Abstract: An apparatus for automation of the operative functionalities of one or more electrical loads of an environment, which comprises at least a centralized control device, comprising at least one processing unit, one or more peripheral electronic devices, operatively connected to said control device, and a digital communication network for enabling exchange of information between said control device and said peripheral electronic devices. Said control device comprises a software architecture of a distributed type, which comprises a plurality of software modules that mutually interact, so as to render substantially independent of one another the operations of configuration of the functionalities of said peripheral electronic devices and the operations of management of the flow of information from/to said peripheral electronic devices.