The main idea is to use Evolutionary algorithms which will decide the best time to turn on/off lights and devices according to your behavior and the time of the day. For instance, if you get up each day at 6 am, the "Evolutionary Home" (EH) device will automatically turn your bedroom light on. However, your wake-up time may change for the next month (7 am for instance), so EH will adapt to this new behavior and will turn lights on at that new time.
Moreover, maybe you don't need to turn lights on because of Daylight Saving Time or just because you have light from the outside, so this condition will also be detected by EH in order to save costs, avoiding to turn on innecesary lights (plus, you can reduce CO2 emissions this way).
Each device will be connected to a Windows Azure cloud service and database, so you can access your devices outside your house in case you would like to turn on/off some of them.
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