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A multitude of energy- and resource-efficient smart-home technologies are becoming mainstream in today's homes, thereby normalizing energy-efficient living. Image: Brian Babb on Unsplash.

Are Smart Homes Normalizing Energy-Efficient Living?

• Kayla Matthews
• 21 August 2018
• Energy Conservation / Green Building / Connected Home / Solar Photovoltaics / Amazon Alexa / Water Conservation / Google Assistant / Sustainable Home / Smart Thermostats / Homes

Smart and sustainable homes can offer excellent energy efficiency, curbing energy and resource waste on a global scale. A variety of technologies and applications promote efficiency in smart homes, with light bulbs, thermostats, window coverings, sprinkler controllers,…

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Infographic: Passive Housing | A Smarter Way of Living 

• Helen O'Keefe
• 15 August 2018
• Energy Conservation / Green Building / Sustainable Home / Architecture / Healthy Home / Homes / Infographic

Passive housing is fast becoming one of the most sought-after types of accommodation as homeowners realize the energy-saving (and indeed bill-reducing) and sustainability potential of this fascinating concept. In a passive house, a steady, comfortable temperature is…

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The infographic Energy Efficient Home: The Basics goes far behind the basics of building an energy efficient dwelling. Scroll into it below. Image: Blinds 2 Go.

Infographic: Energy Efficient Home | The Basics

• The Editors
• 9 July 2018
• Energy Conservation / Green Building / Connected Home / Solar Photovoltaics / Sustainable Home / Design / Window Coverings / Healthy Home / Infographic

In a comprehensive infographic on the green or high-performance home, the creative and editorial team behind the Energy Efficient Home: The Basics infographic below have most assuredly gone far beyond the basics. From our colleagues at the…

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Carter Design Associates and Tensegrity, LLC, exterior shading. Image: Leonid Furmansky.

Austin Cool House Tour 2018 a study in smart design

• Tom Kolnowski
• 7 June 2018
• Energy Conservation / Green Building / Connected Home / Sustainable Home / Architecture / Design / Healthy Home

For residents of Austin, Texas, the 22nd annual Cool House Tour is an opportunity to take in the latest in high-performance residential architecture, encompassing both new construction and remodels across single- and multi-family configurations. These are, well,…

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The Digitized House channel in the Apple News app. Image: Digitized House Media.

Tune into our Apple News app channel

• Tom Kolnowski
• 30 May 2018
• Connected Home / Amazon Alexa / Apple HomeKit / Sustainable Home / Healthy Home / News / Secure Home

Chances are high that you are reading this on a mobile device. And if that device is from Apple and running iOS 9, 10, or 11, you have the option to get this and all other Digitized House content…

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The ENTR smart door lock is available Europe-wide in a new black version. Image: ASSA ABLOY.

ENTR smart door lock extends colour palette with black version

• Thomas Schulz
• 12 May 2018
• Connected Home / Smart Door Locks / Sustainable Home / Hospitality Technology / News / Secure Home / Sponsored Content

ASSA ABLOY built their award-winning ENTR smart door lock to blend seamlessly with European contemporary smart home design. Now, the product is available in a new black colour, as well as the original white, to complement any…

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Day 11 of 12 Smart Gifts: Apple AirPods wireless earbuds. Image: Digitized House.

Apple AirPods wireless earbuds

• Tom Kolnowski
• 23 December 2017
• Connected Home / Entertainment

It has been a year since Apple began shipping their AirPods—the Cupertino company’s first wireless earbuds—yet the product is still on a back-order delivery schedule. As we write this just a few days before Christmas 2017, Apple…

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Day 9 of 12 Smart Gifts: Jasco Cordinate Décor extension cord. Image: Digitized House.

Day 9 of 12 Smart Gifts: Jasco Cordinate Décor extension cord

• Tom Kolnowski
• 20 December 2017
• Connected Home / Entertainment

A common downside to the hi-tech accessories in our connected homes is their insatiable appetite for plug-in electrical power. And of course, wall outlets are never located where they are most needed, so extension cords, power strips,…

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Day 1 of 12 Smart Gifts: ArcKit Masterplan. Image: ArcKit.

Day 1 of 12 Smart Gifts: ArcKit Masterplan and Cityscape

• Tom Kolnowski
• 4 December 2017
• Connected Home / Architecture / Design

Smart cities are all the rage, and for good reason: There can be considerable upside to designing new cities that are built from the ground up to be highly smart and highly livable from nearly every perspective.…

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Tiny Homes Showcase home. Image: Digitized House

Video: New spin on homework, smart tiny houses built by high schoolers

• Tom Kolnowski
• 12 November 2017
• Green Building / Connected Home / Solar Photovoltaics / Sustainable Home / Architecture / Design

With much of the buzz around the tiny house movement focused on start-ups making their plays in the micro-housing ecosystem, high school students at the Construction Careers Academy outside of San Antonio, Texas, are quietly going about…

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AIA Austin Homes Tour | Tim Brown Architecture. Image: Digitized House

Video: A modern take on Victorian architecture

• Tom Kolnowski
• 7 November 2017
• Connected Home / Architecture / Design / Homes / Video

In this thoroughly modern home by Austin firm Tim Brown Architecture, classic Victorian forms and scale blend seamlessly with contemporary elements to orchestrate an eminently livable inside-to-outside experience for the family it was specifically designed around. Featured…

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Design: Barley|Pfeiffer Architecture. Image: Leonid Furmansky.

Whirlwind view: AIA Austin Homes Tour 2017

• Tom Kolnowski
• 28 October 2017
• Green Building / Architecture / Design / Homes / Real Estate

Featuring 13 residential properties in and around metropolitan Austin, Texas, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Austin Home Tour 2017 highlights leading-edge architectural projects that have been ideated, designed, and built specifically for the unique needs of the…

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Kebony cladding on home in Lithuania. Image: Arches

5 exterior ideas and solutions for a smarter house

• Matt Lee
• 17 October 2017
• Energy Conservation / Green Building / Connected Home / Smart Door Locks / Architecture / Design / Secure Home

Your home’s exterior not only has a significant impact on its value, but also serves as a first impression for visitors. Careful exterior design choices can also give you a sense of pride and enhance your experience…

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Tesla Solar Roof

Tesla tile trials: Solar roof pilots begin

• Tom Kolnowski
• 9 August 2017
• Energy Conservation / Green Building / Connected Home / Solar Photovoltaics / Sustainable Home

Lost beneath the Model 3 electric vehicle messaging in Tesla's Second Quarter 2017 Update newsletter to its investor community last week, the company quietly announced its solar roof product had progressed to the real-world testing stage on…

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Antolini Perception Collection stone tiles

Product Brief: Antolini Perception Collection

• The Editors
• 21 March 2017
• Architecture / Design / News

Italian stone maker Antolini aims to transform the often bland walls in today’s modern residential architecture from 2D to 3D with their new tile paneling creation, the Antolini Perception Collection. "The Perception tiles first appear to be…

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TreeHouse Dallas clerestory windows

The Emerald Aisles of TreeHouse: Part 3

• Tom Kolnowski
• 9 February 2017
• Green Building / Connected Home / Solar Photovoltaics / Water Conservation / Sustainable Home / Architecture / Healthy Home

High clerestory windows are a common design detail on residential and commercial structures. But in the architectural case of the under-construction metro Dallas store for green retailer TreeHouse, clerestory windows are not merely details, they are applied…

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TreeHouse Dallas store

The Emerald Aisles of TreeHouse: Part 2

• Tom Kolnowski
• 6 February 2017
• Green Building / Connected Home / Solar Photovoltaics / Water Conservation / Sustainable Home / Architecture / Healthy Home

Call it the Tesla triumvirate. It’s no accident that Tesla drivers visiting the future metro Dallas location of green home improvement retailer TreeHouse will be able to rapidly recharge their electric automobiles from a bank of on-site Tesla…

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Jason Ballard. Image: Digitized House Media.

The Emerald Aisles of TreeHouse: Part 1

• Tom Kolnowski
• 3 February 2017
• Green Building / Connected Home / Solar Photovoltaics / Water Conservation / Sustainable Home / Architecture / Design / Healthy Home

For Jason Ballard, president and co-founder of green home improvement retailer TreeHouse, there was no predetermined path forward as he launched his startup on the fringes of hipster Austin, Texas, in 2011. But as we gazed over the…

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Five smart-home ideas for holiday giving

• Tom Kolnowski
• 10 December 2016
• Amazon Alexa / Water Conservation / Apple HomeKit / Design / Entertainment

Wishing for a smarter or more energy-efficient home this holiday season? Let's face it: While a rooftop solar array may be on your wish list, pallets of solar panels may not fit under your Christmas tree. But there…

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Product Brief: Antolini Shellstone Collection

• The Editors
• 30 November 2016
• Sustainable Home / Architecture / Design / News

Handcrafted using naturally-sourced mother of pearl oyster, opale, and abalone shells, the Antolini Shellstone Collection of surface materials reflect a strong affinity with the oceans they originate from. “The Shellstone Collection is the embodiment of extravagance and…

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