From Sekisui House to a new smart home, you can also monitor and operate the house with a drawing-linked smartphone app

Sekisui House's smart home service "PLATFORM HOUSE touch"

Proposals for a way of living that will live in the 100-year era

According to Mr. Hiroaki Yoshida, General Manager of Platform House Promotion Department of the company, this is the first step of the platform house concept promoted by the company.

The company positions the platform house concept as "a proposal for a new way of living to live a 100-year life using IoT." He wants to propose something that is different from the so-called general image of a smart home.

So far, the company has proposed safe and secure housing with 30 years from 1960 as the first phase, and housing pursuing comfort such as energy saving with 30 years from 1990 as the second phase. Positioning 2020 to 2050 as the third phase, we will deliver the happiness and comfort of the 100-year life, such as health, connection, and learning. To that end, we have a vision of becoming a global company that integrates and provides hardware, software, and services centered on housing.

The company breaks down the concept of intangible assets in the 100-year life, that is, what happiness is, into three points: "health," "connection," and "learning." We will continue to play an active role in health for a long time, and while maintaining connections with people, we will continue to learn to discover new possibilities, and while accumulating and utilizing living environment data and lifestyle data obtained through IoT etc. , I want to become a partner for making happiness.

There were three main points to be considered as a long-term partner. The first is that the information security inside the dwelling unit has been strengthened by installing an edge system. The second is to be able to stall and use services one after another. The third is to accumulate lifestyle data and living environment data. The more you use it, the more useful services you can feed back. By realizing these, it is possible to update the house steadily.

In recent years, while theft crimes such as burglary have decreased, crimes such as cyber attacks have been on the rise. Security is the most important item in order to respond to such threats. A high level of information security is ensured by connecting to the Internet and the cloud via the edge system. For the first time in the industry, it has won the certification mark of CCDS (Important Living Equipment Cooperation Security Council) with two stars.

According to Mr. Tsukasa Ogino, the representative director of CCDS who attended the press conference, the work style has changed significantly due to the Korona-ka in recent years due to the progress of IT lifestyles, but while the number of convenient devices increases, it is attacked by security. The current situation is that the number of possible gates has increased.

The company has often proposed cybersecurity guidelines in collaboration with national guidelines and industry groups. Regarding the home security field this time, we have implemented more strict item settings while covering the guidelines of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Since threat analysis and risk assessment are well conducted, great expectations have been placed on building strong security.

Check the operation such as air conditioner, security and living environment from the application

Based on these, Sekisui House will start selling PLATFORM HOUSE touch, the first installation of the platform house.

Platform House Touch is a drawing-linked service that uses smartphones. "My home remote control" that can operate housing equipment such as air conditioners and lighting with a timer, "Self-home security" such as notification of abnormalities in windows and entrances and ringing of fire alarms, notification of family returning home and going out, room temperature and humidity sensor We will develop services centered on "living environment monitoring" such as visualization of status and confirmation of remote control history of equipment.

Customers who used it in advance responded that they turned off the lights from the app all at once before going to bed, and noticed that they forgot to turn off the air conditioner or close the entrance after going out. It can be seen that the habit of using apps has reduced the number of people who inadvertently forget. In addition, it was often used to turn on the air conditioner in advance before returning home. The company wants to make new proposals that fit the user from such lifestyle logs.

The monthly price is 2,200 yen, and an initial cost is required. Initially, Sekisui House's newly built detached houses in the Kanto and Kansai areas will be sold in advance, and will be expanded nationwide from December 1 (excluding Okinawa Prefecture).