Re: HA in upmarket developer homes ...

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

'agree ... needs to be well thought-through, and probably not just an
ad-on, as I think the developer stuff tends to be, with bad results (eg:
lights that come on automatically, when someone enters, even when
inappropriate, and air-con that fights ufh, to qute two examples from
the article today) ...

Chris

PS: forget teh link from fourteen months ago - 'not what I thought it
was ... and way OT !



Phil Harris wrote:

>
> Ideally HA should be unobtrusive - this is one reason why I despise
voice
> control because I consider that to be very intrusive.
>
> Generally (I find), the more acceptable a HA install is to a customer
the
> lower key it is, the less it screams "Look At Me!"
>
> Phil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]
> > On Behalf Of Chris Hunter
> > Sent: 30 April 2006 12:08
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] HA in upmarket developer homes ...
> >
> >
> > In the 'paper (ST) today, there's an article on upmarket HA
> > ... and how people have not got on with automatic lights &
> > ufh etc ... 'makes depressing reading !
> >
> > I tried to find a link to it, but they don't seem to have got
> > it loaded yet ...
> >
> >
> > (fourteen months ago, there was also this one :
> > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2
> 004/03/02/plone29.xml
> > )
> >
> >
> > Chris