With the smart-home market often singularly focused on expanding access to voice activation features, we were pleased to see NuBryte emphasize the potential convenience offered by wall-mounted home automation consoles, a posture realized by their new Touchpoint…
In this video, we walk through unboxing and installation of the Yale Real Living Assure Lock with Bluetooth and Z-Wave in our smart-home labs. With this lock, Yale presents homeowners with what is arguably the broadest range…
The front door on today’s connected home has taken a turn for the better. By replacing the ubiquitous deadbolt with a key-free Yale Assure Lock with Bluetooth, consumers can simply twist their smartphone as they arrive to…
High-performance home building is a carefully orchestrated symphony of site selection, architectural design, component selection, and construction prowess. Having any single element of this quartet out of tune with its fellow housing members can ultimately lead to less-than-optimum…
In the powers-that-be battle for dominance on the evolving smart-home automation front, electronics giant Samsung took its opening shot across the driveway in August of 2014 with its acquisition of smart-hub vendor SmartThings. Earlier in 2014, mega-players Google…
Water-saving shower heads are becoming standard issue today, and represent the minimum price of admission to conserving water in the bath of your sustainable or zero-energy dwelling. Many of these low-flow shower head products are also certified under the…
The inspiration for our smarter charging station design emerged from a visit to Cologne, Germany, where we passed by one of the iconic tower displays for the Smart car brand, the microcars stacked seven high in a…
Can the often-opposing forces of contemporary interior design and sustainability blend into tasteful pairings for your doors? And if so, can you afford to place them on the menu of your home construction or remodel project? Contemporary…
Nest smart thermostats may be a svelte package of brains, software brawn, and eye candy for your home’s walls. But can they survive a date with a zero net energy, triple-zone home? The Digitized.House lab home was designed from…
Part 2 in our series on managing and monitoring energy production and consumption in your home, apartment, or flat. David Allen, the noted author and personal productivity guru, once wrote: “Your ability to generate power is directly…
Part 1 in our new series on managing and monitoring energy production and consumption in your home, apartment, or flat. As the business adage goes, you can't manage what you don't measure, and that rings equally true…
You don’t need to be Stephen Hawking or Neil deGrasse Tyson to appreciate the benefits pitch-dark skies bring to even casual stargazing. But as naturally-dark skies become increasingly rare due to the surging density of metropolitan areas…
Apple announced HomeKit, their answer for the connected smart home, in June 2014 at their Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Implementation details were unclear then as Apple built its case for the HomeKit code base with developers, but…
