The document discusses a roadmap for smart home technologies in the Transnational Technology Cluster (TTC). It defines a smart home as one equipped with advanced ICT systems to allow easy operation and control of devices from both inside and outside the home. It lists various devices and functionalities that could be included, such as heating/cooling, appliances, lighting, security and safety systems. It also discusses technology trends like sensing, reasoning and communicating that will enable smart home functions. Finally, it outlines challenges around system integration, privacy, standards and adding new devices or tasks.

1. Roadmap Smart Home
Instrument for Generating
Cross-border Innovation Projects
in TTC ICT Workgroup

2. Strategy for Roadmapping in
TTC (1)
 TTC project:
Region Partners
Domains ICT Group • DSP Valley
• Life Sciences • Regina
• Advanced Materials • Infopole
• ICT • KULeuven
• Energy • UHasselt
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3. Smart Home (1)
 A smart home is a home in which devices and objects are equipped with advanced ICT
hardware/software systems
 to allow easy & future-proof operation and control
 both locally and remotely
 both individually and networked with each other
 so that the inhabitants (young or old, fully or less able) can
 monitor and save energy
 increase their comfort level
 enjoy better safety and security
 “devices and objects” are
 heating/cooling systems
 household appliances
 lighting elements
 consumer electronics (for leisure, health, assisted living,…)
 security systems (access control,…)
 safety systems (fire, natural disasters,...)
 central visualisation & control systems (PC, tablet, TV,..)
 …
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4. Focus
Roadmap
Security
Smart Meter
in the Home
Energy
Local Energy
Managemen
Managemen
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t & Control
in the Home
Smart Health
Appliances & of the
Consumer People
Smart Home Functionalities
Products in the Home
Smart Home Application Scenarios
Local Energy Entertainme
Generation nt
Smart Home (3)
& Storage in the Home
ICT
Enabled
Embedded
Electric
4
Vehicle

5. Thermal solar panel Photovoltaic solar panel
Thermal solar panels continue to Photovoltaic panels which produce
become more widely available electricity from the sun continue to
providing heat for water and other become more efficient and are
Home gateway device uses, offsetting a home’s electricity complemented by new energy storage
Home automation systems allow use. technologies
consumers to control their smart
appliances and change their energy use
in response to price and other signals.
Web portal
Energy use information is
readily available to consumers
online. Electric vehicle
Electric vehicles offer services such
as energy storage and power quality
support to smart homes and the
Consumer products and services Smart meters broader power grid.
More robust consumer offerings are With smart meters tracking
available – such as different time-of-use hourly energy use, most Electricity storage
price plans and demand response consumers pay time-of-use Used car batteries are recycled and
programs, many with customized rates. used to store electricity produced
features. during off-peak hours for use during
peak hours.
Smart appliances
Smart technologies are embedded in Heat pumps
home appliances and interact with home Geothermal systems transfer
gateway devices. For example, heat to or from the ground and
appliances could be programmed by the the home for air conditioning
home owner to cycle down as part of a and heating, significantly
demand response program. reducing energy costs and the
impact on the environment.
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6. Examples of Functionalities
 Coupled control of heating and window shades
 Temperature regulation based on daily agenda and presence of family
members
 Automatic integration of new electrical devices into integrated home control
system
 Automatic detection of failures + warning of inhabitants when not at home
 Energy saving by intelligent lighting systems
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7. Technology Trends (1):
Enabling Functions
Smart Home Functionalities
Management &
Generation &
Appliances &
Smart Meter
Local Energy
Local Energy
Consumer
Products
Storage
Control
Sensing Smart
Acting
Harvesting Reasoning Secure & Private
Communicating Interacting
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8. Technology Trends (2):
Enabling Technologies
Sensing Acting
Harvesting Reasoning Secure & Private
Communicating Interacting
RFID
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9. Technology Trends (3):
Challenges
 System integration
 Privacy and security
 Third party access
 Electric vehicle integration
 Storage integration
 Standards and interoperability
 Modularity, self-adaptation and self-organization
 Simple user interface
 Remote access
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10. Barriers to Smart Home
Adoption
Hardware inflexibility Poor Management nightmare
extensibility
Adding tasks
Access control
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r
Adding devices
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11. Websites and contact details
www.ttc-innovation.eu Top Technology Cluster:
Geert Adriaens
Geert.Adriaens@DSPValley.com
+32 475 535381
www.infopole.be INFOPOLE Cluster TIC
Sandrine QUOIBION,
Sandrine.Quoibion@infopole.be
+32 494 29 09 14
Ir. Expert en Télécommunications et Technologies de l'Information
linkedin.com/in/zaccone
Agence Wallonne des Télécommunications twitter.com/carmelo
OIP du gouverne ment Wallon (Belgique)
Tél. : +32 81 77.80.76
Avenue prince de Liège 133 Mob : +32 475 58.67.82
B-5100 Jambes www.awt.be VoIP : sip:carmelo@awt.be
Fax. : +32 81 77.80.99 cz@awt.be
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