Google search data shows how often homeowners across the US are engaging in smart home-related queries on a per population basis.

After heading up Crestron’s residential custom electronics channel, John Clancy promoted to newly created CSO role for Rockleigh, N.J., control company.

The Bond Bridge platform brings smartphone/tablet control to RF-controlled shades from Somfy, Rollease Acmeda, Nice, Bofu, A-OK, and Dooya. One Bond Bridge ($99) can manage thirty shades (plus ceiling fans and fireplaces) throughout a 2,500 sq. ft.

Nora Lighting, a Commerce, Calif.-based of lighting solutions since 1989, has announced its new Iolite LED downlights. The company points out that its latest product line is based on its Iolite series of products, and its new “can-less” l

Elite Audio Video uses nearly every low-voltage system at their disposal for this $200,000 whole-house retrofit project.

Ethereal, formerly MetraAV, has announced a new integration between its Big Dog Power brand of smart power distribution products and RTI, a worldwide provider of control and automation systems. This integration, enabled by the new Big Dog Power drive