After some time we started brainstorming about the system (you know, a year later after the idea because school and other important stuff). We started with some Googling about other projects. We saw some interesting post at Hackaday (where else) about people using relays and voice commands controlling all sorts of devices. We realised quickly that we need to write some specs to do some better searching for info because there are just to much project regarding this subject. So we came up with some basic specs to define our project:

Functions:

1. RFID/NFC:
- Open doors with RFID/NFC tags (can also be opened without the tags)
- Record people entering and exiting based on their RFID tags.

2. App (Windows Phone, iOS, Android):
- Control lights and outlets.
- View status of specific lights and outlets.
- Set up profiles to maximize power efficiency. (nobody home, at night etc.)

3. Record power usage based on uptime (like lights or othere appliances).

4. Option to control lighs manually in case the system fails.

5. Dimming possibility.

6. (optionel) A JARVIS like system which takes commands and gives feedback.

These where just some idea's to get us started on designing this system. If all of this is possible or practical? We'll see when this project continues.