DELOS

It’s easiest to think of DARWIN as a system of systems with individual components produced by different companies, vetted for their compatibility and ultimately optimized through DARWIN’s proprietary algorithms and sensor technologies. The aim is to create living spaces that help reduce stress, improve sleep quality, and enhance overall well-being. Home automation systems by Crestron, Lutron, Savant, and Control4 are currently part of the DARWIN ecosystem, and Scialla expects the product and manufacturer catalog will grow as more DARWIN-compliant components come on line.

Backed by over seven years of research, DARWIN publicly launched Sept. 1 in Australia as a standard feature in several thousand new units from one of the country’s largest production home builders. While the company has already been involved in a few dozen custom homes in California, its formal entrance to the U.S. market will be early 2019 in Las Vegas as part of the KB Home ProjeKt—a demonstration home from KB Home, BUILDER, and KTGY Architecture + Planning—that will be open to attendees of the Consumer Electronics Show in January and the International Builders’ Show in February.