The Ridings

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Lighting - Included smart lighting throughout the property whilst staying true to the design of the home. In the main rooms throughout the house there are colour changing lights and in the rest of the rooms there are dimmable lights using the Loxone Touch Pure and Loxone Smart Sockets.



Heating - Fully automated system that never has to be touched and if the owners want to see what is happening it is all accessible and can override it through the app. Rooms will be at desired temperatures at the right times for their usage, with the smart system of individual room control, including the ability for different rooms to be at different temperatures.



Security -  The developers offer the usual security features through Loxone that would alert the homeowners to anything being amiss via in person signs and app notifications and warnings, but motion sensors, wireless door and window contacts and water sensors can also be added for extra peace of mind.



Centralised control - A Loxone Smart Home just works around you without the need to continually adjust things. However, should someone want to change something, Smartworks have installed an iPad with a sleek iPad wall mount – giving homeowners a convenient centralised point of control.



All items included in the showroom are available options for all new houses via upgrades."
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Fact Check

Country

Location

Tilehurst, Reading

Loxone Partner

Smartworks

Challenge

The Ridings is a housing development made up of 35 new build properties, including 3, 4 and 5 bed homes. The homes are designed to provide open-plan living areas for modern lifestyles, and what better way to do this than with Loxone’s home automation systems. They also wanted to provide an air of luxury in their showhome and ultimately offer this as an upgrade in the new builds. The developers (Darcliffe Homes) recognised the importance of being able to demonstrate the endless benefits of automation and hence made sure that their showhome was fully kitted out with every technology they were offering to buyers. As this allowed them to show customers all the features, meaning customers can more easily choose what they wanted to option for their own new build home.

Solution

The showroom included:

Lighting - Included smart lighting throughout the property whilst staying true to the design of the home. In the main rooms throughout the house there are colour changing lights and in the rest of the rooms there are dimmable lights using the Loxone Touch Pure and Loxone Smart Sockets.

Heating - Fully automated system that never has to be touched and if the owners want to see what is happening it is all accessible and can override it through the app. Rooms will be at desired temperatures at the right times for their usage, with the smart system of individual room control, including the ability for different rooms to be at different temperatures.

Security - The developers offer the usual security features through Loxone that would alert the homeowners to anything being amiss via in person signs and app notifications and warnings, but motion sensors, wireless door and window contacts and water sensors can also be added for extra peace of mind.

Centralised control - A Loxone Smart Home just works around you without the need to continually adjust things. However, should someone want to change something, Smartworks have installed an iPad with a sleek iPad wall mount – giving homeowners a convenient centralised point of control.

All items included in the showroom are available options for all new houses via upgrades.

Involving a company like ourselves means Darcliffe have experience available to them throughout the whole process, so we can inject ideas in at the design stage, we understand the common challenges that some of the trades may face during the installation and then can be there to ensure a smooth handover at the end.
Jack MorganDirector, Smartworks

Learn more

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
0830-0900	Welcome	Arrival and Exchange	Arrival and Exchange	Arrival and Exchange	Arrival and Exchange
Unit 1	Easy Lighting Planning Square meter formulas. Room types, Direct/Indirect	Automatic Basic Lighting Presence Sensor Air/Tree	Shading & Automation Controls vs Automation configuration shading types	Multiroom Audio System, scaling, simple audio planning	Media controller IR and RS Protocols, AVR
Unit 2	Intuitive Operating Concept Room types & moods	Presence Optimization Exercises by type of room	System Protection Functions Storm, frost, privacy, break-in	Cabling & Configuration Audioserver Extension speaker	Operating Concept Specific Operating modes, Touch Pure Flex
Unit 3	Configuration Room Types Basic Configuration	Presence Areas Practice P/1-8	Optimise Protection Functions Practical exercises by type	Operation & Connections Line In/Out, SPDIF Signal converter	Optimise Conference Room Control and programming
1200	Lunch Break	Lunch Break	Lunch Break	Lunch Break	Lunch Break & wrap up
Unit 4	Lighting Controller In-depth T5/1-8, lC1-4, M+/-, Mix	Technologies Dali, DMX, PWM	Weather & Sunshine Weather station & forecasts	Smart Home Functions TTS, Announcements, Bell
Unit 5	Operating Concept Advanced Exercise by type of room	Daylight Control HCL Practical implementation	Automatic Sun Position Control Protection types IR/UV/Lux	HiFi and Ambient Sound Signum and Install 7
Unit 6	Operating Concept Specific Hotel, Office, Auditorium	Constant Light Control Measurement, control, implementation	Automatic Sun Position Control Optimization of parameters	Acoustics & Sound Optimization Optimize audio planning
Unit 7	Touch Pure Flex Scrolling text, master brightness	Signalization via Light Practice example	Operating Concept Specific Practical examples	Audioserver in combination Exercises Lan/Tree Turbo

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