The Dit Hus/Home Port project was about establishing possibilities for intelligent control of the energy consumption in private homes through the development of a prototype for a so called 'home port'.

This port establishes access to coordinated control of the different subsystems in a private home for control and surveillance of energy consumption etc.

Coexistence of different wireless technologies

Key concepts in the project are coexistence of different technologies controlled through a common service layer in a private house.

The purpose of this coexistence is to create interoperability between the different technologies in a way that energy consumption can be lowered and consequently lowering the pollution of the environment.

Vision towards simplicity of home automation

The ideal situation is that consumers can get applications from the internet and install them on available control computers, for instance on smart phones, smart TVs or on dedicated home control systems. The applications will then through the local net find out exactly what relevant end-devices are installed, connect to them and start operating.

Also, installing new end-devices should not involve complicated software reconfiguration. The electrician or even the consumer, when permitted by safety regulations, should be able to mount the device and with simple means make it available as a service on the local net.