The Kurdistan region of Iraq has special problems and circumstances, which could use an improvement by new smart home technologies. The region also has a unique situation when it comes to the economy, investing opportunities, the government´s engagement, and attitudes towards new technologies. One of the main issues in the region is that the electricity is unreliable and the national electricity grids cannot provide enough electricity. Because of this, there are privately owned diesel generators in each neighborhood that are unsafe, bad for the environment, and expensive for people to use. Thus, the main focus of this study has come to be about how smart home technologies can be a part of the solution to the electricity consumption and distribution problems, and what the government can do to urge this development. In order to examine this, the earlier research on the subject is studied, looked into what the government is doing related to smart home technologies, and conducted interviews with experts within construction and energy, active in Kurdistan, to find out what the main opportunities and obstacles for smart home technology development in the region are. The result shows that smart home technology could be beneficial, especially when it comes to energy efficiency since the current problems with electricity in the region. The interview respondents meant that an expansion of the technology should be done by the government. They also saw that maybe they need more knowledge about the technology to understand the benefits and be willing to enforce the development at a larger scale, even though they have made some accomplishments already. Most of the interviewees also mentioned the combination of the technology with solar energy, pointed out as a good opportunity in Kurdistan due to the geographical situation. When it comes to other features of smart home technology, it seems that most people see it as an unnecessary luxury and therefore do not consider it very useful.