The National Association of Homebuilders yesterday announced that nationwide housing starts, led by a steep drop in multifamily production, fell 11 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.06 million units in October, according to newly released data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Commerce Department.
CEDIA announced that Luke Dixon of Imagine That Audio and Video as the 2015 Humanitarian Award recipient for his work on the Lone Survivor Foundation Crystal Beach Retreat Facility.
The Future Home Experience keynote address that kicked off CEDIA EXPO 2015 brought the flying car-type concepts of the future to within grasp in the next few years.
The New York Times published an eye-opening essay on October 14, which summarized the author’s experiences connecting his home to the IoT using do-it-yourself products.
The Z-Wave Alliance, a global consortium of more than 325 member companies supporting the Z-Wave wireless IoT standard, announced that home improvement company Lowe’s joined its membership with the Iris by Lowe’s smart home solution.
CABA, the Continental Automated Buildings Association, held a Web conference this week to present top-level results and conclusions of its new landmark study, “The Connected Consumer Roadmap –Driven by the Internet of Things.”
Serene Homes new Hills of Windridge development in Fort Worth, Texas, could be introducing a fascinating new aspect of connectedness — not only among home and mobile technology devices, but also among homeowners in an entire “smart” community.