Drebbel Automation · Home automation, home battery & light

01 · BUILD IT YOUR WAY

Start anywhere.
It all becomes one system.

Every project is composed around your home and your priorities. These are the four ways people usually begin.

Comfort & light

Scenes per room and per moment, circadian light, heating per zone instead of per house. Comfort you feel rather than see.

Lighting scenes and occupancy detection Zoned heating, ventilation on air quality Blinds and bespoke LED in the same scenes

57light points in our own home

Energy & battery

A well-managed battery stores your solar surplus, buys energy when it is cheap and sells when it is expensive. We design, deliver and manage it.

Battery sized to your usage: Victron, Sigenergy, Sessy Dynamic tariff optimisation, €300 to €800 a year Smart EV charging on solar surplus, paperwork included

1 Jan 2027net metering ends, by law

Security & access

Vigilant, without watching you. Protection for your home and your privacy at the same time, no cloud required.

Cameras and doorbell, footage stays in your home Smart locks: personal codes, full entry log Leak sensors that can shut the water main

0subscriptions required

The complete home

One accountable partner from design to aftercare, with certified specialists for mains work. Documented like industry, explained like a good neighbour.

Wired and wireless networking that never drops Existing systems modernised, cabling preserved Service agreement: monitoring, updates, annual inspection

1200+data points in our own home

02 · THE 2027 MOMENT

Your energy, orchestrated

From 2027, every kilowatt-hour you keep and use yourself counts double. The system watches prices, sun and your habits, and moves energy where it earns the most.

166 daysuntil the Dutch salderingsregeling ends on 1 January 2027, by law. Counted live, like everything else on this page.

€300-800realistic yearly yield of a managed battery

1M+Dutch households already on dynamic tariffs

No inflated promises: these are live market figures, and we will show you the sources. Honest numbers are a feature.

FIG. 1 · AS IT RUNS AT THE LAB HOME TODAY

03 · ONE CALM DASHBOARD

Your whole home,
in your hand

One screen for light, warmth, energy, cameras and locks. It runs in your own home, works without internet, and never sends your life to someone else's cloud.

Local first. The system lives in your meter cupboard, not in a data centre. Internet down? Your home does not notice. No subscriptions. You own the system. No monthly fees to keep your own house working. Everyone can use it. Wall switches still work. Guests need no app. The technology stays invisible until you want it.

Screenshot of the real Lab Home app: every zone and summary on one screen

04 · WHY IT HOLDS

Built like infrastructure,
not like gadgets

Privacy by architecture

Camera footage, presence patterns and energy data stay physically inside your home. Not because a policy says so, but because the system is built that way. What never leaves cannot leak.

Fails gracefully

Internet down? Scenes, heating, security and the switches on your wall keep working. Only remote access waits for the connection to return. Your home never notices.

Yours to keep

No subscriptions, no lock-in. You own the system, and it is documented so any engineer can read it. Ten years from now it will still make sense.

Hasan Verinç, founder of Drebbel Automation

HASAN VERİNÇ · FOUNDER, DREBBEL AUTOMATION

05 · THE ENGINEER

Hi, I'm Hasan.

For twenty years I automated pharmaceutical processes, machines and plants: places where a failed sensor stops a production line, and "it usually works" is not an acceptable answer. Then I turned that discipline on the place I care about most, our family home in Sint Pancras.

Drebbel Automation grew out of that house. It is named after Cornelis Drebbel, the Alkmaar inventor who built the first machine that regulated itself, in 1572. Same idea, four and a half centuries on: a home that quietly takes care of things.

"If it is not good enough for my own family, it does not leave the workshop."

1572Drebbel builds the first self-regulating machine, in Alkmaar

20 yearsof automating pharmaceutical processes, machines and plants

2006the family house in Sint Pancras that became the Lab Home

1engineer as your single point of contact, from design to care

06 · THE LAB HOME

We live in our own showcase

Everything we sell runs in our own house, day and night, tested by the strictest client there is: a family that must not notice it. Come and experience it yourself, by appointment.

18zones

1200+data points

100%local

Visit the Lab Home Sint Pancras, near Alkmaar

The front entry of the Lab Home in Sint Pancras

THE HOUSE THAT SELLS THE WORK

07 · FROM HELLO TO HANDOVER

A method, not a gamble

Introduction

Free, at your home or by video. We listen first and are honest about what is not worth doing.

Design

A brand-independent plan: systems, controls, cabling and budget. The design is yours to keep.

Realisation

Smart installation by us, mains work by certified partners, one schedule and one point of contact.

Care

Documented handover, then monitoring, updates and an annual inspection if you want us to stay involved.

GOOD QUESTIONS

Asked before, answered honestly

Usually not. Modern wireless standards handle most retrofits beautifully, and where cabling exists we reuse it. New builds and major renovations are the moment to wire properly, and we will tell you exactly where it matters.

Every home is different, so we never quote from a price list. After a free introduction you receive a design with a clear budget before anything is ordered. You will find realistic numbers in it, not brochure promises.

Nothing, and that is the point. The system runs locally in your home. Scenes, heating, security and switches keep working; only remote access waits for the connection to return.

In most solar households, yes: a managed battery earns money on dynamic prices today and becomes essential when net metering ends on 1 January 2027. We size it honestly; if it does not pay off for your situation, we will say so.

Usually, yes. Older KNX, alarm or multiroom systems often have excellent cabling and outdated brains. We modernise what is there and rescue your earlier investment instead of replacing everything.

Conversations flow easily in English and Turkish. Hasan understands Dutch well and is learning it fast, so email, messages and all documentation are perfectly fine in Dutch. In the interest of honesty: spoken Dutch is still limited, and we would rather tell you here than at your front door.

Yes: projects in Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg, and remote consultancy across Western Europe.

A home that runs itself.
Efficiently.

Start anywhere.
It all becomes one system.

Comfort & light

Energy & battery

Security & access

The complete home

Your energy, orchestrated

Your whole home,
in your hand

Built like infrastructure,
not like gadgets

Privacy by architecture

Fails gracefully

Yours to keep

Hi, I'm Hasan.

We live in our own showcase

A method, not a gamble

Introduction

Design

Realisation

Care

Asked before, answered honestly

Every home is different.
So we begin by listening.

Start anywhere.It all becomes one system.

Comfort & light

Energy & battery

Security & access

The complete home

Your energy, orchestrated

Your whole home,in your hand

Built like infrastructure,not like gadgets

Privacy by architecture

Fails gracefully

Yours to keep

Hi, I'm Hasan.

We live in our own showcase

A method, not a gamble

Introduction

Design

Realisation

Care

Asked before, answered honestly

Every home is different.So we begin by listening.

Start anywhere.
It all becomes one system.

Your whole home,
in your hand

Built like infrastructure,
not like gadgets

Every home is different.
So we begin by listening.