Intelligent Buildings/Smart Homes

The concept of intelligent buildings was established 1982 by AT&T to demonstrate how advanced IT from different suppliers could be used in the intelligent building. Through the last more than 20 years there has often been a mismatch between what users expect from an intelligent building or smart house and what the suppliers were able to deliver. Often the intelligent building services was defined based on the available technologies and systems, rather than in terms of the goals and needs for services defined by the occupants which often led to situations, where the technology were inappropriate for the user needs resulting in reduced living quality, productivity as well as increasing costs.