22/05/2026
The Future Homes Standard is not only a construction challenge.
It is a control challenge.
eHome2, created by Saint-Gobain UK & Ireland and Barratt Developments, was built to test future housing solutions inside the University of Salford’s Energy House 2.0 facility.
The challenge was clear:
How do you bring together heat pumps, PV, battery storage, EV charging, ventilation, shading, water safety, heating zones and energy monitoring - without creating a home full of separate controls?
Delivered by Zmart Hohm, LOXONE became the automation platform for eHome2.
It controls and monitors LOXONE devices alongside third-party technologies, while also giving the University of Salford’s research team the data and visualisation needed to study how the home performs.
This is exactly the issue developers will face as new homes become more technology-led.
Installing low-carbon technology is only part of the answer.
The real value comes when those systems work together intelligently, automatically and simply.
One system.
One app.
One solution.
Explore how LOXONE helps answer the Future Homes Standard:
https://www.loxone.com/enen/lp/future-homes-standard-solution/
Read more about the eHome2 case study here:
https://www.loxone.com/enen/blog/ehome2-future-homes-standards/
