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Decision time! What smart home system suits you best?

Decision time! What domotica system suits you best?

Starting with home automation, it can feel overwhelming. To help you take the first step we set up 5 dilemmas to consider during your search for a suitable domotica system.

ATMO presence detectors for a family-proof home

Tools & products

ATMO presence detectors for a family-proof home

By the collaborating with KNX, ESYLUX launched the ATMO presence detector, a smart device that monitors lighting, airconditioning, heating and ventilation all in one. In addition, the detector also tracks airborne particles that could weigh on you and your family's health.

Best practices to hiring an automation professional

Cases

Best practices to hiring an automation professional

Your smart home system is getting too technical for you? If you don't want to risk your home becoming a DIY project, maybe it's time to consult an automation professional.

Stories

How cinema inspired home automation

There was a time that talking devices and automated lawn mowers were a mere outlet of our broad imagination. Films visualized our dreams and fears about advanced technology soon before home automation was even a thing. Are they realistic or is it pure fiction - or something in between?

Geofencing: mapping out your routines and schedules

Tips & tricks

Geofencing: mapping out your routines and schedules

Geofencing might sound like an alien term to you, but it’s a technical aspect that’s familiar to almost any smart home automation device or system. In this article you learn what it is, how it works and its potential to upgrade your living standards.

Transparent solar panels, your future window screens

Stories

Transparent solar panels, your future window screens

The importance of solar energy increases each year, especially for us homeowners. One smart technology seems to have promising prospects: transparent solar panels. Smaller than the ones on our roof, but with a lot more potential and subtlety. Will we soon replace our windows with solar panels?

Get into the zone: how smart lighting can help optimize your home office

How to's

Get into the zone: how smart lighting can help optimize your home office

Why is the right office lighting so important and how can small adjustments have a huge factor on your productivity throughout your day?

Open vs proprietary: choosing the right automation system for your smart home

Stories

Open vs proprietary: choosing the right system for your smart home

Do you opt for an open or a proprietary automation system? Let's compare the two in order to create your future-proof smart home.

Stories

KNX for energy management

With supply shortages emerging and energy prices skyrocketing, energy management has never been more important. So what if we told you your KNX Smart Home can help you save on your energy bill and can even open up new possibilities for your home’s usage.

IKEA DIRIGERA: An even smarter home for the many people

Stories

IKEA DIRIGERA: An even smarter home for the many people

IKEA announced its latest addition to its smart home journey: the DIRIGERA Smart Hub, helping their customers to create an even smarter home.

Smart glass: automated privacy & shading

Trends

Smart glass: affordable privacy & shading

Introducing smart glass: classy and easy regulation of the transparency of indoor glass (such as showers) or windows. Powered by heat, electricity or solar-energy, smart glass provides you with the ultimate comfort in your own home.

The proactive Windancer KNX(-GPS) weather station

Tools & products

The proactive Windancer KNX(-GPS) weather station

This weather station combines 4 functions into one system: measurement of temperature, wind and brightness, and detection of precipitation. With a fair pricing, the Windancer by KNX is an affordable asset for every smart home owner.

KNX IoTech: The future of IoT in home and building

Cases

KNX IoTech: The future of IoT in home and building

The future of home automation lies in the IoT, no doubt about it. So naturally KNX, king of the wired home automation system, also has jumped upon this trend.

Staying in shape thanks to your smart home assistant

Tips & tricks

Staying in shape thanks to your smart home assistant

Thanks to your voice assistant you stay on top of your health goals. An Alexa or Google Assistant will become your next highly personal trainer.