Drebbel Automation designs, installs and maintains intelligent homes: lighting, climate, security, networking and energy as one coherent whole. Based near Alkmaar, serving the whole of the Netherlands and beyond.
Not a collection of gadgets, but a home designed as a whole, one you will still understand ten years from now.
From design to handover: every system in your home connected into one calm whole.
02Store, charge and consume intelligently, ready for the Dutch energy transition.
03Cameras, smart locks and alarms: vigilant, and respectful of your privacy.
04Lighting scenes and architectural LED that follow the rhythm of the day.
05Heat pump, heating and ventilation, controlled per zone: imperceptibly comfortable.
06Wired and wireless networking that is never the weakest link.
Twenty years of industrial automation and project leadership, now applied to homes.
No brand politics. We choose what suits your home and budget, and explain exactly why.
Your home keeps working without internet or cloud. Privacy and reliability, by design.
Design, installation, integration and aftercare in one hand, with certified partners where required.
Twenty years of pharmaceutical automation: documented, tested and properly handed over.
On 1 January 2027, the Dutch net-metering scheme for solar power ends. From that moment, every kilowatt-hour you use yourself counts double. A well-managed home battery with intelligent control prepares your home, and already earns its keep on today's dynamic energy market.
Energy & home batteriesNamed after Cornelis Drebbel (Alkmaar, 1572), inventor of the first thermostat: the first machine that regulated itself. Four centuries later, we build in the same spirit: technology that quietly does its work. The story behind the name →
Our own 2006 house has been fully modernised into a living laboratory: 19 zones across five levels, more than 850 data points, dozens of automations, from leak detection to air quality. Everything runs there first, for months, before we recommend it to you.
Visit the Lab HomeEvery home is different. That is why we never start with a quotation, but with an introduction.
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