22
Apr
2013
by Steve |
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Category: General | Home Automation
The ‘Man Cave’ – where chaps go to relax…
If you’re already a Home Automation convert and a regular visitor to our site, you’ll know all about the millions of different benefits that can be had from living in a Smart Home. And while impressive and useful, most of the main functions that spring to mind are pretty sensible - be it automating the curtains or blinds in your living room or saving money on the lighting used in your kids’ rooms - it’s all rather practical. But you can put the Miniserver to work in any room in your house. Assisting with whatever fanciful pursuits you’re into…
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10
Apr
2013
by Steve |
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Category: Smart Home Automation | Home Automation | General
Smart Homes. Not-so-smart homes. Whose side are you on? Are you in the red corner still dwelling in a more traditional property sans the latest in home technology? Or are you in the green corner enjoying kicking back in a fully automated and intelligent home? And which is better? Well, in order to find out we pitted the two of them against each other in a five round bout. And we don’t think you’ll be overly surprised to hear whose hand we’ll be holding up in glorious victory... Well, we were never going to be the most objective panel of judges, were we?!
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28
Mar
2013
by Steve |
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Category: Case Studies
It’s case study time here again and we’ve got a fantastic project to tell you all about this time out. The ‘Elements’ holiday home apartments in the popular European vacation spot of Rügen in North West Germany really are as smart as they come…
There are plenty of clever little features set up in the two Elements holiday flats, ‘Wind’ and ‘Water’. Most of which would be very useful in the average home, some of which are specifically designed so that the owner – who lives over 400 miles away – can retain some control and monitoring on his properties remotely.
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22
Mar
2013
by Steve |
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Category: Lightmanagement
Most of us know the benefits of good lighting at home, don’t we? Well thought-out illumination ensures that areas and items we want lit up for display and decoration, can be. Correct lighting levels mean there’s no straining to see or, at the other end of spectrum, being half-blinded. And, of course, there’s the basic matter of safety in the home (you know - not walking into things!).
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18
Mar
2013
by Steve |
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Category: Awards | Backstage | Home Automation
We’re extremely proud to be able to tell you all that we were recently invited to exhibit and take part in the world's biggest event for sustainable design, construction and the built environment, Ecobuild 2013 (by the architect consultancy, The Facility). We were even nominated for an award at the London-based show... Which we won!
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14
Mar
2013
by Daniel |
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Category:
As mentioned in the last blog post here, Loxone is opening up its first US office in Lexington, Kentucky. The US team will be moving in to our new home on April 1st to begin the process of spreading the word on our products far and wide. The office is located at 1300 East New Circle Rd, Lexington, KY 40508 and here's what it'll look like.
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13
Mar
2013
by Steve |
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Category: Backstage | Home Automation | Media
We’re very pleased to announce that Loxone will be on show for the general public to experience first hand at this year's Ideal Home Show. The IHS is Britain’s biggest home exhibition and it’ll have its doors open for 18 days from the 15th March to 1st April at London's hugely impressive Earls Court venue.
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12
Mar
2013
by Steve |
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Category: Home Automation | General | Smart Home Automation
We’re glad to be able to say that more and more people are talking about Smart Homes and Home Automation than ever before. Whether it’s features in newspapers and magazines or mentions in blogs or on social media, there’s definitely a real buzz about home technology and automation in the air (well, 2013 is The Year of the Smart Home, after all...). But just because the subject’s on so many people’s lips, that doesn’t necessarily mean that everyone knows exactly what they’re talking about.
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21
Feb
2013
by Steve |
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Category:
America - here we come! The next stage of our world domination is afoot as we announce that Loxone will very soon be making the homes of the United States smarter. Based out of Lexington, Kentucky, Loxone USA will be the fifth international office that we’ve established in the past year, following the opening of offices in Spain, Czech Republic, Switzerland and, of course, the UK (hello!).
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19
Feb
2013
by Steve |
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Category: General | Media
A recent article in The Times about future home and office technology has painted a pretty extraordinary picture of the kind of things that we can expect to be seeing all around us in years to come.
Some of the more eye-catching ‘smart’ technologies mentioned in the piece include algae-tinted windows in which autotrophic organisms grow when it’s sunny to create shading and automatically dissipate when the sun goes in. Oh, and flying robots that clean your windows (yep, really!). There’s also some more down-to-earth and realistic predictions included too, most of which revolve around the idea of the ‘Internet of Things’ - something we’re big believers of here at Loxone.
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