ᐅ Home Construction Features and Extras – What Can Be Included?
Created on: 19 Nov 2013 09:31
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Good morning,
I have put together a small list of extras and would appreciate any additional ideas you might have.
- In the ground floor living, dining, and kitchen areas, the electric switches should be controlled individually and connected in a “series circuit” to dim the lights.
- Controlled decentralized ventilation system with heat recovery.
- Preparation for photovoltaic system on the roof; missing on the garage roof.
- Two outdoor sockets on the ground floor.
- One outdoor connection for a light with motion sensor and switch on each side of the house.
- Three-phase power in the basement.
- Fireplace for a wood stove.
- Power supply in the garage.
- In the attic living, dining, and kitchen areas, leave the ceiling open up to the roof.
- Sliding doors with approximately 1.5 meters (5 feet) opening between the dining/living area and the hallway.
Thank you for your help.
I have put together a small list of extras and would appreciate any additional ideas you might have.
- In the ground floor living, dining, and kitchen areas, the electric switches should be controlled individually and connected in a “series circuit” to dim the lights.
- Controlled decentralized ventilation system with heat recovery.
- Preparation for photovoltaic system on the roof; missing on the garage roof.
- Two outdoor sockets on the ground floor.
- One outdoor connection for a light with motion sensor and switch on each side of the house.
- Three-phase power in the basement.
- Fireplace for a wood stove.
- Power supply in the garage.
- In the attic living, dining, and kitchen areas, leave the ceiling open up to the roof.
- Sliding doors with approximately 1.5 meters (5 feet) opening between the dining/living area and the hallway.
Thank you for your help.
DerBjoern schrieb:
Better to have a weather station directly connected to the home automation system. That way, you can integrate the data into heating control, shutter operation, or garden irrigation right away.Exactly, that’s why I installed the weather station... the shutters go down at dusk... shading activates depending on certain sun positions and temperatures, and so on.
The whole setup cost about 600 euros (around 650 USD)... but as mentioned, there are countless options nowadays; it can be done cheaper or much more expensive...
Which cables you need on the roof really depends on the weather station... everyone has their own approach...
DerBjoern schrieb:
If a home automation system is done properly, once it is programmed, anyone can operate it.Haha, LOL... that’s the joke of the day... home automation is tailored to the individual resident to achieve the best possible results...
As soon as a stranger tries to use it, they might be able to turn the lights on and off and operate the shutters/blinds... but the rest won’t work without instruction... no matter how well the system is programmed...
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DerBjoern17 Dec 2013 13:56I don’t see what else someone would need to be instructed on if everything is already programmed. When it’s in automatic mode, everything runs automatically. If I set the roller shutters to manual, each one or each floor can be controlled individually with a switch. The same applies to the room temperatures. Either I let everything be regulated automatically, or I set each room to manual and adjust the desired temperature on the thermostat. The same goes for the garden irrigation...
I really don’t see what the point is here???
I really don’t see what the point is here???
The point is that you can’t automate everything because the routines in a single-family home do change... it’s not a factory where the same things happen at exactly the same time every day.
Sometimes you want to raise or lower a roller shutter here and there, or adjust the lighting to be brighter or dimmer. As the homeowner, I know exactly which button to press... but guests are usually lost.
In the hallways, there usually aren’t any light switches either, and guests try to turn the lights off anyway, if they don’t know the system... and so on... it’s really a challenge on its own... not to mention the more special functions.
No matter how you program it, someone unfamiliar with the house usually won’t figure out home automation right away...
Sometimes you want to raise or lower a roller shutter here and there, or adjust the lighting to be brighter or dimmer. As the homeowner, I know exactly which button to press... but guests are usually lost.
In the hallways, there usually aren’t any light switches either, and guests try to turn the lights off anyway, if they don’t know the system... and so on... it’s really a challenge on its own... not to mention the more special functions.
No matter how you program it, someone unfamiliar with the house usually won’t figure out home automation right away...
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DerBjoern17 Dec 2013 14:22Sounds like over-automation.
As I already mentioned, manual control should remain easily possible, for example through switches, dimmers, etc.
In my opinion, guests should not be able to change the automation. They should only be able to manually override locally.
But as you said, it’s a long topic that requires careful planning and implementation.
Sometimes you just want to raise or lower a roller shutter here and there, and also adjust the lighting to be brighter or dimmer. As the homeowner, I know which buttons to press... but guests are usually completely lost.
As I already mentioned, manual control should remain easily possible, for example through switches, dimmers, etc.
In passage areas, there usually aren’t any light switches, but guests still try to turn the lights off anywayThis sounds like cost-cutting. Switches would solve this problem. Automation can’t be blamed if the builder leaves out the switches...
In my opinion, guests should not be able to change the automation. They should only be able to manually override locally.
But as you said, it’s a long topic that requires careful planning and implementation.
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DerBjoern17 Dec 2013 14:39Yes, and from your comments, I gather that you don’t really understand how a “smart” or automated house works... I’m afraid I have to disagree with you there.
A “smart” automated house is primarily not meant to restrict or control its occupants...
For example, one of the goals of any bus system is to use as few switches/buttons as possible... Please inform yourself about what a bus system actually is before making claims about its objectives.
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