New Energy Saving Z-Wave Thermostat from Danfoss
A new ‘Living by Danfoss’ series of wireless, Z-Wave, smart home products includes this radiator thermostat. With claimed energy savings of up to 23% the…
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PassivEnergy App Controls Your Heating From Your Phone
Colin Calder, CEO of PassivSystems has this morning announced their new Home Heating systems control iPhone app. In conjunction with the PassivEnergy home energy management…
Wi-Fi Thermostat Launched by Intwine Energy
Intwine Energy have launched their new IECT-220 Wi-Fi communicating thermostat. The unit comes with a free basic monitoring service for control through the Web with…
Sensible Heat Offer on Honeywell Hometronic Systems
We’re delighted to announce a special offer for Automated Home readers from Sensible Heat. The Honeywell Hometronic heating control system is now available with a…
SHS2008 Video 3 – Sensible Heat
In the third of our video interviews from this years Smart Home Show we talk to Dave Robinson of Sensible Heat . Dave shows us…
Danfoss Launch Z-Wave Radiator Thermostat
This morning Danfoss launched their new Z-Wave radiator thermostat. The RA Plus-w gives wireless control of your home heating system by replacing your existing radiator…
X10 / Dallas 1-Wire Open Source Software
Open source, java home automation software, jHomeNet collects data from Dallas 1-Wire sensors and controls X10 modules. The team has just released version 0.2 of…
SmartHome Text Controls Heating with Mobile Phone
SmartHome Text is a new product that solves a problem we are often asked about here at Automated Home – how can I turn on…
Self Build EIB/KNX Control Case Study – Review
Submission by Andrew Hempsall and Colin Price – Located in a quiet Derbyshire village, this cottage had been uninhabited for more than 20 years and…
DIY Heating Interface – Review
Submission by Steve Jones – I wanted to improve the control of my central heating system by utilising my home automation controller (HomeVisionPro) whilst still…
Sensible Heat Showcases Hometronic Automation System
Submission by SensibleHeat – “Exhibiting for the first time at the recent CEDIA Expo, Sensible Heat demonstrated the unique Hometronic Wireless Automation system, which offers…
HomeVision Central Heating
The following is an account of the interfacing of my HomeVision to my central heating controller by Keith Doxey. Keith’s DIY Home Automation website can…
Automated VIOM Central Heating – Review
Submission by David Pullen – Well it took a long time to get round to it; it was always one of those things on the…
Central Heating Automation – Review
Submission by Dean Smith – After moving into Orchard House, we soon realised how much you take little things for granted. In our previous house…