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Home automation has acquired a more legitimate mantel in recent years, helping lose its reputation as merely promoting a couch potato lifestyle. Tasked with helping us all monitor, measure and change our energy usage, manufacturers like Z-Wave have been quick to see the potential of the green market for their smart home products.  Here's the latest range from GreenWave Reality, giving users access to detailed electricity, gas and water consumption data as well as electric vehicle charging and time of day pricing...

We often hear complaints about the lack of Z-Wave modules available in the UK.  Now home automation specialist eTailer, Vesternet have just added a new Z-Wave USB stick to their catalogue.  The £49.99 plug and play transceiver comes with on board drivers and a Z-Wave application for managing devices.  For a limited time they are giving them away free when you purchase one of their Energy or Security Z-Wave whole home packages.  In addition they are also now stocking the long awaited Everspring UK Z-Wave sockets at around £30.  Read on for the details...

Square Connect, a member of the Z-Wave have broken the mouild with their new 'wooden puck' device for infrared controlled home entertainment. A new version of the Blaster, the “Blaster Pro” integrates Z-Wave, allowing expansion of the control sphere beyond the home theatre to include lighting, window shades and other appliances. The SQ Blaster range of products utilise the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch as control interfaces, with applications for other smart phones and tablet devices under development...

The launch of new Z-Wave wireless smart home devices continues unabated and seems to be turning into an almost daily occurrence.  This time the new goodies are from Eminent who are revealing their e-Domotica home control range...

FAKRO announced several new Z-Wave products for skylight type windows.  The wireless controls allow the operation of an electric FTP-V pivot window, an ARF blackout roller blind and a ARZ roller shutter.  The window picot has an integrated moisture sensor which closes the window automatically as soon as it detects rain...