Abstract
Summary
In-Stat' s research shows that over three times as many households had a simple
electrical timer compared to a standalone automation system. The number of
automation systems in use per household will steadily rise over the next four
years. In addition, there were a few respondents with a system connected to a
PC home network; however, we expect that number to almost triple in four
years. We expect the number of households paying a remote access fee to
control or monitor their automation or security system in North America will
rise by a 24% CAGR from 2007 through 2011, while fee-based remote access
service revenue will rise similarly.
This report provides North American five-year forecasts for the following:
household penetration of home automation systems, households with remote
access to an automation system, the number of home automation systems per
household, the number of home automation systems in use, home automation
systems connected to PC home networks, households with remote access to an
automation system, remote access users paying a fee, average remote access
monthly fees, and annual remote access service revenue.
Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Survey Demographics
- Gender
- Household Income
- Age
- Region
- Internet Access
- Residence Owners vs. Renters
- Number of Rooms per Residence
- Age of Owned Homes
- Home Security Service Subscribership
- Security Service Subscribership
- How Many Households are Subscribing?
- Security Service Subscribers by Age Group
- Non-Subscriber Interest in Obtaining Security Service
- Current Use of Home Automation Devices & Systems
- Current Use by General Category
- Device/System Ownership by US Region
- Device/System Ownership by Age
- Average Number of Rooms per Household by Device/System Ownership
- Simple Timers
- Popular Applications
- Satisfaction
- Reasons for Lack of Satisfaction with Simple Timers
- Standalone Automation Systems
- Popular Applications
- Satisfaction
- Reasons for Lack of Satisfaction with Standalone Automation System
- Automation System Connected to Home Network
- Popular Applications
- Satisfaction
- Reasons for Lack of Satisfaction with Automation System Connected to
Home Network
- Self-Installed vs. Professionally-Installed Automation Systems
- Standalone Systems
- Systems Connected to Home Network
- Decision Criteria for Self vs. Professional Installation
- Popular Type of Communications
- Communications Being Used by Standalone Systems
- Communications Being Used by Automation Systems Connected to Home
Networks
- Automation System Users: Monitoring & Controlling the Home Front Remotely
- Current Ability to Remotely Access
- Methods Being Used to Remotely Access Automation Systems
- Importance of Monitoring vs. Controlling Remotely
- Willingness to Pay Fee to Service Provider for Remote Access for
Automation
- Cost Sensitivity for Remote Access
- Overall Consumer Interest in Remotely Monitoring & Controlling the Home
- General Interest in Monitoring Home While Away by Internet
- General Consumer Interest in Monitoring/Controlling Home Automation
Applications Remotely
- Controlling Lights
- Controlling Heating or Cooling Systems
- Controlling a Security System
- Notifications of a Security Alert
- Monitoring Electrical Use
- Controlling Sprinkler Systems
- Monitoring Home via Security Camera
- Applications in the Most Demand
- Applications Currently Being Accessed Remotely by Automation System
Users
- Willingness to Pay Monthly Fee for Remote Access
- Systems to Control Heating & Cooling
- Current Automation Systems Enabling Control
- Programmable Thermostat
- Automation System Brands or Technologies Currently Owned
- Power Consumption Management
- Power Load Management System & Plan: Current Use
- Interest in Power Load Management Plan
- Power Load Users: Interest in Power Consumption Proactive Monitoring
- Demand for Pre-Installed Wiring in New Homes
- Interest
- Price Willing to Pay
- European Consumer Surveys
- Ownership of Home Automation System
- Remote Access
- North American Forecasts
- Selected Vendors
- AT&T
- Bell Canada
- Control4
- Crestron
- D-Link
- Exceptional Innovations
- GE Security
- iControl Networks
- Intermatic
- Linksys
- NextAlarm.com
- SmartLabs
- Universal Devices
- Visonic
- Zensys
- Methodology
- Related In-Stat Reports
List of Tables
- Table 1. Type of Device/System Owned by US Region
- Table 2. Type of Device/System Owned by Age Group
- Table 3. Fee Willing to Pay for Remote Access by Application vs. Subsets
of Respondents by System Ownership, Own/Rent Home, Have Security Service,
Interested in Power Load Plan
- Table 4. Automation System Brands or Technologies Currently Owned:
Standalone System vs. System Connected to PC Network
- Table 5. North American Households, Households with Automation System,
Households with Remote Access to Automation System & Service Revenue for
Remote Access to Home Automation (Households in Thousands, Revenue in US$M)
- Table 6. North American Households with Automation System, Number of
Systems in Use & Home Automation Systems Connected to PC Home Network
(Households in Thousands)
List of Figures
- Figure 1. Participants' Gender by Survey
- Figure 2. Participants' Household Income
- Figure 3. Home Automation/Security Survey Participants by Age Group
- Figure 4. US Participants by Region
- Figure 5. Participants by Internet Access at Home: Dial-up, Broadband, and
No Access
- Figure 6. Own vs. Rent Residence
- Figure 7. Number of Rooms per Residence
- Figure 8. Age of Home
- Figure 9. Subscribers vs. Non-Subscribers of Home Security Service: Home
Automation/Security Survey
- Figure 10. Subscribers vs. Non-Subscribers of Home Security Service: RTS
Web Survey
- Figure 11. Subscribers vs. Non-Subscribers of Home Security Service: RTS
Telephone Survey
- Figure 12. Security Service Subscribers by Age Group: Home
Automation/Security Survey vs. All Respondents
- Figure 13. Security Service Subscribers by Age Group: RTS Phone vs. RTS
Web Surveys with Age Comparisons for All Respondents
- Figure 14. Non-Subscriber Interest in Obtaining Security Service: Home
Automation/Security Survey
- Figure 15. Non-Subscriber Interest in Obtaining Security Service: RTS Web
Survey
- Figure 16. Non-Subscriber Interest in Obtaining Security Service: RTS
Phone Survey
- Figure 17. Current Use of Home Automation Device/System by Category
- Figure 18. Average Number of Rooms per Household by Device/System Ownership
- Figure 19. Simple Timer Use by Type of Device Controlled
- Figure 20. Satisfaction with Simple Timers
- Figure 21. Reason for Lack of Satisfaction with Simple Timers
- Figure 22. Standalone Automation System Use by Type of Device Controlled
- Figure 23. Satisfaction with Standalone Automation System
- Figure 24. Reason for Lack of Satisfaction with Standalone Automation
System
- Figure 25. Automation System Connected to Home Network Use by Type of
Device Controlled
- Figure 26. Satisfaction with Automation System Connected to Home Network
- Figure 27. Reason for Lack of Satisfaction with Automation System
Connected to Home Network
- Figure 28. Installation of Standalone Systems
- Figure 29. Installation of Automation System Connected to Home Network
- Figure 30. Decision Criteria for Self vs. Professional Installation by
Type of System
- Figure 31. Standalone System Methods of Communicating/Controlling
- Figure 32. Home Network-Connected Methods of Communicating/Controlling
- Figure 33. Current Ability to Remotely Access Automation Systems
- Figure 34. Automation System Remote Access by Method: PC vs. Mobile Phone,
or Both
- Figure 35. Importance of Automation System Users to Remotely Monitor
Functions
- Figure 36. Importance of Automation System Users to Remotely Control
Functions
- Figure 37. Willingness to Pay Fee to Service Provider for Automation
Remote Access
- Figure 38. How Much Users are Willing to Pay for Remote Access
- Figure 39. General Interest of All Respondents in Monitoring Home or
Household Occupants Remotely by Internet
- Figure 40. Interest in Control of Lighting
- Figure 41. Interest in Control of Heating or Cooling Systems
- Figure 42. Interest in Control of a Security System
- Figure 43. Interest in Security Alerts
- Figure 44. Interest in Monitoring Electrical Use
- Figure 45. Interest in Control of Sprinkler Systems
- Figure 46. Interest in Monitoring Home via Security Camera
- Figure 47. Remote Applications in Demand
- Figure 48. Remote Applications Currently Being Used
- Figure 49. Control of Heating & Cooling by Automation Systems
- Figure 50. Programmable Thermostat Ownership
- Figure 51. Power Load Management Plan Use
- Figure 52. Interest in Power Load Management Plan
- Figure 53. Interest in Proactive Monitoring of Power Consumption
- Figure 54. Interest in New Home Pre-Installed Wiring: Computer Networking
vs. Audio/Video Distribution vs. Home Automation Systems
- Figure 55. Price Willing to Pay for New Home Pre-Installed Wiring
- Figure 56. Ownership of Home Automation System: France, Germany, & UK
Households
- Figure 57. Remote Access to Home Automation: France, Germany, & UK
Households
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