Study of occupants’ perceptions and preferences of smart home system technology at The Eastern Green-LRT City Bekasi Apartment

The development of technology over the time is increasing rapidly in various fields including in the field of property that applies smart home system. During the Covid 19 Pandemic, residential with smart home system concept deserves to be an option because it can provide convenience for residents in activities and work by arranging electronic devices such as air conditioning, televisions, lights, access in and out of residence. One of them is The Eastern Green LRT City Bekasi Apartment which is a residence with the concept of smart home system. Apart from the purpose of knowing perception and preference of residents to smart home system in Eastern Green-LRT City Bekasi Apartment, there are certainly still weaknesses that are also a consideration for improvement so that smart home system is able to facilitate residents to improve the comfort of residents. This research uses quantitative method by collecting data through survey. The results showed there are several things that need to be useful evaluation materials to improve smart home system. It is expected that this article can provide feedback to realize a more comfortable residence based on smart home system in welcoming the era of society 5.0 and the new normal era

An Empirical Examination of Technology and Security Services in Sharing Economy

Sharing economy platforms such as Airbnb, Uber, Lyft, and many others have become increasingly popular. However, over the years, these markets have become highly concentrated. On Airbnb, not only homeowners but property management companies have started offering rental services and saturating the short-term rental market space. In this research, we study whether offering technology- and security-based services brings a competitive advantage to a property and increase its bookings. Using a dataset from Airbnb, we show that not all technology services positively impact bookings. On the one hand, internet and video streaming services (such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc.) increase monthly reviews received by a property, however, on the other hand, gaming consoles and music systems negatively impact the number of reviews. We also find that security services such as self-checkin and security cameras have a strong positive relationship with the reviews. Our findings suggest that hosts must strategically offer various technology and security services and eliminate any unnecessary services that harm the guest’s interest in a property