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Chicago Museum of Science and Industry Exhibits Green Home
The exhibit, a 2,500-square-foot home built with environmentally-friendly technologies and reusable resources, is a functioning three-story green home built right in the Museum's backyard.
Life|ware, Microsoft eHome and NuVo Technologies are taking part in this exhibit, providing guests a look at a greener way of living. Life|ware is also participating in Disney's new Dream Home.
This year's exhibit features Life|ware software and hardware to show guests how they can merge control of their home with all of their digital entertainment.
By integrating Life|ware into Microsoft Windows Media Center, Smart Home: Green + Wired creates the whole-home experience by providing all-in-one entertainment including access to music, photos, TV, movies, online media and fingertip control of heat, window coverings, lighting, security sensors and cameras.
Guests will also learn how Life|ware can track electricity and water consumption on a real-time basis, provide remote monitoring with Extenders for Windows Media Center.
Also featured in the exhibit is NuVo Technologies' Essentia E6G, an ENERGY STAR-certified whole-home audio system.
Despite distributing audio to six zones, the E6G consumes only 0.80 watts in standby mode. On average, it consumes 68.4 kilowatt-hours of power per year, which is an equivalent of 1/3 the energy consumption of most competing systems.
The Smart Home, which was designed by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All American Homes, is open now through Jan. 4, 2009.
Integrator Rick Simpson, of 3G Applications in Chicago, donated his time and resources to help the Smart Home come to fruition. Rick, a certified Digital Home Technology Integrator, helped to create a fully connected home that displayed how the latest technology can help homeowners live a greener, more energy-efficient lifestyle.
Click here to learn more about the exhibit.
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I toured the house 5/10 and none of the automation worked. The guide was saying “When we get the automation working you can control the shades”, or “Once the automation is working you can control the lighting and A/V”. When I asked why it did not work he replied that they were still trying to “figure it out”, but should have it up and running in a couple of months. The house had a lot of great Green features, but as far as the technology was concerned it was an absolute zero, again none of it could be demonstrated to work!
I took a customer through the house and everything was flawless. Must have been opening day nightmares. A company called 3G Apps did the install and I was told they have done some very high profile jobs locally. Everyone I spoke to has had nothing but good things to say.
I would love to see this. I definitely give them two thumbs up for trying, but when I get a chance to see it up close and personal I might just change my mind…
This the first live lifeware job I have personally seen in chicago and I have to say I am quite impressed. I spoke to the museum folks and they have crestron in every other exhibit, but they were very impressed with life|ware and how easy it all went together. Not sure I am ready , but I probably should be.