SMS Text Message Controlled Heating Programmer and Thermostat
Here’s another interesting smart home heating controller that just hit our inbox. The £180 PT32-GST from Audon Electronics is a room programmer and thermostat and allows you…
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Video: Heatmiser Neo Smart Home Heating System with API
Heatmiser have taken the wraps off their Neo smart home heating control system and released several videos. Scheduled to go on sale in January, neo…
Honeywell Reveal New evohome Smartphone Controlled Zoned Heating System
This morning Honeywell have announced the UK launch of evohome. The new heating system will control the temperature in up to 12 zones plus hot water…
eQ-3 MAX! Affordable Wireless Heating Control with your Smartphone or Raspberry Pi
As the days begin to shorten and the leaves start to fall thoughts turn to the winter ahead and the ever increasing energy bills. Heating…
Motorised Radiator Valve Harvests Thermal Energy for Battery Free Operation
German manufactures Micropelt are producing an intelligent thermostatic radiator valve (iTRV) that uses a thermogenerator chip to convert thermal energy (heat) into electricity. This allows them…
Home Automation Case Study: Custom Controls
UK specialist Custom Controls recently undertook one of their most ambitious projects. Read on for all the photos and details… This project saw Custom Controls using…
OpenTRV: Better Heating and Saving the Planet
OpenTRV project leader Damon Hart-Davis started in electronics when his dad got him interested early on in life. He has dabbled in computing in finance and with…
Hack Your Heating Using an iPhone Geo-fence
Here’s an interesting take on energy saving using the iPhones Geofencing feature to turn off the central heating automatically when no one is at home….
Nest is Testing Its Learning Thermostat in the UK
Our Nest Learning Thermostat Review was number 2 in our top 20 most read Automated Home posts last year. We’ve just heard on the grapevine that Nest is now…
New LightwaveRF Video Explains Home Automation Range
The guys at JSJS Designs have just released this new 17 minute video. It’s a great introduction to the LightwaveRF home automation range covering lighting,…
New HeatSave Wireless Retro Fit Radiator Valves
Here’s a new retro-fit wireless TRV system from Heat-Save. Swap your existing radiator valves for these battery powered motorised versions then schedule and control your heating…
Video : Transform Your Home into a Smart Home with Lightwave
Here’s a new video from LightwaveRF that gives a nice overview of their growing range of home automation products – including their new wireless radiator…
AlertMe Launch Web and Smartphone Remote Heating Control with British Gas
AlertMe have just announced that its web and smartphone enabled remote heating control service is now available in the UK exclusively from British Gas. The…
HeatingSave Smart Home System Controls Heating From Your Phone
HeatingSave is a new SmartEnergy System which claims to cut 20-35% off of your energy bills. The hardware and software setup allows sophisticated scheduling of…
SMS Text Message Control of Your Heating and Other Devices
We recently discovered another GSM controlled switch for remote control of your central heating. This is one of the most affordable units we’ve come across…
Nest Learning Thermostat Review
Automated Home reader Peter White reviews the new Nest thermostat that’s got everyone drooling. So how does this Learning marvel compare to a ‘real’ home…
Nest Labs Introduces World’s First Learning Thermostat
A beautiful new Wi-Fi learning thermostat has been launched by Californian start-up ‘Nest’. You ‘train’ your thermostat by setting the temperature you require at each…
AlertMe Partners With Telco and Heating Controls Firms
Last month AlertMe sounded their intent to move their tech-niche company towards a higher volume business. Just a few weeks on and the firm…
New Remote Controlled Thermostatic Electronic Radiator Valve
Chalmor have launched a new remote controlled thermostatic electronic radiator valve designed to save on gas or oil central heating costs. Existing thermostatic radiator valves…
Case Study – Morban Duet / Dynalite Controls Manchester Home Heating
Karen Flear, a property developer from Manchester, has recently completed her own stunning three bedroom detached home on the site of an on old…