House wires: Home automation is slowly approaching

Most homes have basic forms of automation, such as television remote controls and central heating timers. The Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association (CEDIA), the trade organization for the home automation industry was set up 10 years ago, catering for the high end of the home electronics market. The Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust has introduced home automation to two demonstrator homes, as part of broader research into the way people interact with their living environment. However the widespread introduction of home automation is hampered by cost and people's attitudes to change.