1. Method for controlling physical actuators in pervasive computing environments, wherein an entity—actuation space—is provided, said actuation space being configured to manage actuation requests and actuation status information, wherein at least one resource user sends one or more actuation requests to said actuation space that stores said one or more actuation requests, wherein at least one actuator resource controls at least one physical actuator on the basis of one or more of said actuation requests stored in said actuation space, wherein said at least one actuator resource sends actuation status information corresponding to one or more of said actuation requests to said actuation space, and wherein said at least one resource user and said at least one actuator resource share said actuation space.