ABSTRACT

In industrialized countries, people spend most of their time in buildingsin workplaces, at home or in commercial buildings. Technological efforts have always been directed at improving comfort and quality of life within buildings. Now energy saving and environmental sustainability issues have also arisen. In the beginning, domotics had been particularly concerned, on the one hand, with aging or disabled persons and, on the other hand, with a niche of luxury buildings. In recent years, in a changing life style, it is becoming popular, due to the users’ demand for comfort and energy saving.