About this session
Smart thermostats, plugs, lighting controls, leak sensors, connected appliances and household monitoring tools can make everyday living more efficient.
They can also create a new layer of spending through hardware, installation, subscriptions, replacement cycles and incompatible systems. The useful question is therefore not whether a home can become smarter — it is where technology actually improves the economics of running it.
This session helps participants start with household costs and behaviors rather than products.
They identify areas where heating, cooling, electricity, water, appliance use or avoidable waste may create an opportunity, then compare the financial case for different types of smart-home intervention.
Participants calculate purchase and operating costs, estimate realistic savings and consider how long an upgrade would need to remain useful before the numbers make sense.
The session then moves into practical automation and long-term planning.
Participants design simple routines that reduce unnecessary use, examine hidden ownership costs and create a phased smart-home roadmap so upgrades happen because they solve an identifiable household problem rather than because another connected device has appeared on the market.
What your people take away
- Identify household costs and routines where smart technology may genuinely reduce avoidable waste
- Calculate purchase cost, ongoing cost, estimated savings and payback before investing in an upgrade
- Use automation to reduce unnecessary heating, lighting, water or appliance use without making the home difficult to live in
- Recognize subscriptions, installation, compatibility and replacement costs that can weaken an apparent saving
- Build a phased smart-home upgrade plan based on financial value, household need and practical usefulness
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30 minutes
30 Minutes — Key Points: Find Where a Smarter Home Could Actually SaveA focused 30-minute session on three key points from Find Where a Smarter Home Could Actually Save: start with the cost, not the gadget, find the routines that drive repeat waste and separate visibility from actual savings.
- Start with the cost, not the gadget
- Find the routines that drive repeat waste
- Separate visibility from actual savings
Covers 3 of 4 points in Find Where a Smarter Home Could Actually Save.
60 minutes
60 Minutes — Module 1: Find Where a Smarter Home Could Actually SaveA practical introduction that starts with household costs rather than gadgets. Participants map where money is currently being spent on energy, water and everyday home use, identify routines that create avoidable waste and shortlist the areas where monitoring or automation may be worth investigating.
- Module 1: Find Where a Smarter Home Could Actually Save
- Live Q&A
Covers 1 of 4 parts: Find Where a Smarter Home Could Actually Save.
90 minutes
90 Minutes — Modules 1 and 2: Find the Opportunity & Test Whether the Technology Is Worth ItEverything in the 60-minute session, plus guided work evaluating proposed smart-home upgrades financially. Participants calculate purchase and ongoing costs, estimate realistic savings, compare payback periods and identify where convenience, maintenance or recurring fees may change the apparent value of the technology.
- Module 1: Find Where a Smarter Home Could Actually Save
- Module 2: Test the Financial Case Before You Buy
- Smart-home opportunity mapping exercise
- Cost, saving and payback calculation
- Live Q&A
Covers 2 of 4 parts: Find Where a Smarter Home Could Actually Save and Test the Financial Case Before You Buy.
3 hours
Covers 3 of 4 parts: Find Where a Smarter Home Could Actually Save, Test the Financial Case Before You Buy and Automate the Waste, Not Your Spending.
Full day
Full Day — Full Smart Home Savings WorkshopFull coverage of all four modules with household-cost mapping, upgrade calculations, automation scenarios and practical planning. Participants identify where technology could reduce waste, test the real economics of different upgrades, design useful automated routines and leave with a phased smart-home plan built around value rather than novelty.
- Module 1: Find Where a Smarter Home Could Actually Save
- Module 2: Test the Financial Case Before You Buy
- Module 3: Automate the Waste, Not Your Spending
- Module 4: Build a Smart Home That Stays Financially Smart
- Household savings opportunity map
- Smart-tech payback exercise
- Automation scenario lab
- 12-month smart-home upgrade roadmap
- Live Q&A
Covers all 4 parts.
Also available as a 4-week or 8-week program, for change that lasts. Ask us about it.
What’s covered
Find Where a Smarter Home Could Actually Save
Every length- Start with the cost, not the gadgetParticipants map the main areas where their home uses paid resources, such as heating, cooling, electricity and water, then identify where everyday routines may be creating avoidable waste.
- Find the routines that drive repeat wasteParticipants examine recurring situations such as heating an empty space, lights or equipment staying on unnecessarily, water use going unnoticed or appliances running at unhelpful times.
- Separate visibility from actual savingsParticipants compare technologies that simply show household data with those that can support a practical change.
- Build your smart-home opportunity mapParticipants rank potential areas by current cost, frequency, controllability and likely usefulness of technology.
Test the Financial Case Before You Buy
90 minutes and longer- Calculate the full upfront costParticipants calculate more than the advertised device price by including relevant installation, additional hardware, hubs or setup costs.
- Estimate savings without best-case assumptionsParticipants build a realistic savings estimate based on the household problem the technology is expected to solve.
- Calculate the payback periodParticipants compare the total investment with estimated annual savings to calculate approximately how long it would take for the financial benefit to recover the cost.
- Add the costs that continue after purchaseParticipants identify subscription fees, batteries, maintenance, connectivity requirements and replacement costs that may continue after installation.
Automate the Waste, Not Your Spending
3 hours and longer- Design automation around a specific problemParticipants choose one repeated household problem and design a simple automation that addresses it directly.
- Make the default setting work harderParticipants examine how default temperatures, schedules, timers or device states shape household use without requiring a new decision every day.
- Use alerts when a human decision is still neededNot every household decision should be automated.
- Test whether the routine survives real lifeParticipants stress-test an automation against weekends, guests, home working, changing seasons or different household members.
Build a Smart Home That Stays Financially Smart
Full day only- Prioritize upgrades in the right orderParticipants compare potential upgrades by financial value, urgency, household usefulness and ease of implementation.
- Check compatibility before adding another deviceParticipants consider whether proposed technology works with what is already in the home, requires another hub or platform and is likely to remain usable if the household changes systems later.
- Review whether the saving actually happenedParticipants decide how they will compare expected and actual value after an upgrade is implemented.
- Build a 12-month upgrade roadmapParticipants bring their analysis into a phased plan covering what to implement, investigate, delay or reject.
How booking works
- Book online. Create a free Workbliss profile, then pay with session credits, by card or by invoice.
- Pick a date. Choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or book now and set the date later.
- Choose your expert. Within 3 working days, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date.
- We deliver it. Your expert is briefed on your people and goals, then runs the session live online or at your site.
Questions about Advanced Smart Home: Digital Living & Savings
How long is Advanced Smart Home: Digital Living & Savings?
Advanced Smart Home: Digital Living & Savings runs as 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 3 hours or full day. You choose the length when you book. A 30-minute session covers three key points from Find Where a Smarter Home Could Actually Save: start with the cost, not the gadget, find the routines that drive repeat waste and separate visibility from actual savings. A 60-minute session covers Find Where a Smarter Home Could Actually Save in full, with a live Q&A. A 90-minute session adds Test the Financial Case Before You Buy. A 3-hour session adds Automate the Waste, Not Your Spending. A full-day session adds Build a Smart Home That Stays Financially Smart. It is also available as a 4-week or 8-week program.
Can Advanced Smart Home: Digital Living & Savings be delivered online or in person?
Yes, both. It runs live online, so every office can join at the same time, or in person at your site, in any country.
How do we book Advanced Smart Home: Digital Living & Savings?
Create a free Workbliss profile with your work email, then open Advanced Smart Home: Digital Living & Savings to see the price for each length and book it. You can pay with session credits, by card or by invoice, and choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or set it later.
Who leads the session?
A vetted Workbliss expert, briefed on your people, culture and goals before the session. After you book, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date within 3 working days, so you can choose who leads it.
Can it be tailored to our company?
Yes. Every session is shaped around your goals, your people and the benefits you already offer, and delivered by experts in your people’s languages.