Category - Housing & life

“The consumer demands what he or she wants”

Günther Ohland is an expert and journalist for SmartHome, as well as a founding member of the SmartHome Initiative Germany. In our interview he addresses the social aspects of smart technologies and the development toward a customer market.

A house in people’s green: At any price?

A house in the countryside became the dream of many city slickers, especially in pandemic times. As a result, the costs for land, houses and restoration are also increasing massively. A comment by Anja Herberth.

Our homes are changing very slowly – why is that?

Smart building technologies have been available for more than two decades - the sector is now just starting to develop slowly. We take a look at the reasons: Why developments in the building sector have taken so long?