Continental Automated Buildings Association. The Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) is a not-for-profit industry association dedicated to the advancement of intelligent home and intelligent building technologies in North America. The organization is supported by an international membership of nearly 400 companies involved in the design, manufacture, installation and retailing of products relating to home automation and building automation. Public organizations, including utilities and government are also members. CABA's mandate includes providing its members with networking and market research opportunities. CABA also encourages the development of industry standards and protocols, and leads cross-industry initiatives. The organization was originally founded in 1988 as the Canadian Automated Buildings Association.
In 2006, CABA acquired the Internet Home Alliance, an association of technology companies committed to research and development within the intelligent home sector. References[edit] Jump up ^ Mayer, R. 1999. Xanadu Houses. The Xanadu Houses were a series of experimental homes built to showcase examples of computers and automation in the home in the United States. The architectural project began in 1979, and during the early 1980s three houses were built in different parts of the US: one each in Kissimmee, Florida; Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin; and Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
The houses included novel construction and design techniques, and became popular tourist attractions during the 1980s. History[edit] Early development[edit] Bob Masters was an early pioneer of houses built of rigid insulation. Masters was convinced that these dome-shaped homes built of foam could work for others, so he decided to create a series of show homes in the United States. Popularity[edit] Demise[edit] Design[edit] Construction[edit] Interior[edit] Xanadu House was ergonomically designed, with future occupants in mind.
At the center of the house was the "great room", the largest in the house. Concerns over energy consumption[edit] Home automation. Domestic patch panel, unstructured. Home automation is the residential extension of building automation. It is automation of the home, housework or household activity. Home automation may include centralized control of lighting, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), appliances, security locks of gates and doors and other systems, to provide improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and security. Home automation for the elderly and disabled can provide increased quality of life for persons who might otherwise require caregivers or institutional care.
The popularity of home automation has been increasing greatly in recent years due to much higher affordability and simplicity through smartphone and tablet connectivity. The concept of the "Internet of Things" has tied in closely with the popularization of home automation. A home automation system integrates electrical devices in a house with each other. Overview and benefits[edit] History[edit] System elements[edit] HVAC[edit] Building automation. This article is about automation within commercial buildings. For automation within residences, see Home automation. Building automation is the automatic centralized control of a building's heating, ventilation and air conditioning, lighting and other systems through a Building Management System or Building Automation System (BAS). The objectives of building automation are improved occupant comfort, efficient operation of building systems, and reduction in energy consumption and operating costs.
Building automation is an example of a distributed control system - the computer networking of electronic devices designed to monitor and control the mechanical, security, fire and flood safety, lighting (especially emergency lighting), HVAC and humidity control and ventilation systems in a building.[1] Almost all multi-story green buildings are designed to accommodate a BAS for the energy, air and water conservation characteristics. Automation system[edit] Buses and protocols[edit] Controller[edit] Living Tomorrow. Living Tomorrow is a research oriented company with projects in the citiy of Brussels and formally also in Amsterdam. It focuses on technical innovations we can expect to find in our house in the near future.
History[edit] Living Tomorrow opened its first 'House of the Future' in 1995, which immediately attracted attention. After a second successful project in Belgium, in which the concept evolved into the 'House and Office of the Future', the first international complex was opened in Amsterdam in 2003. Sources[edit] Home energy monitor. The Energy Detective Example of detailed power finger prints A home energy monitor provides prompt, convenient feedback on electrical or other energy use. Devices may also display cost of energy used, and estimates of greenhouse gas emissions. Various studies have shown a reduction in home energy use of 4-15% through use of home energy display.[1] Electricity use may be measured with an inductive clamp placed around the electric main, via the electric meter (either through an optical port, or by sensing the meters actions), by communicating with a smart meter, or by direct connection to the electrical system. A possible means to reduce household energy consumption is to provide real-time feedback to homeowners so they can change their energy using behavior.
A study using the PowerCost Monitor deployed in 500 Ontario homes by Hydro One showed an average 6.5% drop in total electricity use when compared with a similarly sized control group. See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] Home network. A home network or home area network (HAN) is a type of local area network that develops from the need to facilitate communication and interoperability among digital devices present inside or within the close vicinity of a home. Devices capable of participating in this network–smart devices such as network printers and handheld mobile computers–often gain enhanced emergent capabilities through their ability to interact.
These additional capabilities can then be used to increase the quality of life inside the home in a variety of ways, such as automation of repetitious tasks, increased personal productivity, enhanced home security, and easier access to entertainment. Causes[edit] One of the primary drivers behind the establishment of this kind of network is the need to distribute residential Internet access to all internet capable devices in the home.
Infrastructure[edit] An example of a simple home network Transmission Media[edit] Wireless[edit] Wireless LAN[edit] Bluetooth[edit] ZigBee[edit]