Smart home systems, or home automation systems, once were expensive luxuries (and professionally installed and custom programed systems still can be), but today many DIY home automation products are actually very practical and reasonably affordable. If you hadn’t thought much about adding smart home devices to your home, here are seven home automation ideas for […]
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Wireless dimmers are often a smarter choice than wireless light bulbs for a smart lighting system. We hear a lot about smart light bulbs, especially smart LED bulbs, some that can change colors (like the Philips Hue), some that can play music and some that just allow you to control them from your iPad or […]
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The new home automation system combines security, energy savings, convenience and control.
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These in-wall light switches can automated hardwired lights, fans and more using your smartphone.
Get the GuideOne of the core features of any residential lighting control system is its ability to dim the intensity of your home’s lights. Doing so saves electricity, improves your home’s aesthetic qualities, and enhances the overall functionality of the lights. Ordinary dimmer switches are able to accomplish these tasks, but why not invest in a switch with the additional smarts to adjust the brightness of the lights automatically and offer other innovative features? The following 10 dimmers switches (in no particular order of importance) are some of the brightest stars in the home lighting market. Be sure to check them out when you’re ready to swap your home’s old light switches for something smarter.
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The smart bulb adapter works with incandescent, dimmable CFL and dimmable LED bulbs.
Get the GuideLIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEMS, whether they’re automated whole-home systems or individual “wall box” dimmers, can take the energy efficiency, lamp life, and aesthetics of your home’s lighting to a whole new level. This is because dimming a light almost proportionally decreases its energy use while increasing its lamp life. And just about everybody and everything looks better in a low-lit room.
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Traditional, non-halogen, Edison-base bulbs
Smart lighting and shade products are gifts that last for the whole year.
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A theater’s light fixtures will help set the mood for movie nights, and cre- ate some fantastic special effects.
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