Home automation

A little lateral thinking and the right setup will help you get far more from your A/V and home automation systems. Learn more about...

See what the law says about water sub metering for apartment blocks, and using smart meters to assess and manage your water usage.   Like...

High capacity network attached storage (NAS) devices are a great way to provide access to all of your media files, from anywhere you like.    A...

Rising energy bills and the shift to smarter, more sustainable homes have made energy management systems (EMS) an increasingly valuable tool for homeowners and renovators. Whether you're building new, upgrading an older home or just want better visibility over your energy use, an EMS can give you real-time control over how, when and where you use power.

Energy management dashboards or systems can be used in conjunction with smart meters to help monitor and regulate how electricity is used in your...

If you'd like to feed electricity back into the grid, you'll need a bi-directional smart meter to do so. Find out how this process...

Open platform systems provide a means with which many different home technologies and applications can be automated. Learn more about what open platforms are,...

There are a great many ways in which a smart home can use technology to improve and automate climate control. Find out how automated...

Linking the Internet-connected devices in your smart home via wires has several advantages, the most notable of which include security and reliability. Wired networks...

There are some significant differences in smart home design, depending on whether you're building from scratch or making an existing home 'smarter'. Find out...