Stronger together – Vaillant becomes a Connected Comfort brand partner

• Smart living concepts for all rooms in the home

• Showroom in Alling, near Munich

Home technology systems that work together in perfect harmony are an important prerequisite for the living concepts of the future. In order to make this a reality, leading manufacturers of home technology have joined forces under the umbrella of the “Connected Comfort” initiative. “Together, we can offer discerning homeowners a real smart home system,” says Christian Sieg, Head of Product and Service Management at Vaillant Germany. “The market is dominated by many individual concepts in this area. But they can’t be linked together to form a complete solution. That is what Connected Comfort will change, making it possible to control the entire connected home technology system at the touch of a button.”

Well-planned scenario management for everyday living

What is the added value for the user? From securing the property, to controlling the entire entertainment system, to turning the bathroom into a spa, Connected Comfort’s networked solutions offer real luxury living. Individual functions such as opening the window shutters in the morning, slowly increasing the brightness of the lights and heating the bathroom before it is used were translated into various different scenarios.

There are a total of seven scenarios that allow users to control all of the building systems at the touch of a button – either via a tablet PC or remotely via smartphone. Are all of the windows closed? Is the alarm on? Did I remember to switch off the oven or the iron? Users need only look at their smartphones to check whether everything is okay at home. The basis for all this is intelligent home technology components that, as part of Connected Comfort, all work in perfect harmony with each other. The scenarios are programmed by a skilled technician.

The KNX-Bus forms the basis for controlling the systems. Gira has provided the all-important foundation for the intelligent building systems with its Gira Homeserver. Vaillant is responsible for connectivity in the areas of heating, cooling and hot water. Further partners include the bathroom-fixture manufacturer Dornbracht, the household electronics specialist Miele, Revox (audio), Loewe (TV) and the lighting manufacturer Brumberg.

At a 160 m2 loft set up by Sedlmayr bad & wellness GmbH in Alling, near Munich, visitors can already get a first-hand, full sensory experience of what it is like to live with Connected Comfort’s intelligent, networked solutions.

In addition, the website www.connected-comfort.de will soon host a virtual Connected Comfort experience. Connected Comfort services are currently available in Germany.

About Vaillant

The Vaillant Group is an internationally active company based in Remscheid, Germany, which operates in the fields of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning technology. As one of the global market and technology leaders, the Vaillant Group develops and manufactures customised products, systems and services to provide a comfortable living environment. Its product portfolio ranges from efficient heating devices based on conventional energy sources to system solutions for using renewable energy. In the financial year 2020, the company, which has been family-owned since its foundation in 1874, generated sales of more than €2.7 billion with its workforce of about 15,000.