High-end residential · Tenerife
Engineering and integration for luxury villas.
A 1,000 m² villa is operated more like a small hotel than like a home. We integrate it with the same engineering we use in five-star hotels: lighting, climate, blinds, pool, energy, security and AV working as one single system. KNX Awards 2022 · runner-up in Smart Home Europe and People’s Choice.
What we deliver in a villa
Engineering from the design stage
We come in alongside the architect and the builder, not after the tiling. Bus diagrams, panel sizing, conduit planning and bill of materials before the electrical layout is set out. Arriving late does not make the installation impossible, but it makes it more expensive and more limited.
One system, not seven apps
KNX as the common layer across the house. DALI lighting, climate, sun-tracking blinds, pool, irrigation, access control, multiroom audio and energy are all driven from the same keypads and the same touch panels, with the same scenes.
Plant room included
Pumps, central HVAC, domestic hot water, PV, batteries and the EV charger are part of the system. Where the manufacturer does not speak KNX, we integrate over Modbus RTU/TCP or BACnet. This is what separates a villa from a large apartment.
The ETS project is handed over
When the job is finished, the ETS file with the full programming is yours. Any KNX certified integrator can take over tomorrow. It is a contractual guarantee that you are not locked in — neither to us nor to a single manufacturer.
Why a villa is not just a big house
Installation scale
Hundreds of devices on the bus, several lines and couplers, a topology that has to be calculated. Sizing stops being trivial, and design mistakes are paid for on site, not on screen.
Commercial-building subsystems
Heated pool, irrigation, DHW, pressure set, PV with export, VRV or heat-pump climate. These are building-grade plants, with their own protocols and operating logic, sitting inside a home.
More than one user
The villa is used daily by house staff, maintenance and the gardener, and the owner is often away for months. The system is designed for all three profiles, with different permissions and alerts, not only for the owner.
Sun, salt and wind
The climate in southern Tenerife is hard on the façade and the envelope. Blinds and awnings with solar tracking and automatic weather protection, and a climate strategy that works with the architecture instead of fighting it.
Awards and third-party coverage
You do not have to take our word for it.
Our work is documented by the KNX Association itself and by the manufacturers we integrate. These three links leave this site and can be checked in one click.
KNX Association
KNX Awards 2022 — two runner-up places
Villa 101 in Adeje was a Nominee at the KNX Awards 2022 and came second in the Smart Home Award Europe (technical jury) and second in People’s Choice (open vote of the international KNX community).
View on knx.orgKNX Projects · PRJ002713
Official project record
The technical documentation for Villa 101 is published on the KNX Association international project portal: floor area, number of bus devices, integrated protocols and implemented functions.
View on projects.knx.orgABB
Case study published by ABB
ABB devoted a case study on its official website to the automation of Villa 101, detailing the KNX integration and the equipment used in the installation.
View on new.abb.comFinished villas you can verify
Adeje · 2022
Villa 101
Nominee at the KNX Awards 2022, runner-up in both Smart Home Europe and People’s Choice. Official project record published by the KNX Association (PRJ002713) and a case study of its own published by ABB. DALI lighting, sun-tracking blinds, climate, access control, pool, irrigation, audio, energy and renewables.
Barranco del Inglés · 2018
Villa 18
Architecture by Del Pozo Arquitectos. KNX keypads with scenes that can be recorded from the house itself, individual and group blind control, DALI dimming and presence detection outdoors.
La Caleta · 2023
Detached luxury home
Dimming on every light point, scenes per room, automatic switch-off so no load is left running, and exterior lighting driven by time of day and actual daylight level.
Villas and high-end homes in Tenerife
View all →Adeje, Tenerife
Villa 101 — Adeje
Barranco del Inglés, Adeje, Tenerife
Villa Barranco del Inglés 18
La Caleta, Adeje, Tenerife
Vivienda Unifamiliar de Lujo — La Caleta
Barranco del Inglés, Costa Adeje, Tenerife
Villa Barranco del Inglés — Parcela 66
Residencial Anaga, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Villa de Lujo — Residencial Anaga
La Caleta, Costa Adeje, Tenerife
Villa de Lujo — La Caleta, Costa Adeje
Standards we integrate
Frequently asked questions
What people building a villa ask us.
At what point in the build should we call you?
At design stage, before the electrical layout is set out. That is when panel locations, conduits and cable sizes are decided, and everything else follows from it. It can also be done on a finished house, with more builder’s work and some KNX-RF modules where cable can no longer reach.
If I want to change company later, am I locked in?
No. On completion we hand over the ETS file with the full programming, which is the living documentation of the installation. Any KNX certified integrator can continue from there. It is a contract condition, not a favour.
Can you integrate the pool, the PV and the car charger?
Yes, and we usually do. Filtration, pool heating, the PV inverter, the battery and the charger are integrated over Modbus RTU/TCP or BACnet and driven from the same system as the lighting. That allows, for example, shifting charging and water heating to the hours of solar surplus.
How much does automating a villa in Tenerife cost?
It depends on floor area, on the scope of control and on whether we come in during the build or afterwards, so the range is wide. We do a free site visit and come back within 48 hours with a detailed proposal broken down by line item, so you can compare it item by item against anyone else.
Does it work with Alexa, Google Home or Apple HomeKit?
Yes, through standard IP gateways. We recommend it as a complement, never as the backbone: the KNX bus keeps working even if the internet goes down, and a villa cannot be left without lights because a cloud service has an incident.
Do you work with the architect and the interior designer?
Yes. Switch ranges, finishes, recessed fittings and lighting profiles are agreed with them, and scene design is done on the lighting project, not on a catalogue. In high-end work it is the only way for the technology not to show.
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Technical advice
Have a villa in design or under construction?
Tell us the floor area, the stage it is at and what you want to control. We come back with a realistic technical proposal, broken down by line item, within 48 hours. Site visits in Tenerife are free of charge.
