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News Release from: Carlo Gavazzi | Subject: Home automation distribution network
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 14 July 2006
Carlo Gavazzi home automation
distribution network
Carlo Gavazzi UK is to support home owners looking to automate their homes with the addition of a new network of specialist distributors.
Carlo Gavazzi UK is to support home owners looking to automate their homes with the addition of a new network of specialist distributors Previously the company addressed mainly business users
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 8 Jan 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The new distributors will provide a design and installation service for home owners wishing to automate their home with smart house technology, supply equipment and provide technical backup for smart house installers.
According to Alan Hickman Managing Director, Carlo Gavazzi UK the distributors have been selected for their knowledge and experience in implementing home automation systems.
He commented, "This is the first time that Carlo Gavazzi has appointed a channel to engage directly with consumers at home, as opposed to businesses".
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"Growing numbers of consumers are recognising the convenience and energy saving benefits of home automation - a technology which Carlo Gavazzi has offered successfully to businesses for some time".
"Our new, national network of experienced professionals will help us take this technology to this new market, providing them with the home automation solution that they require, at an affordable cost, backed by the necessary support".
The distributors selected by Carlo Gavazzi are, Simply Automate in Worminghall, Buckinghamshire, Electrical Wholesale, Huddersfield and Automatic Buildings in Coleshill.
Each has extensive experience in the design, installation and commissioning of home automation systems".
"We recognise that home automation is still a fairly new concept to the UK and therefore strive to provide the right solutions and provide honest advice to our customers using our extensive personal knowledge," said Darryl Mattocks, director, Simply Automate.
"We believe the systems we supply represent a watershed in environmental control for contemporary living and only select the products we feel offer the highest standards".
"This is why we are proud to announce that we are part of Carlo Gavazzi's network of distributors".
"For years we have been implementing Smart Technology into the industrial sector and now install the same systems into homes and residencies," said Martyn Woodcock, Managing Director, Automatic Buildings.
"We have found Carlo Gavazzi's smart house system very adaptable to all sectors of our business and easy to install, even into systems which are already established".
"Before setting up this company, I had previous experience of home automation, and worked with many other systems," said Simon Good, sales manager, Electrical Wholesale Huddersfield".
"Only since starting the business and considering a number of other systems to offer our customers, did it become obvious which was the most effective one to choose - the smart house system".
"The advantages of smart house, we feel, are its versatility, simplicity and cost".
"The ease with which it can be programmed is also a bonus and has provided us with a product that is both innovative and accessible".
About smart house.
Smart house is powered by Dupline - a well proven field and installation bus originally developed for the industrial market, offers unique solutions for a wide range of applications in building automation, water distribution, energy management, railway systems and many other areas.
The system is capable of transmitting multiple digital and analogue signals over several km using just 2 wires.
It's distributed modular design and simple operating principle means straight forward installation and commissioning in new and existing applications.
Solutions are engineered by combining the central smart house controller with temperature sensors, light switches, roller blind controllers, dimmers and relay modules.
All modules and sensors are connected to the same 2 wire cable which is used to exchange data between with the central controller.
Dupline can boast more than 120.000 installations world wide since its introduction in 1986.
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