Heating, Ventilation & Air-Conditioning (“HVAC”) is another typical application of automation in the home. One possible scenario is where underfloor heating is installed, with different rooms of the house served by separate circuits. Room thermostats integrated into the light switches can connect to the automation network, respond to controls, and relay information to the boiler and manifolds which open the underfloor heating circuits. It is but one means of ensuring independent heating control in different parts of the building. Since the thermostats are configurable, they can be adjusted to call for heating according to schedules or in response to a different kind of input.

This may not correspond to your own setup, but is a single example of the kind of thing that can be achieved. Furthermore, the same sort of versatility and customisation is applicable to blinds control, ventilation and air-conditioning, making your whole environment operate as an organic whole, configurable at your command.