The Internet of Things (IoTs) have emerged as a disruptive technology and an enabling platform to ensure a connected world that offers improved life style, enhanced services, and socio-economic opportunities. Smart city systems can exploit the IoT platform to offer innovative solutions that transform conventional cities and societies into knowledge and technology-driven metropoles. Smart and energy efficient buildings and homes are central to the success of the smart city infrastructure. Objectives: The proposed project aims to exploit the IoT infrastructure for deploying interconnected home appliances (eco-system implementation) that are manipulated through portable and context-aware mobile devices (eco-system management). The objectives of this project are to synergize the academic research and industrial development to (i) implement the home appliance eco-system that communicates with devices and humans, and (ii) transforms conventional homes into energy efficient smart homes.