Home Automation Thermostats When Automating a home, one of the simplest and most critical subsystems to automate is the HVAC system, or simply - the Thermostats. Automating thermostats provides the follow benefits: Increased Home Safety- Believe it or not, by Automating your thermostats, you can actually save your life. If your Home Automation System allows the Thermostats to be controlled by the Security System - you could save lives in an … [Read more...]
HVAC Systems Integrating with HVAC systems is becoming more and more common in home automation systems. Knowledge of basic HVAC is important to have. HVAC systems are responsible for handling heating, cooling, ventilation/filtration, and humidity/dehumidify. First we need to learn some general HVAC terms. HVAC TERMS -British Thermal Unit (BTU): The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of … [Read more...]
The Players There are several manufacturers; most are from the automation industry but they will work as standalone products as well. But their benefit comes from connecting it to an automation system, the least of which is energy savings. When set up to work with an automation system, these thermostats can be: 1) Controlled from anywhere in the home 2) Controlled from anywhere in the world over the … [Read more...]
Climate Control Today’s homes can greatly benefit from advanced climate control devices from the Automation industry. There are many benefits and features to these advanced devices that make them much more attractive than standard manually operated systems: 1) The programming of these devices are simpler 2) Easier to use 3) More intuitive 4) Can be monitored and adjusted remotely from a … [Read more...]
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