Secure, innovative and inclusive living models solutions for ageing society

The Smart Home market and particularly IoT, is constantly growing but, until now, it has been mainly driven by the issue of security or energy efficiency, while rapid advances in available technologies promise to enable more and more features. The present study highlights how an innovative housing model solution integrating a Smart Home Network (SHN) could support social and demographic vulnerability at urban scale mainly focusing on resident populations aged 70 or 80, aged population living alone. Thanks to SHN is it possible to model innovative housing solutions able to integrate functions aimed to reduce final energy consumption with innovative services (e.g. Assisted Living) and to boost alternative living models supported by: a. personal services provided by qualified staff outside the building; b. personal services provided by qualified/non-qualified staff within the building; c. personal services where end-users contribute to create the service itself.