smart building Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 16 Jul 2014 10:52:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 NEST and Samsung Make One Control System for All Smart Gadgets https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nest-samsung-make-one-control-system-smart-gadgets-20140716/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nest-samsung-make-one-control-system-smart-gadgets-20140716/#respond Wed, 16 Jul 2014 09:53:22 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=48543 Anybody, who is completely hooked on NEST and all the other smart technologies that control everything at home, would be able to tell you that there is only one limitation to the whole experience. You need a separate control for each individual component, which can become rather confusing if you have a couple of these […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nest-samsung-make-one-control-system-smart-gadgets-20140716/feed/ 0 48543 How Smart Climate Control Saves Energy and Money https://www.greenoptimistic.com/how-smart-climate-control-saves-energy-and-money-20130619/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/how-smart-climate-control-saves-energy-and-money-20130619/#respond Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:33:33 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=38525 Current climate control technology in a building is not as advanced as it could be, and is wasting thousands of dollars a year because of it. If you think about climate control in a modern automobile, you can set your desired temperature, and the system takes care of the rest. Based on solar load, air […]

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