Smart home system
and Loxone building automation

The price of a Loxone smart home depends on the size of the building and the functions you want. The main cost items are the Miniserver, the expansion modules, the sensors and the labour. After a site survey, we provide an itemised quote, and the system can also be expanded in stages, so you don't have to do everything at once.

The Miniserver is the brain of the system: a compact, DIN-rail-mounted controller in the distribution board that runs all the logic locally. It decides when the heating switches on, when the shading moves or when a scene starts, and none of this needs an internet connection.

Its price depends on the current price list, but it's typically a smaller part of the total investment: most of the cost comes from the installed sensors, actuator modules and the installation work itself. One Miniserver is usually enough for a family house, with expansion modules added alongside it.

No. Loxone is a one-off investment: the mobile app and local control are free of charge, with no mandatory cloud subscription. This is an important difference compared with subscription-based smart home services.

Most of the savings come from presence-based control of heating and cooling, automatic shading and solar energy management. The exact amount varies from household to household, but the system's consumption metering shows you exactly where and how much you're saving.

Yes. With Loxone Air's wireless devices, a smart home can be retrofitted into a finished, furnished home without breaking into walls or major renovation. For new builds or full renovations, we recommend the wired Tree system.

Tree is Loxone's wired system: for new builds it's the most reliable and, in the long run, the most cost-effective solution. Air is a radio technology that's ideal for retrofitting and renovation. The two can be combined within a single system, and we plan this out during the site survey.

As early as possible, ideally before the electrical design is finalised. The cabling plan determines what can be controlled later and at what cost: Tree cabling planned in advance costs a fraction of what a later conversion would. We also liaise directly with your designer and electrician.

The key point is that Tree cable runs to every switch and sensor location, and separately controllable circuits run to the shutters and consumers, all the way to the distribution board. We provide a wiring diagram for this that any electrician can follow. In a correctly prepared house, the system can later be expanded freely.

A retrofit Air-based installation typically takes a few days. For new builds, the wiring follows the pace of construction, and programming and training are the last step before technical handover. We provide a specific schedule at the site survey.

Room by room, not with a single central thermostat. Every room can have its own temperature and daily schedule, and the system also monitors presence, open windows and the path of the sun, so it never heats or cools unnecessarily.

Most heat pumps and air conditioning units can also be controlled directly, for example over a Modbus connection. At the site survey, we check what your mechanical system supports, since this determines how finely it can be controlled.

Yes. Loxone's own Intercom is fully integrated: a call reaches both your phone and the wall-mounted touchscreen, and the gate can be opened from there, even when you're not at home.

Most IP cameras (for example Hikvision or Dahua) can also be shown in the app and linked to events: the system can switch on the lighting or send a notification when it detects motion.

Switches stay, they just do more. The Loxone Touch surface responds to touch, and the same switch handles several functions: a short touch for the light, a double touch for a scene, and a long press for, say, turning off every light when you leave.

This is also reassuring for anyone who doesn't want to control the lighting from their phone: the house stays fully usable without a mobile, and guests don't need to install an app either.

Yes, the Loxone Audioserver is built around a multi-zone audio layer: a different track can play in every room, each with its own volume. Streaming services (including Spotify), radio and your own music library can all be used.

The speakers and the audio layer become part of the automation: they can wake you in the morning, or signal a doorbell or an alarm. It's worth planning the cabling for this at the design stage too.

The Loxone Miniserver controls everything locally on its own network, so every function keeps working even if the internet goes down; the system isn't dependent on the cloud. After a power cut, control resumes automatically and no settings are lost. An internet connection is only needed for remote access.

The system fundamentally runs locally, and data isn't stored in an external cloud. Remote access takes place over an encrypted connection, with per-user permission management. At installation we hand over secure default settings, and we also help with software updates.

The system doesn't need day-to-day maintenance. Software updates bring new features and security fixes, and our maintenance service helps with installing these and with periodic inspections.

Loxone is a fully-fledged system in its own right with its own app, but voice control and smart device integration can also be set up if you want them. We discuss the specific options at the site survey, since these depend on your existing device set-up.

KNX is a manufacturer-independent standard, while Loxone is a complete system built around central logic, which is faster to configure and more cost-effective. The two aren't mutually exclusive: the Miniserver also handles KNX, DALI, Modbus and 1-Wire devices, so an existing KNX system can be extended with Loxone control too.

For a home, where comfort, a ready-made app and fast configuration matter, Loxone is the obvious choice. For an industrial setting, custom technological control or larger buildings, the freely programmable WAGO PLC is the right fit. The two can also be combined; we cover the details on the WAGO automation page.

Yes, Loxone is modular and can be expanded at any time with new rooms or functions. We also take on the programming, expansion and troubleshooting of systems installed by others, so you're never tied to a single company.