by Gaia Mussi.
A high-performance home where systems and electronic devices communicate with each other and operate in an integrated and automatic manner: a dream that is within everyone’s reach, achievable in any living context.
In a smart home, electronic devices are termed “smart” because they are connected to the internet and can be remotely controlled. The technologies that enable the creation of connected, flexible, and personalized homes are varied and ensure an automatic and innovative management of elements like heating systems, lighting, appliances, and automated devices such as blinds.
The market offers a wide range of solutions, catering to different needs, including budgetary considerations. Among the available options, there’s the implementation of a smart home with Gira products, a company that started with the production of light switches and today offers integrated systems for connecting home electronics.
DEVICES ARE EASY TO CONTROL
The benefits are manifold, including high interior comfort, efficiency of systems and devices, and the consequent energy savings, as well as home security. These benefits are guaranteed by automation and the high level of monitoring of the systems. With Gira products, you benefit from great flexibility and can control your home in a centralized manner, through a switch, voice control, or via the Gira Smart Home app’s digital user interface. This way, you have control of all the systems at any time, whether you’re on the couch at home or traveling.
The smart home is also convenient: by setting up scenarios and automatic functionalities, you can predefine how different devices will operate at a specific moment. For example, a “morning” scenario could involve the blinds opening at a certain time, turning on the radio, and starting the coffee machine. Or in the evening, lights can turn off automatically and the heating adjusts autonomously, even based on detected environmental parameters. This also avoids any energy waste.
IS IT ONLY FOR NEW CONSTRUCTIONS?
Smart homes and home automation are not just for the latest generation buildings, as it’s entirely possible to transform existing ones into highly comfortable and innovative spaces. Gira solutions can be applied both in new constructions, in a wired mode, and in existing buildings, in a wireless mode.
In this second configuration, realizing a custom project becomes possible even for rental homes, since everything is modifiable. This flexibility is also handy in case of changing needs of the inhabitants, with the need to expand or update the installed system. At this point, all that’s left is to choose the system that best suits one’s needs, considering that Gira offers 4 main alternatives:
- Gira System 3000: for basic light control, blinds, and heating functions. The installation is simple, using specific control inserts and control is direct on the switch or via Bluetooth app with a smartphone or tablet.
- Gira One offers more automation options, for a fully networked home. Activation is carried out by a specialized company, but modifications can be made at any time, quickly and conveniently via the app.
- Gira KNX: ensures the highest living comfort, in this case, devices are networked with each other via special data cables.
- Gira KNX RF: a wireless alternative specifically designed for the retrofitting of existing buildings.
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