<p><a href=“http://www.smarthome.duke.edu/[/url]”>http://www.smarthome.duke.edu/</a></p>
<p>The Home Depot Smart Home is a 6,000 square foot live-in research laboratory operated by Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering. The Home Depot Smart Home, part of a Duke Engineering Living Technology Advancement project, creates a dynamic “living laboratory” environment that contributes to the innovation and demonstration of future residential building technology. The central concept of this project is our belief that smart homes can improve that quality of life for people of all ages and incomes. </p>
<p>The Home Depot Smart Home provides students at Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering and Trinity School of Arts and Sciences with an opportunity for practical hands- on engineering outside of the classroom in a living and learning community. In addition, we are partnering with industry to strengthen the residential market for integrated technology, and helping homeowners make their own ideas for smart homes a reality.</p>
<p>The goals of The Home Depot Smart Home are to: </p>
<p>Promote public awareness of advances in future home technology
Engage industry to influence the market demand for integrated, smart home technology
Foster entrepreneurial innovation
Educate students in a cross-disciplinary, applied, learning environment that stresses vital project management and product design engineering skill</p>