Specific features of the development of smart homes in Russia

The article provides a definition of a Smart Home system. The main components of a smart building and the algorithms of their interaction are considered, and the main elements of the system and possible types of connections between them are determined. It is shown that the main value of the Smart Home is the integration of a building into a single managed complex of many life sustenance and security systems. One of the most important elements of life sustenance are the water supply and sanitation systems in a residential building. Smart Home allows to control the water supply system, economically consume cold and hot water, prevent leaks, and if local treatment facilities are available, to monitor their operation in an automatic mode, correlating the current parameters with the set ones. In the overall Smart Home system, the water supply, sanitation and water use system is a set of smart equipment which allows to manage the home from anywhere in the world. The article analyzes the current situation and the trends in using Smart Home systems in Russia and around the world. The factors hindering the development of the market of Smart Home systems in Russia and possible ways to solve these issues in the near future are examined. It is observed that despite the fact that Russia lags behind the developed countries of the world in this context, the existing trends suggest that the active construction of cottage settlements in the Russian Federation will boost the Smart Home technology, compensating the lag from the leaders in the coming years.