Which smart home systems does FATE work with?

We design and install on the KNX open standard, and across the major professional platforms — Basalte, Clipsal C-Bus, Lutron and Control4 — choosing the system to suit the home rather than forcing one brand on every job.

What is circadian lighting, and is it worth it?

It's lighting that shifts colour and brightness through the day to match your body clock — cool and bright in the morning, warm and dim at night. It supports better sleep and energy, and paired with flicker-free DALI control it's genuinely easier on the eyes. For a premium home it's one of the most felt upgrades there is.

Does everything run from one app?

Yes — one interface for lighting, climate, security, blinds, audio and energy. We program it so day-to-day control is simple, with the depth there when you want it.

Will it still work if the internet drops out?

Core functions — lighting, climate and scenes — run on the local system in the home, so they keep working without an internet connection. Remote access needs the internet, but the home itself doesn't depend on it.

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Smart Home

Your home, in sync.

Lighting, climate, music, security and energy — designed around how you actually live, and answered with a single touch. Automation that feels like calm, not gadgetry.

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A day in your home

One home, in tune with your day

6:45am

The home wakes with you.

What your home does

Blinds rise to meet the sun
Lights lift cool and bright
Underfloor takes the chill off
Coffee playlist through the kitchen

Light & wellbeing

Your home should know what time it is

Most homes pour the same hard, bright light into every room at every hour — 7am and 11pm lit identically. Yours won’t. The light shifts through the day with your body, not against it.

6amMidday6pmMidnight

The same room — morning · midday · evening

Morning

Cool, clean light rises with you — the house wakes the way a good morning should.

Midday

Light you don't think about. Just there, just right.

Evening

As the sun drops, the lights warm and dim on their own. The day winds down without you touching a thing.

Night

Up at 2am? A low amber glow lights your path — enough to see, never enough to wake you.

You sleep better without trying. Mornings have an edge. The kids settle. And because every light is flicker-free, dimmed by DALI, it never tires your eyes.

Tuned to the WELL standard — bright, cool light by day, warm and dim by night
Genuinely flicker-free, dimmed by DALI — no eye strain, no headaches
Warm amber overnight, so melatonin stays where it should

Like a fine restaurant refilling your glass before you reach for it, it’s the kind of luxury you stop noticing — until you’re somewhere without it. You won’t be able to un-feel it.

What it does

Every layer, one home.

Circadian lighting.

Light that shifts with your body clock through the day.

Cool and bright by morning, warm and dim by night, amber overnight — better sleep, more energy, and genuinely flicker-free dimming.

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Lighting control.

Scenes and dimming across the whole home, one touch.

Basalte, Lutron or C-Bus keypads designed to your switch-plate finishes — every mood from one elegant interface, never a wall of switches.

Climate.

Heating and cooling on the same system as everything else.

Zones, schedules and temperatures live alongside your lighting — concealed, quiet and controlled from one place.

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Security & access.

Cameras, intercom, alarm and smart entry, designed in.

Cabled properly during the build and tied into the same app, so the home looks after itself whether you're home or away.

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Energy & solar.

See and control your home's energy in one place.

Solar, battery and consumption monitored alongside everything else — your own power, working harder.

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Audio & entertainment.

Multi-room audio and media, wired invisibly.

In-ceiling speakers, media rooms and whole-home audio planned with the electrical, so the technology disappears into the architecture.

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Hidden in plain sight

The best technology is the kind you never see.

No clutter, no wall of switches, no three remotes on the coffee table — just a home that quietly works. We design the system into the architecture, so you feel it without ever looking at it.

Basalte black marble — premium KNX finishes

Built on KNX

The world's standard, certified by FATE.

The professional standard

KNX is the global open standard for home and building automation — the system behind the world's finest homes. It's the serious end of smart home, not a box of consumer gadgets.

Never locked in

Because KNX is an open protocol, you're never tied to one brand. Any KNX-certified product works with the system, so your home can evolve for decades without being ripped out.

KNX certified

FATE is KNX certified — we design, install and program to the standard, so the system is engineered properly and runs reliably for the life of the home.

Smart home questions

Good to know.

Before rough-in. The cabling backbone — lighting control, data, speaker and sensor runs — has to be planned with the electrical and the architecture early. Designing it in from the start is what keeps the wiring invisible and avoids compromises later.