Services

Light, shading & comfort.

How a house feels is decided by lighting, shading and climate — every day, without anyone thinking about it. We design them as one layer, coordinated with the architecture and interior architecture.

5services in this pillar
800DALI luminaires in one project
3Dlighting scenes before the build
1operating logic throughout the house
Our approach

Comfort does not come from more functions.

Light is planned, not distributed

We settle reflected ceiling plans, outlets and recess positions with the lighting designer before drylining begins. After that every luminaire sits where it belongs — and not where the outlet happened to be.

One operating logic for everything

Lighting, shading, climate and scenes sit on the same push-button sensors, in the same arrangement. Even years later nobody has to think about where something is.

Coordinated with the interior

Material, colour and lettering of the control points we decide together with the interior designer. Technology should fit into the room, not stand in front of it.

What it includes

5 services in this pillar.

Each planned on its own — their full strength shows in the interplay.

Lighting design

Light designed like architecture — with 3D rendering, DALI technology and luminaires that belong to the interior.

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Shading & solar protection

External venetian blinds that follow the position of the sun: daylight without glare in winter, cool rooms in summer.

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Heating & indoor climate

Individual room control, ventilation and heat pump as one KNX system — the bathroom warm in the morning, the bedroom cool.

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Lighting control & scenes

Twelve light sources are atmosphere — or twelve switching decisions every evening. Scenes take the choice off your hands.

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Garden irrigation

Soil moisture per zone instead of watering by the clock. Fully tied into the house control.

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The framework

This pillar is one of four.

Think all four together and you get a house instead of four systems. To the overview of all services.

Where we work

Lighting & comfort in Cologne, Düsseldorf & NRW.

smartfabrik is a smart home planning practice based in Düsseldorf (Reisholzer Werftstr. 31A). We plan for private clients and companies in Cologne, Düsseldorf and across North Rhine-Westphalia — and, where wanted, nationwide and internationally. A selection of the places we have already planned and delivered in:

FAQ

Clearly answered.

What does dedicated lighting design give you over standard luminaires?

You see the lighting moods as a rendering before the first cable run is laid — dinner, cooking, television, stairs. What is decided there does not have to be corrected later, and correcting would mean opening the ceiling.

Do I need KNX for that?

Not for individual luminaires. As soon as lighting, shading and climate are to respond to one scene together, a common layer is needed — and for that KNX is the open, long-lived route.

Can existing rooms be retrofitted?

Often yes, by wireless or over existing cable routes. We tell you early where retrofitting pays for itself and where it does not — even when the answer argues against us getting the job.

The first step

Seeing it before it is built.

Lighting scenes and control points can be handled in the showroom — and experienced beforehand in the rendering.

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