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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.

Smart home winter essential: the tado° radiator knob

Tips & tricks

Smart home winter essential: the tado° radiator knob

Meet the tado° radiator knob: a smart, open-sourced and self-installable valve, perfect for automation beginners. This gadget gives you the option to keep your automation limited to one room, or go all overboard and branch out to an interconnected smart heating system in your house.

What to expect from home automation in 2023

Trends

What to expect from home automation in 2023

With the arrival of the new year, we wonder what smart home trends 2023 has in store for us. You'll notice that it isn't as much about inventing new products, but more so to rethink existing systems and optimizing them to the ultimate comfort.

NFC - Sneaky smart technology in your phone

Tools & products

NFC - Sneaky smart technology in your phone

NFC is a neat technology which monitors the communication between two devices (namely the NFC tag and reader) upon tapping. And the best part? An NFC reader has been hidden in your smartphone all along.

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?

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.

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?

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.