Effective Pre-Commissioning and Account Management in Smart Homes

Karl Jonsson, LUUM.iO

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Virtual

Thursday
March 13, 2025
8:00 am - 9:00 am EST

Credits TBD

Intermediate

Installing smart lighting in residential settings presents unique challenges not seen in commercial projects. Homeowners, tenants, and guests now expect these systems to seamlessly integrate with their existing smart home ecosystems such as Apple HomeKit, Google Home, and Alexa, utilizing cutting-edge onboarding technologies and protocols like Matter. A significant issue arises with the transfer and restoration of commissioning data across different accounts—whether when homeowners change, guests rent through platforms like Airbnb, or during the handover from installer to tenant accounts. This complexity and ongoing maintenance requirement have led some home builders to hesitate in constructing smart homes, despite the potential to charge a premium for these advanced features.

Basic knowledge of commissioning is recommended

Learning Objectives

  • Learn best practices of pre-commissioning residential projects before tenant moves in without Internet or change of accounts.
  • Learn how to offer homeowners an easy on-boarding experience to take control of their home in a secure and fast way, without setting up new accounts or downloading apps.
  • Learn how to reset and remotely manage temporary access to a smart home system for hospitality and short-term rental.
  • Learn about available tools, protocols and equipment needed to commission a home and comparison between different systems.

Speaker

Karl Jonsson
Karl Jonsson
Chief Product and Innovation Officer
LUUM.iO

Karl is an experienced technology creator and innovator with over 20 years of expertise in Lighting, Controls, IoT and Energy Management across multiple industry sectors, such as Entertainment, Commercial and Consumer solutions. He has most recently led the Wemo Smart Home Business unit at Belkin International and studied Power over Ethernet and LVDC designs for lighting, with a focus on decarbonization, for the past 7 years. Karl has held several high-level positions with industry-leading companies, including Cisco, Belkin, Tridonic and Zumtobel, and has an impressive track record of visionary thinking, with 70+ patents, including early patents for wireless light bulbs later acquired by Signify. He has contributed to industry standards such as ZigBee, Thread, Z-Wave, TCLA, Matter and the IPSO Alliance, and co-founded the IoT Ready Alliance with Enlighted Inc, which was adopted by DIIA in 2019. Karl is currently a board member of Zumtobel Lighting Inc and eTactica ehf, as well as an advisory member to Lexi devices and Mnmmod building solutions. He holds a B.Sc. in Electronics and M.Sc. in IT and Computer Science from universities in Copenhagen and is an Icelandic citizen.

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