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Smart home company UK Automation have announced their intentions to support and market energy saving products with their release of the OneClick intelligent power supply range. Automated Home readers can receive 10% off the IntelliPlug(tm) and Intelligent Mains Panel by using the coupon code AUTHOME2 at CHECKOUT time...

Lets Automate have contacted us to say they are now the stocking award winning Electrisave electricity monitor. The device includes a sensor that clips around he mains feed into your home and then communicates wirelessly with the receiver to report various figures on your usage. Their current 15% Off Sale (ending soon) means this device is currently available at £67.95 instead of the usual £79.95...

The electrisave will show you:

• Instantly just how much electricity you are using and how much it is costing you
• How much you may be wasting
• How much harmful CO2 you are contributing to the greenhouse effect

"Using a roof-mounted solar collector, the HSL3000 tracks the sun and concentratedirect sunlight into plastic optical fibers. The optical fibers tansport sunlight throughout a building to multiple "hybrid" luminaies. Containing special optical elements that disperse the sunlight, these "hybrid" luminaires blend natural light with supplemental artificial light. During periods of limited sunlight, a photosensor maintains a constant room illumination by adjusting the level of artificial lighting."

Idratek have contacted us with news of the additional of a very useful, and often requested feature to their Cortex software...

"IDRATEK have introduced support for utility metering. This comprises two aspects: 1. Introduction of pulse accumulation capabilities to digital input modules (in order to interface to pulse output meters). 2. Introduction of metering and multiple metering objects into Cortex (which of course then integrate into everything else provided by Cortex)...

In our experience smart homes use lots of electricity. Perhaps this is a model to at least reduce electricity costs and their associated impacts on the environment...

"According to Professional Builder, the first zero energy home costing less than $200,000 has been built in Oklahoma. This house produces as much energy as it consumes in a year and combines "renewable energy technologies with advanced energy-efficient construction." This environmentally friendly house is just a prototype and not available for sale. But as it has created lots of interest, I would not be surprised if its builder decided to add it to its catalog. Read more...