It’s more than just a theme park attraction; it’s a living laboratory.
Builders looking to put a package of Z-Wave products together will want to include the wireless thermostat from Residential Control Systems. The wireless system lets home buyers manage their HVAC system with a remote, over a PC, or with a cell phone. The unit works with all standard gas/electric...
EI’s new system lets builders offer a digital concierge service.
A Las Vegas builder now offers Control 4 as standard.
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A builder in Bellvue, Wash., offers home automation as a part of a luxury condo project.
With its warm woods and decadent finishes, this upscale residence offers proof that a high-tech home needn't be sterile to get its groove on. The ideal home-automation system is so seamless that it's nearly invisible, and can happily coexist with any style of interior design, including one that...
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GREG NUTT, PRESIDENT OF SOUTHAMPTON Homes, is very clear about the demographic he's targeting with the AMX system that will come standard at Regency Estates, his new, 61-unit townhome project in the Chicago suburb of St. Charles, Ill., which is also where the builder is based.
BUILDERS COPING WITH A MUCH slower housing market are beginning to see how home technology can give them a competitive edge.
BUILDERS ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR low-cost, home-tech upgrades that bring the digital lifestyle to life for their home buyers.
MOST OF THE COMMUNITY INTRANETS that builders have rolled out do a good job of letting homeowners form clubs or sign up for a golf game online, but very few manage security rights well, and even fewer integrate with a homeowner's consumer electronics and home automation system.
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HOMEPORT, A NEW HOME-AUTOMATION product from Cutting Edge Solutions in Westford, Mass., lets homeowners use the Web to make simple selections and updates over a home-automation system based on an AMX controller.
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- Home-automation vendor Control 4's entry-level system is now available starting at $2,500.
- Home-tech research group iSuppli reports that multiroom DVR boxes to expand to more that 50 million units by 2010.
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- Alarm.com now offering PDA connctivity for its wireless security systems.
- Home Automation Inc. introduces Lumina, a low-cost lighting product for home buyers.
NETSTREAMS OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, IS among the few home-tech providers that can offer builders a distinct path to creating home systems that run over Internet protocol (IP).
SMARTHOME, BEST KNOWN AS AN ONLINE distributor of home automation products, has reconfigured its corporate image, changing its name to SmartLabs to better reflect the company's recent shift toward new product development.
These have been heady months for the Z-Wave Alliance.
Americans love their ipods and their big plasma-screen TVs, but the United States is still far behind the curve compared with Asia when it comes to wireless technology and home automation.
The debate over whether wireless will one day eliminate the need for structured wiring has for years ended with some major sticking points—first and foremost that there are no wireless systems that can reliably run high-definition (HD) video.
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN home automation will drive costs down from in excess of $50,000 to about $10,000 for an average 2,000- square-foot house in the year ahead. Here are a few companies with systems that come in at right around that amount ...
AS 2005 RECEDES, EXCITEMENT IS brewing among consumer electronics companies that 2006 could be the year vendors finally start making some headway with production home builders.