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The challenge was that it was very easy for users to interact with the home despite the complexity of the existing technological integrations in the home.
“Beneath” some touch screens that even the little ones can use, what we have are 3 construction plants, each one with very different technologies:
For the users, the tremendous complexity of the installed systems should be "invisible". Even a child should be able to use the house without any instructions.
Carmen Zapata - Directora de Programación
Once the owners became familiar with the technology of the house, they wanted to go a step further and asked us to develop a custom alarm system for each of the rooms. In this way, the lighting, the blinds and the audio multiroom are integrated to create the perfect moment to wake up or for the little ones to go to sleep, all controlled from the touch screen in the parents’ room.
And it seems that we achieved all the objectives set, because with this smart home we had a special mention from the community of Madrid and we were finalists for Best EMEA 2009 integration project at the Cedia awards held in London, UK.
Cedia Awards 2009. Finalist
London, UK
COMUNIDAD DE MADRID AWARDS FOR THE BEST HOME AUTOMATION AND INMOTIC INSTALLATION.
Special mention
Madrid, Spain
The project has 2 perfectly integrated technologies: Lutron for social areas and KNX for rooms.
The Lutron system features two 8-series HWI processors and 56 Euro-style keypads, controlling over 124 circuits and 28 shades.
The KNX system controls 24 circuits and 28 blinds.
It has functionalities such as:
A dedicated room was designed for the cinema, fully soundproofed to the same standards as professional recording centers.
It has 10 motorized cinema chairs, with a touch screen from which you have complete control not only of the cinema but of the entire house.
It has 19 independent audio zones, where each user can select the music they want. Through the audio server, it achieves streaming audio to provide up to 6 independent audio channels, one for each member of the family.
It has 3 dedicated touch screens to enjoy the music (Indoor pool, Billiards and Main room bathroom), from these screens they select the music, make the intercommunication between rooms (very useful for children).
The house has a security control system installed that, if the burglar alarm is activated, all the lights start to turn on and off in order to attract the attention of neighbors and passers-by, but only in case of theft, because in case of fire, all the blinds and curtains are opened and the path to the exit is lit to facilitate evacuation.