Guidance for homeowners
Your home. Your requirements. The right system.
What does your home really need, and what can wait? Establish essential functions, comfort and budget before choosing KNX or another solution.
Topics to help you decide
Three questions before choosing a system
What needs to work every day?
Switching lights, shading rooms and plugging in appliances: describe how you will use the home first. An app is one possible control interface, not a requirement in itself.
What would you like to prepare for?
Consider a home office, a growing family, electric vehicles and future alterations. Some cable routes are easier to prepare during construction.
Who will support the home long term?
Compare purchase, setup, maintenance and changes. Establish who will have access to data, documentation and configuration.
Topics to help you decide
What is possible in everyday life
Leave with peace of mind, enjoy comfortable warmth or start a film night: discover how technology can make daily life easier and more welcoming.
Explore this topicKNX or another system?
Conventional, KNX, wireless or a vendor ecosystem: strengths, limitations, longevity and the questions that make a comparison useful.
Explore this topicLighting, sockets and essential functions
Decide room by room what is essential, what adds comfort and what you can prepare for later.
Explore this topicIoT, Matter and connectivity
Understand how devices, wireless networks, controllers and cloud services work together, and where limitations remain.
Explore this topicBuilding biology and comfort
Turn lighting quality, air, humidity, noise and wireless preferences into concrete planning questions.
Explore this topicElectrical planning for a new home
Coordinate the floor plan, furniture and connections early to prepare a useful discussion with your contractor.
Explore this topicWhen KNX fits your project
Plan functions and controls, and understand the transition to implementation with ETS.
Explore this topicDevelopments that affect your planning
Editorial review: 17 October 2026
More shared interfaces
Matter is expanding its capabilities, including energy management. When buying, still check the specific functions supported by the device and your chosen platform.
Matter: expanding capabilitiesEnergy planning spans building services
PV, storage, heat pumps and charging can be coordinated through suitable interfaces. Define objectives and responsibilities; potential savings depend on the building and how it is used.
KNX: integrating charging points and storageOperation and updates are part of the choice
Ask how long updates will be supplied and which functions run locally. Remote access is an additional choice, not a requirement for every automation.
BSI: setting up a smart home securelyBring these to your planning discussion
- A floor plan showing furniture and intended room uses
- A list of essentials, preferences and possible future additions
- Requirements for controls and behaviour during outages
- A budget for installation and ongoing operation
- Preferences for data access, maintenance and extensibility
- Questions about updates, replacement devices and the cost of future replacement
Turn your ideas into an agreed plan.
PLAN2X is being developed for collaborative planning between homeowners and professionals, with a focus on KNX and the connection to ETS. These guides help you even if your system choice is still open.
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