Mar 25, 2020 | Smart Home, Technology
I am pleased to announce my Smarter Homes Podcast that can be found on Apple Podcasts. With the evolving world of technology, our homes need to be connected more than ever. Homeowners and residents are faced with many choices and decisions, and numerous...
Nov 25, 2019 | Lighting Control, Smart Home, Technology
Imagine… Your alarm clock peacefully wakes you up at 5am. As you remove the bed covers, and your feet touch the floor, a suptle glow of light illuminates your path to the bathroom and robe, allowing you to change into your gym clothes in an unobtrusive, dimmed...
Nov 29, 2017 | Smart Home, Technology
After more than twent-six years in the consumer electronics and relating industries, I have joined CEDIA (Custom Electronics Design and Installation Association), and can now call myself a CEDIA Member. “CEDIA is the leading global authority in the $14 billion...
Aug 9, 2017 | Lighting, Lighting Control, Music, Smart Home, Technology, Television
In this series of articles, I discuss and review how rooms and areas of a home can benefit from currently available technologies that are key elements of a smart home. Your sanctuary It is well known that bathrooms and ensuites are one of the most renovated...
Aug 8, 2017 | Smart Home, Technology
The terms Connected Home and Smart Home are often confused as being the same thing to describe a home with electronics and technology. However, they are very different – the connected home vs the smart home. Connected home Connect (verb): (with object)...
Aug 4, 2017 | Lighting, Lighting Control, Smart Home, Technology
Natural light changes colour throughout the day – from a morning sunrise glow, to a bright midday sun, to a rich warm sunset. We have the technology to change the colour of artificial light in our homes – Human centric lighting*. Clockwise The human...
Mar 5, 2017 | Lighting, Lighting Control, Smart Home, Technology
“While every person is unique, human behaviour is predictable” ~ Anon Our daily lives are mostly predictable, or at least very regular; from the moment we wake, to when we sleep. A well designed smart home can take advantage of regularity, to automate...
Nov 5, 2016 | Lighting, Lighting Control, Smart Home, Technology
The evolution of LED lighting together with modern lighting design philosophies, and local design and building regulations, sees more complex lighting designs today than those of the past. With more lights and different types of lights in a building, effective control...
Mar 31, 2016 | Lighting, Lighting Control, Smart Home, Technology
“Design is not just what it looks and feels like. Design is how it work.” – Steve Jobs Most home owners give considerable thought to what their new home will look like – the floor plan, bench top materials, shower head type, curtain...
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