Smart home installation is one of the few trades where demand is growing faster than the supply of people who know what they are doing. Homeowners want connected lighting, smart security, automated thermostats and voice control. Most of them cannot set it up reliably. That gap is where you come in. If you are an […]
It’s dark, you’re hungry, and you finally grab the right key, but now you can’t locate the keyhole. A bit frustrating…! Enter the smart lock and up-and-coming category of smart home devices that instantly recognize homeowners as they approach, turning on the entry light above the front door, opening the door with a reassuring snap […]
Installing smart wall switches and wall dimmers throughout a house can on occasion be costly and tedious because if often needs to be done by a qualified electrician. If that’s a consideration, then you may want to look into using Smart Light Bulbs to ‘smartify’ your in-home lights. Here are Gerard’s top ten things you […]
The smart home market has exploded in the past year – Did you know that more than 1.5 million smart home automation systems were installed in the U.S. last year! SMART HOMES ARE GONE MAINSTREAM! We’re on the cusp of home automation becoming really popular. Nearly everything in people’s houses can be connected nowadays – […]
Since there are more than a half dozen communication technologies for smart devices in existence today, a number of entrepreneurs have decided to build home automation controllers called smart home hubs. Here are some key characteristics of a smart home hub: SMART HUBS DEFINED A smart home hub is best defined as an electronic bridge […]
So; the Smart Home played center stage at this year’s glitzy CES 2015! Well did it? Not so sure; here are brief thoughts on the various announcements… BELKIN WEMO – OPTIMISTIC Really like this one; Belkin the company that owns WeMo, has been doing some good stuff over the past two to three years.. and […]
In this follow up article to my recent post all about installing the NEST smart thermostat. I want to provide you with some details on the ‘ins and out’s’ of getting a smart smoke and CO detector up and running… SO WHAT ARE SMART SMOKE DETECTORS? Did you know that nearly a billion smoke and […]
In this article, I’m excited to talk all about our new NEST Installation smart thermostats, which just went live recently! Before I get into the nitty gritty of NEST; there’s a couple of things – firstly, I want to provide some background details about smart thermostats..
News in the smart house space is starting to level out a bit, so I’m thinking that about 3 new stories a week is probably a good benchmark. Of course, that could change, anyway here are this week’s updates in the Smart House space:
As always, lots going on in the smart house space this week. Here are three news items that caught our attention in recent times:
As always, lots going on in the smart house space this week. Here are three news items that caught our attention in recent times:
As always, lots going on in the smart home space this week. Here are a couple of news items that caught our attention:
