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Home automation, or domotics (home automation), is a way to control appliances and functions in a home remotely/automatically. A home automation system will monitor and/or control home attributes such as smart lighting, climate, entertainment systems and appliances remotely. It can also include home security such as access control systems and alarm systems.
What is a smart home?
A smart home refers to a preset configuration where appliances and devices can be automatically controlled remotely from anywhere with an internet connection using a mobile device or tablet. Devices in a smart home are interconnected via the internet, allowing the user to control functions such as home security access, temperature, lighting and a home theater remotely.
Key recommendations:
The smart home allows homeowners to control appliances, thermostats, lights and other devices remotely using a smartphone or tablet over an internet connection;
Smart homes can be set up via wireless or wired systems;
Smart home technology offers homeowners convenience and cost savings;
Smart Home Systems
Smart homes can have either wireless or wired systems – or both. Wireless systems are easier to install. Installing a wireless home automation system with features such as smart lighting, climate control and security can cost several thousand euros, making it easily affordable.
The downside of wireless systems is that you need strong Wi-Fi coverage and broadband service throughout your home. This may require you to invest in range extenders or wired wireless access points. Smart home wireless systems are generally better suited to smaller homes.
Wired systems, on the other hand, are considered more reliable and are usually more difficult to hack. A wired system can increase the resale value of a home. In addition, wired smart home systems can be easily scaled; therefore, it’s often the default method when designing new construction or performing a major renovation.
There is one drawback – you need to have space for networking hardware, including ethernet cables.
Established partners
GEWISS
ABB
SCHNEIDER
How to create a smart home
Heating
Smart home products now allow greater control over heating devices, including when products are turned on, off and controlled. Smart products can be armed with temperature or humidity sensors to turn on or off automatically if certain criteria are met. This line of smart home innovations extends to air conditioners.
Smart lighting
Lights can be turned on and off, placed on a schedule or set to change according to sunrise or sunset times.
This lighting category can also include smart home products that control or prevent light. Automatic blinds can be installed and set to close according to the sunrise program.
Audio/Visual
One of the more entertaining aspects of smart homes, many entertainment products are now highly connected and can be controlled with a single remote.
Security
Many products now have camera capabilities to track motion, capture video or enable live video streaming.
Many smart homes are also serviced with modern security kits. These include motion-sensing detectors when homeowners aren’t home, home monitoring, notifications and alerts of suspicious behavior, and the ability to lock doors or windows remotely using a phone.
Other services
These products are often interacted with using your voice and can take commands, ask questions, organize your calendar, schedule phone calls or provide alerts. While not specifically related to the home, these digital assistants offer a wide range of smart asset and program control.
Smart smoke and carbon monoxide detectors not only sound an alarm, but can be synchronized with your phone to alert you if you’re away from your property.
Automated irrigation systems have the ability to be programmed to work at certain times of day. Now, smart irrigation systems consider climate and environmental conditions a factor that incorporates these features into existing water schedules. Smart irrigation systems monitor moisture-related conditions and strive to save water and electricity.
What are the pros and cons of smart homes?
Pro
They are often more convenient than traditional methods of programming, controlling or accessing products remotely;
It can enhance security with notifications or alerts;
Provides multiple ways to perform a task (for example, lights can be turned on or programmed manually);
It can lead to long-term cost savings when energy efficiency is taken into account.
Against
It can pose a security risk because products are connected to networks and can be hacked;
They are often more expensive;
It can lead to a steep learning curve, especially for those new to technology.
ChoruSmart - Home & Building Pro
ChoruSmart allows you to design and install – completely and scalably – conventional electrical installations, Connected Smart Home or Home&Building Pro systems, using the best available technologies, complemented by the wide range of shapes, colors and finishes of GEWISS devices and frames.
The ChoruSmart choice for a traditional system is an uncompromising, wired, aesthetic and technological solution for all types of buildings, both simple and advanced. The range offers innovative control devices such as EVO axial and touch-sensitive devices, which enable centralized controls for lights and blinds in addition to traditional tilt and soft-click controls. It also includes sockets for Italian and international standard, technical alarms, signal pick-up devices, protection, safety and home comfort management.
SMART HOME CONNECTED
ChoruSmart is enhanced by smart devices to create a range of smart and practical wireless solutions. EGO SMART frames are the defining elements of the entire ecosystem. They provide a unique and customizable interface to easily manage home safety, comfort and consumption.
The ZigBee wireless protocol, integration with leading Smart Speakers on the market and with IoT platforms Google Home, Amazon Alexa and IFTTT – via the Home Gateway app – allow touch gesture or voice control of lights, blinds, scenes, energy consumption and hazard detection. Battery-free control devices allow you to add additional control points as needed.
ChoruSmart’s Smart Home Connected range is the perfect solution for residential and small building applications, both for new construction and for modernizing and upgrading existing installations with minimal structural interventions.
SMART HOME CONNECTED
By complementing ChoruSmart with BUS cabling, confi gured to the international standard KNX protocol, you can create an advanced and extensive system. The system you create will be intelligent and customizable, complete with all functions, able to integrate with third-party equipment and systems – video door entry, smart locks, entertainment – controlled by apps, voice assistants or touch panels.
The Home&Building Pro system is suitable for advanced automation solutions for homes and small and medium-sized businesses and ensures safety, security, well-being, efficiency and sustainability.
Make your home smarter
with ABB i-bus® KNX
The well-established ABB i-bus® KNX system is available today for tomorrow’s requirements. It is based on the worldwide KNX standard and is open for continuously growing requirements – for maximum planning security.
ABB i-bus® KNX is based on the simple but proven KNX technology, which is accepted as the world’s first open standard for controlling all types of intelligent buildings – industrial, commercial or residential.
With ABB i-bus® KNX, the buildings we occupy are easier to manage and control, resulting in greater flexibility, security, economic efficiency and convenience. The operational flexibility of an ABB i-bus® KNX electrical installation allows the daily working or living environment to be easily adapted to individual needs – now and in the future.
The ABB i-bus® KNX product range includes components that cover the full spectrum of applications found in today’s buildings, from lighting and shutter control to heating, ventilation, security, energy management and more.
Smart Home systems bring security, flexibility, energy efficiency and comfort to every living space. Thanks to innovation and home automation, every project will become an investment in the future
KNX Home Automation from Schneider Electric is the key to transforming your home or apartment into a comfortable, safe and efficient living space.
Living and working spaces are becoming more and more exciting, hyper-efficient and truly sustainable.
For this reason, customer expectations of building technology are rising.
Personalized experience, future flexibility and ways to meet energy efficiency goals are just some of the things customers want most when it comes to smart homes.
Schneider Electric’s KNX solutions enable a simple way to digitize buildings, providing a connected system of devices that communicate intelligently with each other to perform tasks reliably.
Introducing SpaceLogic KNX solutions from
Schneider Electric
SpaceLogic KNX from Schneider Electric, with its interoperability, modularity, has solutions ready for the future. Whether it’s a small family home or a large office complex, the smart devices are easy to configure, control and install and designed to increase comfort and safety while reducing energy consumption.
A KNX system is effective when it’s simple – for consulting engineers, system integrators and electricians, so that they can install and commission them, and their customers can use them just as easily.
SpaceLogic KNX is a flexible and intelligent building automation system – suitable for applications from homes to residential and office complexes, hotels and hospitals. Schneider Electric offers a comprehensive portfolio of KNX solutions, including actuators, system components, sensors, smart home automation and other connected devices designed to work with a wide range of systems.
Our solutions are designed to work with Apple, Amazon, Google, ZigBee and more.
For our partners, SpaceLogic KNX offers their end customers advanced technology that enhances safety, convenience, simplicity and cost-effectiveness. The solutions are easy to install and set up. In addition, for residential projects, customers enjoy a customized, complete smart home and a flexible and easy to operate system.
KNX enhances building automation with user-friendly functions based on advanced technology.
It facilitates solutions that require less wiring, which offers simplicity in installation, lower costs, and even reduces the risk of fire. Certified by the KNX International Association, the products are compatible across multiple manufacturers.
Simple to design, install and configure, Schneider Electric’s eConfigure KNX software eConfigure KNX simplifies your daily work.
Schneider Electric’s eConfigure KNX software eConfigure KNX is an efficient tool for equipping homes with smart functionality. A plug-in for ETS extends functionality and simplifies work by making system design and configuration seamless and trouble-free. With an intuitive user interface, all system components (buttons, sensors, etc.) can be arranged in a quick and simple way.
SpaceLogic KNX 4″ Touch Unit
Do you need a single device to control your customers’ KNX smart system for homes or buildings? Something that is easy to plan, install and configure? Then you need the new SpaceLogic KNX 4″ Touch Unit, an amazing device that customers will love. It combines a thermostat and multi-function button along with the intuitive operations of a smartphone or tablet.
Design and user interface
The innovative design of this 4″ touch unit will delight your customers.
Fits any interior and matches any design with knobs. Its slim design
creates a modern and stylish look in homes, offices and hotels. On the high-resolution display that is very intuitive, multiple functions and customized scenarios can be easily installed.
- Frameless design;
- Low profile;
- 4-inch (10 cm) LCD touch screen;
- High resolution 480 x 480 px display;
- Intuitive operation;
- Up to 6 functions on 9 screens;
- Simple symbols;
- Free text;
- Personalized screensaver and wallpaper;
- Customized icons / symbols.
The new 4″ touch unit is the ideal choice for complete control of all buildings and works in a single motion, while its energy monitoring helps identify ways to reduce energy consumption.
- Switch;
- Dimmer, RGB and RGBW control;
- Temperature control;
- Changing the temperature set point;
- Air conditioning;
- Fan coil;
- Air quality;
- Blinds, curtains and shutters;
- Shenes;
- Audio;
- Monitor energy consumption;
- Time and date as screensaver.
Benefits
home automation:
Unlimited flexibility and customization
Safe and secure system
Easy installation
High standard for building automation and building control
How smart homes work
The devices in a smart home are connected to each other and can be accessed through a single central point: a smartphone, tablet, laptop or console. Door locks, TVs, thermostats, thermostats, home monitors, cameras, lights and even appliances like the refrigerator can be controlled through a single home automation system. The system is installed on a mobile or other networked device, and the user can create time schedules for certain changes to take effect.
Smart appliances come with self-learning abilities so they can memorize the homeowner’s schedule and make adjustments as needed. Smart homes enabled with light control allow homeowners to reduce electricity consumption and benefit from energy cost savings. Some automation systems also alert the owner if movement is detected in the home while they are away, while others can directly call the authorities – police or fire brigade – in case of an imminent situation.
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