Your home network will need a Wireless Router, Linksys gets eco-friendly
August 26, 2008
Today Linksys (a division of Cisco) announced that they are jumping on the greener bandwagon with the delivery of eco-friendly packaging around their home networking gear, as well as ENERGY STAR compliance for some of their router products.
Just about every one of us homeowners will put in a new network during our remodel. On the list will likely be a wireless router. As you are looking, look harder at those manufacturers who are doing just a bit more like this.
So what is so “green” about the Linksys packaging:
- Linksys has removed the “sleeve” (outer packaging that contains all the printing and information about the product). Instead of having a “sleeve,” Linksys plans to print all the information on the box itself, eliminating the Read more
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AUDIO-VISUAL: Knoll Systems amplifier wins Electronic House
July 23, 2008
We covered the energy efficiency of the Knoll Systems multi-zone audio amplifiers earlier this year. Just this week the company won Electronic House’s 2008 Product of the Year Award for the GSZ67 multi-room audio controller amplifier! Congratulations!!The GSZ67 is an amplifier that controls multiple speaker “zones” in your newly remodeled home. The multi-room controller allows you to plug in 7 different audio sources (e.g. Sonus, iPod, Sirius, XM, Comcast, etc.) and play a different audio source in up to 6 different places in your home (or backyard).
The significance of the GSZ67 is the innovative Knoll Systems Eco-System circuitry that, unlike other multi-zone amplifiers, dramatically reduces power consumption when zones in your home are not being used! This reduction in energy usage, also contributes less to heat creation, further reducing your cooling needs.
If A/V is part of your remodel, take a look at the GSZ67. We also hear there are some more great power saving audio innovations coming from Knoll at the CEDIA show in September!!
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AUDIO-VISUAL: Which whole house audio amplifiers are most efficient?
May 4, 2008
As homeowners, many of us will use our home remodel as an opportunity to “upgrade” our existing home audio and visual equipment such as televisions, amplifiers, satellite/cable box, DVD players, whole house audio, video games, etc. With these upgrades, you have an opportunity to reduce power consumption in your home – making your home a greener home. Further, if your new equipment is an addition to your power consumption, then there are products that are better choices than others relative to energy consumption.
Today, we want to talk about the whole house audio category, and innovation which is occurring in the whole house audio market. Whole house audio is sound that is piped to various locations in your home, and you hear it through speakers in your walls or ceiling. You select a source (DVD, iPod, Pandora, XM Satellite) in the room you are occupying, your amplifier recognizes your selection, and then delivers the sound/music to your location.
A key component of whole house audio system is a multi-channel amplifier. Suppliers of multi-zone multi-channel amplifiers are company’s such as Read more
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