At eleven, anything still on in the living areas turns off. The hallway light drops to a dim night level until six. Set it once, then stop thinking about it.