TAHI does not believe that any organisation or group of organisations has the resources to tackle the whole market, rather we believe there are some sectors whose needs are higher and for whom the benefits are more readily apparent. Sectors where people will pay good money now for applications they really need. Early meetings of the TAHI Commercialisation Group have identified the following sectors as prime opportunities:

• Entertainment and Communication - this area will include all the normal audio visual systems but extend this to triple play with mobile communication and link into other home based systems.
• Energy Management & Sustainability - this area will include equipment management and remote monitoring of equipment in the home such as central heating systems, white goods and security systems
• Health, Telecare and Community - this area will include a wide range of systems that will help people to stay in their own homes longer, provide interactive contact, monitor their well-being and keep them secure.
• Building, Construction, Regeneration and Installation - this area will concentrate on the what the building industry needs to know and do to make houses smart and exploit the opportunities of connectivity.

Underpinning these groups, the TAHI Interoperability group will be working to deliver definitive requirements specifications for a TAHI Interoperability Framework and specific Industry Sectors and Applications

This will take the form of a General Requirements document stating how systems will work together in the Smart House and it is intended that all specific systems and deployments will conform to the philosophy.

TAHI is working closely with the DTI and together we are planning the creation of regional deployments. We will be bringing together the people that will champion deployments in each region and will include politicians and government - both national and local, builders, architects, planners and the community to design cohesive communities of smart homes and bring intelligence to connectivity.

To promote this we are planning a series of workshops for each of the identified market segments together with national seminars.

The DTI has expressed their support for this and for the creation of regional deployments. We will be working with the DTI to build contacts in other Government departments, in the construction, manufacturing and services industry and in the regions.

• Entertainment and Communication Group < > headed up by Mike Windsor of Digital Living

• Energy Management, Conservation and Green Issues < > headed by Ashley Pocock of EDF Energy

• Health Telecare & Community < > headed by Kim Spence-Jones of OpenHub Limited

• Building, Construction, Regeneration and Installation < > Alan Kell of i&i Limited

TAHI Members will be given to first choice for positions in working groups and consortia as these are being established.