The Smart Home is still a young category but it reflects deep currents of digitization, connectivity, efficiency, & security. It’s also a long game for platform leaders to further colonize the home. More interestingly, it may be a necessary response to our emerging climate crises. Yet, as the category matures there are large challenges in establishing trust and value. — Although we seem to be moving towards a future of intelligent structures that are aware of their inhabitants and actively model and manage their needs and the physical needs of the house, the comprehensive promise of the smart home is yet to be realized and will likely take a decade…