New Homes in Houston TX by Long Lake

Smart Phone Apps – Talk to Your House

Apps have become an everyday necessity for smartphone owners.  You can now sync your smart phone to anything from a thermostat to a coffee maker.  Here are a few of the most innovative and popular apps that homeowners are now using. The Smart Thermostats The market for apps and systems that sync devices to thermostats is growing.  Sandra Malm’s, editor …

New Homes in Houston TX by Long Lake

How Smart Can a Smart House Be?

Builders have been talking about making homes smarter for decades.  Today, that’s accomplished with systems that monitor energy usage so homeowner’s can reduce the cost of utility bills.  What about a house that can think and respond to an owner’s behavioral patterns and adjust the indoor environment accordingly with the use of computers and sensors? Over the last year an …