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Home Automation Standards

Roadmap or Tower of Babylon?

Published in issue 396, December 2009

Home Automation Standards
Automatic control of house lighting, heating and other household installations from a central controller is not only convenient but can help reduce your carbon footprint. There are currently many competing systems to choose from. We give an overview, with the pros and cons of some of the more important ones on the market.

Relevant websites

www.knx.org
www.issendorff.com
www.z-wave.com
www.merten.de
www.zigbee.org
www.elv.com
www.insteon.net
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Installation_Bus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_area_network
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X10_(industry_standard)

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