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Posts tagged “smart home”

A Closer Look at the Smart Tech Within the Smart Home

Yesterday we posted about Smart Home's 2010 opening, featuring a whole slew of new technology. Janel posted a house tour of the original interior and has now gone back to check out the changes. She's...

Smart Power Strips to Cut Down On Power

If there's one thing that we hate, it's wasting power with vampire transformer sucking in electricity even if devices aren't plugged in. There's just a lot of wasted energy, which can be saved if yo...

Smart Home Halloween Event
Chicago

Have you been Michelle Kaufmann’s Smart Home yet? If not, this Saturday the Smart Home will be having a fall harvest festival just in time for Halloween and the changing seasons. There will be a far...

Michelle Kaufmann: Smart Home in 90 Seconds

Two things green building enthusiasts always talk about when it comes to modular homes is how little waste is created during construction and, often, how quickly the homes go up once they're delivered...

Blogging NPR: Smart Home - Green + Wired

One of the newest exhibits at the Museum of Science of Industry that is causing quite a buzz is Smart Home - Green + Wired. A 2,500 square-foot home designed to showcase green living has made its ho...