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 Sustainability is about using resources responsibly to meet our current needs while protecting the environment and ensuring future generations can thrive. It focuses on reducing waste, conserving energy, and promoting eco-friendly practices to create a balance between human activities and the planet’s health. Sustainability is about using resources responsibly to meet our current needs while protecting the environment and ensuring future generations can thrive. It focuses on reducing waste, conserving energy, and promoting eco-friendly practices to create a balance between human activities and the planet’s health.
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 Smart homes are residential spaces equipped with technology that automates and optimizes everyday functions. Using devices like sensors, smart thermostats, and automated systems, these homes improve convenience, efficiency, and sustainability. Smart homes are residential spaces equipped with technology that automates and optimizes everyday functions. Using devices like sensors, smart thermostats, and automated systems, these homes improve convenience, efficiency, and sustainability.
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 Smart cities, on the other hand, scale this concept to the urban level, integrating technology into public infrastructure and services. Through interconnected systems such as traffic management, smart grids, and pollution monitoring, smart cities create more efficient and sustainable environments for entire communities. Smart cities, on the other hand, scale this concept to the urban level, integrating technology into public infrastructure and services. Through interconnected systems such as traffic management, smart grids, and pollution monitoring, smart cities create more efficient and sustainable environments for entire communities.