Never sweat again: cool more smartly and efficiently with Homematic IP

An overheated bedroom that causes sleepless nights. A study whose high temperatures make it impossible to work. Or a living room that is heated up so much by the sun that relaxing is out of the question. Summers are getting hotter and hotter and forcing households to act. For many, the solution is an energy-hungry air conditioner. 

Homematic IP offers a cheaper, more convenient solution, however. Our smart home system can take over control of the shutters, the external blinds or the internal roller blinds, for instance, and thus prevent the rooms from heating up in the first place. This way, it’s impossible for you to forget to close the shutters in the morning and come home to a completely overheated house in the evening.

No additional devices needed

So that a smart home knows when the house is in danger of overheating in the summer, it needs additional sensors. However, these can be simple temperature sensors, and Homematic IP’s radiator and wall thermostats already come with those. So additional devices are often not even necessary. 

With a temperature sensor, Homematic IP’s heat protection function can be used. You can find it in the Homematic IP app in the “Shutter configuration” area. Define here at what room temperature the shutters should close. Alternatively, you can use the “Light sensor – outdoor” menu item. It measures the sunlight and can close the shutters if it is very strong. 

Heating that cools

Another way to get to grips with overheated rooms: use the underfloor heating to cool your home. To do this, it needs to be a water-borne underfloor heating system and you need to be using a heat pump that also permits cooling. If that’s the case, you can use the same Homematic IP components that are already reducing consumption in winter to save energy in summer. 

For example, this can be an underfloor heating controller that is connected to the underfloor heating valve drives in the heating manifold. Or you can opt for networked room thermostats that are wired to the underfloor heating valve drives. This allows you to create time profiles for both cooling and heating that determine when the rooms should be at what temperature.