Items Tagged With lighting

Idratek have just released v23 of their home automation software, Cortex.  The new features include the ability for the system to estimate actual energy savings made from its intelligent heating and lighting control.  Other notable additions in this update are a new lighting automation engine and the inclusion of support for the xAP protocol...

In recent weeks the HomeEasy wireless home automation kit from Byron has attracted a lot of interest.  Its low cost and extensive ranges of modules even lead our reviewer to conclude it may be the X10 replacement he's looking for.  However, the one thing that’s been missing is any sort of PC integration.  Until now...

Home & building automation supplier Ivory Egg is to launch Sensolux, the world’s first self-powered occupancy sensor, at ECO Build - the UK’s leading green building event...

Helvar will release the new 458 Dimmer later this quarter.  The eight channel inductive dimmer, complete with LCD display and cursor control, comes in a compact, pre-wired, wall-mountable unit for maximum convenience and versatility....

Why automate your lights? Well, to be honest, most of my house is automated, so it seemed the obvious thing to do. There are lots of benefits in automating parts of your house, lighting in particular just makes life easier, lights coming on when you walk into a room is better than switching them on yourself! ....and because they turn themselves on, they turn themselves off too, so you can't forget...