Home Automation Info

Lighting, shading and home control systems help make the EH 2008 Home of the Year a shining example of energy-efficiency.
Cool Homes | May 01, 2008 | by EH Staff

A green home? For Electronic House’s Home of the Year? Yes and you bet. For the first time, the grand-prize winner is an energy-efficient, sustainable home that’s made largely from environmentally friendly materials. And yes, it has plenty of electronics. In fact, the home’s control system, lighting and shading systems help to save energy.

A Different Kind of New Home Windows
Digital Home | April 04, 2008 | by Dan Tynan

You can have your Crestrons and AMXs, your Vantage Controls and Lutrons. Tyler Jennings will take Windows Media Center and Lifeware, thank you very much. President of Imperium Smart Systems in Herriman, Utah, Jennings is the winner of Microsoft's Windows Media Center Ultimate Install contest, awarded at last fall's Electronic Home Expo.

IP Control Manages 14,000 Square Foot Home
Cool Homes | May 03, 2007 | by EH Staff

You’d think this sprawling, 14,000-square-foot spread on the Chesapeake Bay that contains a dance hall/nightclub, observatory, billiards room, home theater, 14 flat-panel TVs, 12 zones of audio, 14 security cameras and 145 security and safety sensors would be controlled by a heavy-duty, ultra-expensive home automation system that itself costs more than many homes.