Making your Home
more sustainable

In recent years, there has been a growing consciousness about the issue of climate change and its far-reaching consequences. As a result, the whole world is looking for solutions to optimize their behavior in favor of our Planet.

PAL is a cutting-edge Smart Home system designed to enhance the efficiency and sustainability of households. At the heart of this innovative system is PAL, a user-friendly personification of a leaf, that provides helpful guidance and suggestions for making one‘s home more environmentally friendly. By integrating a series of physical sensors and a user interface for mobile devices, this state-of-the-art system simplifies the process of conserving energy, by educating the user. One of the main goals was to make smart homes accesible to anyone, regardless of their knowledge about tech.

The Process.

We tried to create a complex smart home system as easy as possible using known indicators for interactions. Focussing on making homes more sustainable, smart homes more accessible and teaching users how to save money in the ongoing energy crisis.

Background

Due to a 300% increase in energy prices in Germany over the past three years, we came up with the idea of PAL, making peoples home more efficient.
In response to the fact that 30% of home energy is wasted due to inefficiency, PAL was designed to enhance energy sustainability in domestic environments.
Recognizing that 75% of smart home technology users are below the age of 55, PAL was created to make smart home solutions accessible and user-friendly especially for the elderly.

The Testing

Users appreciated the intuitive gesture-based controls on the physical and digital Product, similar to turning a thermostat, making interactions familiar and easy.
The physical product incorporated haptic indicators like riffled sides, guiding users where and how to interact with the product.
PAL excels in educating users about sustainability, offering personalized suggestions and feedback to promote eco-friendly habits.

The Details

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
We recognized that PAL's success lays on creating an interface that could cater to a wide audience of users, each with varying levels of technological familiarity. To address this challenge, we formulated four core principles to guide our structuring process. These principles not only emphasize simplicity and accessibility but also integrate PAL's advanced features seamlessly.
The PAL Product Family includes a main hub, thermostat, light switch, smoke detector, and window sensors. It integrates seamlessly with a mobile interface to simplify energy conservation at home, making it a comprehensive and intuitive smart home solution.