so I have a project and the project is to program a home system that would turn on lights and a fan if there are people in the room and turn them off when nobody in the room
detects entrance and exit by two sets of IR emitters and receivers
also, it should display the number of people currently in the room on an LCD screen
the problem is that I have limited knowledge of programming
Just about any 1602 LCD can be driven by the UNO - tutorial. There are serial and parallel options.
Making yourself familiar with the state change detection and debounce examples in the IDE - file/examples/2.digital - will go a long way toward reducing frustration later.