Home Automation

Home Automation

• Look for Key Trends at CEDIA Expo

  When the market comes back, builders will find a different environment in terms of home technology.

   

• Technology Product Development in Home Building

  Many technology products for the residential market originated in the commercial market.

   
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  Home Automation Sector Uses Hotels as Testing Ground

  Great place to evaluate new automation systems.

   

• Consolidation Trend Among Home Builders Bodes Well

  Important benefit would be the likely decrease in product pricing do to economies of scale.

   

• Technology Products Bundled With Related Services

  Companies that supply home builders with entertainment and automation products are venturing with related service providers to create more robust offerings to builders.

   
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  Green Digital Techonology Solutions for Builders

  A new report suggests that a tipping point has been reached.

   

• Next Wave of Digital for the Home

  Whole-house distribution of high-definition signals will be the next big thing in home technology.

   

• Wireless Network Standards Merge With IT Standards

  ZigBee Alliance announces incorporation of IT standards to enable more seamless integration.

   

• Home Technology Holds On

  Builders continue to offer home technology even in a down market.

   

• Scaling Back Smartly

  Integrated home automation systems can maximize space efficiency and make a small home feel larger.

   

• Smart Meters

  Utility companies will be able to interact with home control systems through smart meters.

   

• Generation Y wants high-tech solutions to managing every aspect of their new homes.

  Generation Y wants high-tech solutions to managing every aspect of their new homes.

   

• Jeff Click Homes is Incorporating More Technology into its Home Designs

   

• Custom Builder Capital Construction Learns that Buyers Prefer Certain Types of Green Technology in their New Homes

  Buyers prefer certain types of green technology.

   
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  Disney's New Innoventions Dream Home is More than a Theme Park Attraction; it's a Living Laboratory

  It’s more than just a theme park attraction; it’s a living laboratory.

   

• Tech Spec: Sony Synchs Up with Control4

  Don't get him wrong. Neal Manowitz, who as director of marketing for Sony Electronics' consumer systems and applications division runs the company's sales in the new-home market, certainly empathizes with builders as they struggle through this downturn. But his business continues to grow.

   
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  Home Automation

  A Las Vegas builder now offers Control 4 as standard.

   
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  Concierge Service

  EI’s new system lets builders offer a digital concierge service.

   
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  Home Automation

  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...

   

• Supply Side: Trend Pending

  Plus: TOUSA rolls out Sprint's MPLS network to route data more efficiently. / Lennar gets "smart" with Lagotek's whole-house control system.