The paper focuses on using ICT tools for smart home applications. It presents the design and implementation of a system to monitor and analyze the energy consumption, utilize lights when needed, program the temperature by identifying inhabitants' absence and setting the temperature appropriately high or low. The system also uses colored LEDs to alert inhabitants of different parameters, to turn their loads on and off based on the cost of electricity use as well as to enable them to control some

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... of their home appliances usage through a mobile application to reduce electricity usage and minimize energy waste.