Post by account_disabled on Feb 22, 2024 2:05:42 GMT -5
Our home automation experts answer the questions of our fans on Facebook during Home Automation week. In what time frame do you think home automation will be implemented at the domestic level? Although we are significantly behind countries like Germany, implementation is already taking place, although slowly. We must not forget that Spain, after Germany, is the EU country that has the most KNX certified integrators. I think the keys may lie in three basic factors: The need for energy savings The demand for more security in facilities The need to give added value to homes that have artificially inflated their prices during the crisis.
When will it be affordable to implement in any home? Currently, a basic installation for a 90 m2 home with a simple intrusion alarm (1 volumetric), fire, lighting, blinds and Switzerland Mobile Number List awnings, air conditioning (not zoned) and control via SMS can be around €8,000 RRP. I think that time has come. When will a home automation that does not have wiring and that the same current carries the data... technically it is possible. It is indeed possible. X10 was invented many years ago and its popularity has been achieved precisely thanks to that: an unskilled user can carry out a simple automation of their home without the need for installation.
EHS, before integrating into KNX, also had a current carrier-based system that was much more robust and faster than the X10. KNX has also had its standardized protocol (PL 110) for 20 years. In addition, many manufacturers are marketing radio frequency systems with the KNX protocol. However, there is currently no system that can guarantee the speed, reliability and price of a BUS installation. For this reason, the integrator usually resorts to the “Power line” or radio frequency in very specific cases such as “non-critical” control points in renovations or points where it is difficult or impossible to carry out an electrical installation: glass walls, plot enclosures, etc.
What can be the real energy savings in a home with a home automation installation? There is an experience carried out in Madrid on two similar homes (one home-automated and one not) in which energy readings have been taken for a year. The results have been savings of up to: 1. …50% in air conditioning 2. …70% in lighting Maybe if it is, for example, only 25%, it is not worth facing the expense of installation? If you do the math, at the current price of energy, even if we saved 100% of the bill, how many years would it take to amortize those €8,000 that we mentioned? However the price continues to rise, perhaps in a few years... Savings should be considered from an ecological point of view, not an economic one. Let's imagine a city like Zaragoza in which all its buildings and homes were controlled by home automation installations and reduced its consumption and gas emissions by 30%. I think that, from that point of view, it would be worth it, without taking into account what we could save on energy imports, since Spain is not exactly a producing country.
When will it be affordable to implement in any home? Currently, a basic installation for a 90 m2 home with a simple intrusion alarm (1 volumetric), fire, lighting, blinds and Switzerland Mobile Number List awnings, air conditioning (not zoned) and control via SMS can be around €8,000 RRP. I think that time has come. When will a home automation that does not have wiring and that the same current carries the data... technically it is possible. It is indeed possible. X10 was invented many years ago and its popularity has been achieved precisely thanks to that: an unskilled user can carry out a simple automation of their home without the need for installation.
EHS, before integrating into KNX, also had a current carrier-based system that was much more robust and faster than the X10. KNX has also had its standardized protocol (PL 110) for 20 years. In addition, many manufacturers are marketing radio frequency systems with the KNX protocol. However, there is currently no system that can guarantee the speed, reliability and price of a BUS installation. For this reason, the integrator usually resorts to the “Power line” or radio frequency in very specific cases such as “non-critical” control points in renovations or points where it is difficult or impossible to carry out an electrical installation: glass walls, plot enclosures, etc.
What can be the real energy savings in a home with a home automation installation? There is an experience carried out in Madrid on two similar homes (one home-automated and one not) in which energy readings have been taken for a year. The results have been savings of up to: 1. …50% in air conditioning 2. …70% in lighting Maybe if it is, for example, only 25%, it is not worth facing the expense of installation? If you do the math, at the current price of energy, even if we saved 100% of the bill, how many years would it take to amortize those €8,000 that we mentioned? However the price continues to rise, perhaps in a few years... Savings should be considered from an ecological point of view, not an economic one. Let's imagine a city like Zaragoza in which all its buildings and homes were controlled by home automation installations and reduced its consumption and gas emissions by 30%. I think that, from that point of view, it would be worth it, without taking into account what we could save on energy imports, since Spain is not exactly a producing country.