What To Look For When Buying LED Strips
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the atmosphere of any home can be greatly influenced by the right type of lighting! This is one of the fundamental reasons why we include various LED strips in our online product range. Not only do LED strips provide a great...
It’s Doomsday for Dumb Devices & Dodgy Electrics!
We’re Banishing Bad Electrical Installs! We’ve all seen it: switches hanging off walls, tangled wires, makeshift arrangements involving duct tape (shudder). It’s a common sight, and one that really concerns us…smart homes need smart wiring! Not...
DIY Blog: Solar Water Heating with PV
Energy saving is a key aspect of a Smart Home, and with so much sun recently we thought it was about time to tell you how free electricity from your PV panels can be used for solar water heating. PV Solar Panels Did you know that there are over 510,000 domestic PV...
5 Reasons to Say ‘I Do’ to iButtons
iButtons are fast becoming the smart device of choice for creating wireless entry systems that offer flexible access rights, but keeps things simple for the user. In this blog, we are looking at a few of the reasons why you should consider iButtons as part of your...
Are Smart Homes Safe? Three “Dangers and Risks” of Smart Homes Explored
Home automation is here to stay, it seems. With market giants such as Google and Apple now jumping on the proverbial automated bandwagon, discussions around the risks of home automation have swelled to record levels. Are smart homes safe? Can my home be hacked? What...
4 Simple Reasons Why Choosing CAT 7 Cable Really Pays Off
What is CAT 7 cable? A Category 7 cable, more commonly known as a CAT 7 or Cat-7 cable, is used for the cabling infrastructure of Gigabit Ethernet. A CAT 7 cable offers performance of up to 600MHz. Put simply, a CAT 7 cable is what we recommend you use when wiring...
The Brown Box
This detached house, close to the town center, was rebuilt on the foundations of an old 1960s house in 2008 and is a real gem, both inside and out. As the owner was not happy with the initial KNX installation, everything under the hood was replaced with the finest...
A New Service in Your Online Account: Product Registration!
What's new this week at Loxone? Well, we've enabled a new product registration feature in your online account area. You can now keep track of all of your extensions and register new purchases. This handy new feature includes the following benefits: Easily...
Smart Home Planning, Part 1: What Is A Smart Home?
What Do We Mean By ‘Smart’? What is a smart home? It’s a question that’s being asked more and more, and often we find that it means different things to different people. So let’s start by taking a look at what the officials say. According...
Why Sensors Make Sense for home automation
It is safe to say people are talking about Smart Homes and Home Automation. We see it advertised on TV commercials, hear about it on the radio and read about it in magazines. But what is Home Automation and what exactly makes a Smart Home smart? By definition, Home...