a researcher at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, may have just invented a feature that will make homes more affordable, more energy efficient, and use less raw material. In the house imagined by Moez, each floor would have one or two radio frequency power transmitters that would power all the switches. Moez says the system is "scalable, easy to replicate and adopt, and can be customized to meet the specific needs of homeowners, contractors, and regulators.