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Lifeware Chosen by the Momentum Group as MDU Automation System
- ebuild (6/7/2007)
- Exceptional Innovation, producers of Lifeware digital entertainment and automation solutions, are proud to announce that Life|ware has been chosen for all of The Momentum Group"s (TMG) Multi Dwelling Unit (MDU) projects and to interface with RITA (Residence Interactive Technology Consultant) Concierge Services.
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New Builder Packages and Life|ware 2.0 Highlight Exceptional Innovation's K/BIS Offerings
- ebuild (6/6/2007)
- Exceptional Innovation, producers of Life|ware digital entertainment and automation solutions announces four new Life|ware Builder packages designed to let home builders quickly offer complete digital entertainment and home automation upgrade options for their homebuyers. Life|ware 2.0 provides at-a-glance, gallery-style view of home subsystems - lights, thermostats, and more. By replicating the distinctive Windows Vista interface look, feel and navigation, Life|ware 2.0 presents a crisp interface that is intuitive, simple to learn and easy to use.
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Custom Builders USA Selects Lifeware as Their Exclusive Electronics Package Offering
- ebuild (6/6/2007)
- Exceptional Innovation, producers of Lifeware digital entertainment and home automation solutions, announces an exclusive partnership with Custom Builders USA (CBUSA) that will make the solution available in packaged form for builders in 12 domestic markets. As a manufacturer, EI is part of CBUSA's "Partners in Quality" (PIQ) program, a professional organization dedicated to developing and maintaining powerful, local networks of professional builders, vendors and national manufacturers to achieve lower costs, higher levels of service and increased productivity.
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Lutron Electronics Launches New Security Lighting Control Package for its AuroRa System
- ebuild (5/31/2007)
- The Lutron AuroRa system was designed as a low-cost, simplified, radio frequency (RF)-based lighting control system that lets homeowners create a safe path of light into, and throughout the home from the car, patio and bedside. This pre-programmed system gives users the ability to enjoy the safety, simplicity and comfort of lighting control without any installation hassles, setup or programming.
- LifeMedia Servers on the Way
- DIGITAL HOME News Service (5/23/2007)
- Less than two months after one of its leading partners said it would stop making a product that was important to its home control solution, Exceptional Innovation said this week it would make similar products itself.
- Digital Home: Switch Pitch
- BIG BUILDER Magazine (5/22/2007)
- Volume builders abhor complexity. Complexity means problems, and problems lead to work orders, and work orders to increased costs. This is one reason big builders haven't rushed to embrace whole-house control systems that have flowed onto the market in the past several years (well, that and the fact the average home buyer is not exactly clamoring for them).
- On-Q/Legrand Beefs Up LyriQ Audio
- DIGITAL HOME News Service (5/10/2007)
- On-Q/Legrand, manufacturer of home technology, this week added the new LyriQ High Performance Keypad to its whole-house audio system.
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AuroRa Wireless Lighting Control System
- Journal of Light Construction (5/4/2007)
- Lutron. Who wouldn't want to turn on their porch and house lights from inside the car? With an AuroRa wireless lighting control system, homeowners can do just that, plus other convenient time-saving tricks. Unlike many home-automation packages, this one promises to be easy to install and operate. For about $600 you get a starter kit containing five high-tech dimmers, a central antenna, a tabletop master controller, and a visor-mounted remote control with a 100-foot range. 888/588-7661.
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Vacancy and Occupancy Sensors
- REMODELING Magazine (5/2/2007)
- WattStoppper/Legrand. With enforcement of Title 24 and other energy codes, vacancy and occupancy sensors are essential replacements for wall switches in bathrooms, bedrooms, hallways, and elsewhere. Vacancy sensors require users to turn lights on manually, while occupancy sensors automatically detect motion. In empty rooms, both controls turn lights off to save energy. Available features include nightlights, dual switching, light-level sensing, backlit switches, and multiway control for multiple switch locations in hallways. 800.879.8585.
- Standard Fare
- DIGITAL HOME MAGAZINE (5/1/2007)
- Times have changed, and some builders are taking advantage of affordable home technology to set themselves apart. One such builder is Randy Kertes, president of Cleveland-based Kertes Enterprises. Kertes has offered structured wiring, home theaters, security cameras, and lighting systems for more than a decade, but until now, he's only made structured wiring standard in his homes.
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