TECHNOLOGY
CAN HOME TECHNOLOGY CONTRIBUTE TO A GREENER LIFESTYLE? TAS KYRIACOU Director Intelligent Digital Solutions www.idsgroup.uk.com
IDS designed and installed an energy-saving home automation system for a prime property in West London’s Notting Hill. The home owners were an American couple residing in London with their threeyear-old twins. Their hectic but homeoriented lifestyles meant they wanted the interiors to feel like an inner-city sanctuary that was luxurious and comforting while providing the perfect environment to create beautiful memories as a family and when entertaining guests.
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The family was looking to live a greener lifestyle, so incorporating sustainable features was of high importance and so, Designed by Woulfe commissioned IDS to deliver a smart home scheme, optimising the house’s performance and green credentials. Today we are in a position where technology can play a major role in achieving energy efficiency and contribute to the reduction of our green footprint. For this project, our technology choices needed to reflect the client’s brief to be sustainable and greener. Together, we decided on a lighting control system including LED lighting throughout and an automated heating and
