Residential & Smart Building: Solutions for working and living

Solutions for working and living

ISE has long been positioned as a leading voice in residential solutions and home automation, with the backing of joint-partner CEDIA; and as a prominent player in smart building, thanks to

the long-running Smart Building Conference. The combined Residential & Smart Building Zone in Hall 2 will represent ISE’s strongest-ever offering in this fast-moving area of AV technology.

Consumer demand for connected systems and services in the home is increasing by the day and has been accelerating as a result of the global pandemic. The last couple of years have seen a real expansion in the trend for technologies to facilitate working from home. Robust and secure WiFi-connected spaces that can serve as the home office, home entertainment and home security system are in demand.

The seismic shift for many organisations from on-site working to remote working has also catalysed strategic investments that make more intelligent use of the office building. Frost & Sullivan reported that, before Covid-19, out of the nearly

Homeowners in Devon, UK, created an impressive entertainment space controlled by a URC system integrating LED lighting control from Rako There has been a huge increase in consumer demand for connected systems and services in the home in recent years

90 million meeting rooms worldwide, only 7.8% were video-enabled. That is quickly changing, with hybrid work becoming more dominant. Adding videoconferencing and collaboration technology to every size of space is now a requirement.

The next big development for home automation is the deployment of Matter — the emerging common protocol that will enable devices from participating manufacturers to talk to one another. Matter, which is managed by the Connectivity Standards Alliance and backed by a who’s who of home automation solutions providers, should help solve interoperability issues and further enable selection of best-ofbreed products for specific tasks rather than needing to stay in-brand. Expect the first products supporting the protocol at ISE 2023.

In order to cut the carbon footprint of buildings, limit rising energy costs and reverse the negative effect on the environment, advanced building monitoring and control systems is also a fast-growing tech trend embedded in Smart Building design.

Where to find residential & smart building technology at ISE 2023

Some of the major names present in the Residential & Smart Building Zone in Hall 2 at ISE 2023 include Presenting Show Partner KNX, which is joined on its stand by other KNX Partner companies; controls manufacturers including Basalte, Rako, RTI and Savant; and remote monitoring and management platform developer Snap One. Lighting supplier Lutron is well-placed to help advise on requirements for networking sensors that inform the lighting controller about the presence of inhabitants. Also returning is Jung, which delivers sustainable design, engineering and consultancy solutions.