{"title":"Strategic developments in home systems: House_n and standards","authors":"K. Wacks","doi":"10.1109/IWNA.2001.980819","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWNA.2001.980819","url":null,"abstract":"There is a new laboratory at MIT exploring the combination of architecture and home systems. The MIT Home of the Future, known as House_n, is rethinking the design and construction process for new homes. The paper presents new building designs, materials, and an integrated home network infrastructure. The research at MIT will be validated by a prototype house, called the Cambridge House, with building components and technologies that adapt to the inhabitants. MIT has donated land in Cambridge. We are designing a house that meets the zoning regulations of Cambridge, while still incorporating unique concepts in building materials, structures, and home system technologies. The Cambridge house will be built on a sophisticated \"chassis\" that provides in one prefabricated assembly the support structure, ductwork, plumbing, power, a communication network, and built-in sensors. We demonstrate to the home systems industry how home networks will become essential ingredients in our daily activities. Networks to support home systems facilitate the interconnection of products from a diversity of suppliers. It is essential that the communications interfaces in these products conform to a common communications protocol. This presentation includes an overview of national and international home networking standards and the challenges of unifying communications in the home systems industry.","PeriodicalId":196700,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 2002 IEEE 4th International Workshop on Networked Appliances (Cat. No.02EX525)","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123232316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}