How the Matter protocol could contribute to making homes more sustainable

… and make you save money

Florian Kromer
7 min readAug 29, 2024

Intro

By mistake I learned about the existence of the Matter protocol and how it could revolutionize the way how to get towards private net-zero homes (private homes consuming no energy from the public electricity network).

I was researching current smart home technologies from a home security perspective (cameras, locks, etc.). That way I figured out about the existence of the Matter protocol.

Why is Matter so great?

After digging a bit deeper into nerdy tech details I was kind of impressed. The security architecture of the system is that good that even me (pretty critical when it comes to IT security and data privacy) would install an energy management system based on Matter. I will not go into this topic cause it’s quite exhaustive and not relevant for end users (this article is meant for)… just believe me :)

The Matter protocol is the de-facto smart home standard nowadays. Over 500 companies joined the CSA (Connectivity Standard Alliance) as members: promoters, participants and/or adopters.

The Connectivity Standards Alliance is part of the World Economic Forum’s Council on the Connected World.

In the sustainable home context a lot of companies from industries we care about have already joined the CSA:

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