Smart home solutions have a significant role to play in the delivery of educational content into the home.

One example is providing access for pupils who for some reason are unable to attend school. Their exclusion might be attributable to a variety of causes illness, pregnancy, bullying, phobia, travelling, reluctance to learn, disaffection, exclusion.

Typically the cost of placing students in a pupil referral unit is £10,000, compared with £5000 in the first year and £4000 in the second year for students using “not at school” an internet-based educational service provided by the Inclusion Trust (www.inclusiontrust.org).

Financial cost is the not the sole parameter: there is a very substantial societal and economic benefit from engaging students who might otherwise be lost to the educational system.

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Building Sustainable Design