Cherubini is an Italian manufacturing company founded in 1947. With branches in 6 countries - Italy, Spain, France, Germany, China, China - the company has been producing accessories for manual operation for solar protection for 40 years and devices for automatic operation for 20 years.
By 2018 Cherubini decided to take a step forward into the Internet of Things Universe via the number one Smart Home radio protocol Z-Wave.
The Open ZRX drive, for example, is equipped with two radio interfaces and a module for controlling the communication. The first interface is based on the Z-Wave protocol (Multipoint) and is able to communicate with all gateways on the market that use this standard. The second interface uses the Cherubini radio protocol CRC (Point-to-Point) which allows to control and adjust the actuator in the traditional way with Cherubini handheld transmitters. Since then, relevant achievements have been made. First the acquisition and integration of Widom and Widom Z-Wave devices ecosystem, a dual 433/Z-Wave tubular motor development and a new dual 433/Z-Wave gateway and APP development METAHome together with the development of new collaterals devices.
IoT world and open standardised worldwide protocols like Z-Wave opened an amazing new range of opportunities to Cherubini Group. For instance, by now these systems are the brain of such game changer house as Sunthalpy. The first solar house that works in the Atlantic climate.
Sunthalpy has developed and patented a technology that has allowed us to create the first 100 % solar/offgrid building in Atlantic climate, covering all the needs of a family of 4 members (including an electric vehicle and heated outdoor swimming pool). Sunthalpy has solved the two technical limits to achieve 100 % solar self-sufficient buildings, with no CO2 emissions.
So it can collect sufficient heat even in cloudy winter days, and it can store heat efficiently at structure or swimming-pools. But a body without a brain it is nothing. Cherubini Smart Home systems are now the brain of the first working Sunthalpy prototype and will be for new projects and developments.
The project will be presented as part of the Smart Home Forum at R+T digital by Mr. José Miguel Rubio Varas, partner of Cherubini for Smart Home projects.