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Archive for February, 2009

King5 this Morning: Green building techniques

Icon Written by jennifer on February 20, 2009 – 12:38 pm

This morning we were featured on King5 Homefront: Green Building Techniques. They visited us this week at the Seattle Home Show for an interview.
Our lead installer Rich did a great job discussing energy saving solutions: including integrating heating and lighting into your home automation system— saving 15% or more on your energy bill.
See the video [...]



Your Home’s Energy: Measure it … Manage it.

Icon Written by jennifer on February 18, 2009 – 2:37 pm

Peak Software, The Energy Detective (TED), and Control4 have come together to provide a simple solution to assist homeowners in managing their own electricity.
First, let’s look at the TED product. It is a very simple, yet accurate, home energy monitor. Using the device, you can view the electricity being used in your home– in real time! It [...]



Hey Seattle… Google Impacts Your Electric Bill with their Power Meter Application

Icon Written by jennifer on February 11, 2009 – 12:33 am

Google just released news today that their “Power Meter Application” will be able to monitor electricity use in the home over the web. The theory is if you can monitor your system, you realize how much power you are consuming and will adjust your habits– saving money and power. See the overview here:

Of course, this [...]



Vudu just got better – 50% price cut

Icon Written by jennifer on February 9, 2009 – 10:10 pm

Now you can enjoy more than 13,000 movies and TV shows— of which 1,300 are HD titles… VUDU has cut their prices by 50%!
We can now offer them at $149 for the 250 GB Internet movie player. The Vudu XL retails for $499, and the XL2 is now $799.
We’ve said over and over, this is an user friendly product [...]



Win a Home Control Prize Package from Control4

Icon Written by brett on February 8, 2009 – 1:23 pm

Electronic House is running a sweepstakes to win an HC-200 with 2 Dimmers plus installation costs.  Thought I would pass this on.
Enter our sweepstakes for a chance to win Control4’s Home Controller HC-200, two wireless dimmers and up to $450 in dealer installation costs.
The HC-200 allows you to:

Use a single remote to manage every video [...]