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gies. In terms of domestic heating, many prospective house buyers want to control a heating system from their smartphone or set it up so that minimal interaction is required. For housebuilders and develop- ers, this means exploring the variety of smart heating controls available on the market, in order to help bolster the sales potential of new homes.
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THE SMART CONTROL OPPORTUNITY The rise of the smart home has brought with it a raft of heating technologies that improve efficiency, comfort and conven- ience, all c an internet connection. Connectivity is a key feature within the latest generation of boiler controls, enabling heating and hot water to be controlled remotely from anywhere in the world using a smartphone or tablet. It’s a hugely desir- able concept, and the best examples on the market manage to balance great aesthetics and ease of use with the ability to reduce overall energy output. With housebuilders and developers always under pressure to improve the efficiency and subsequent emissions of a home, it is easy to see why smart heating controls are playing an important role in the specification process of many new build developments. A large part of this is down to the fact that many smart controls boast several useful features to this end, including: • Weather compensation, which can tailor a boiler’s performance to local weather conditions via the internet – a far cry from the on/off controls of previous generations.
• Load compensation, a control function that maintains internal room tempera- tures while operating the boiler at as low a flow temperature as possible to increase the condensing operation.
• Automation and optimisation, to adjust time and temperature settings based on occupancy detection and/or stored data from user adjustments over time. Optimisation starts the boiler operation at the optimum time to achieve the set point temperature at the start of the occupancy period. Most internet-enabled thermostats will contain both of these attributes.
Thanks to these features, housebuilders can make sure that all heating methods are synced via controls and ready to hand over to the homeowner to customise based on their lifestyle.
SMART CONTROLS & HYBRID HEATING Smart controls, in conjunction with intelli- gent hybrid systems, are also increasingly being turned to for developments built off the mains gas grid. The benefit of using
e are now fully immersed in a world with a growing interest in all sorts of connected technolo-
GET SMART ON CONNECTED HOMES
Martyn Bridges of Worcester Bosch explains how savvy housebuilders can take advantage of the opportunity posed by connected home technology for boilers, which consumers are increasingly buying into.
THE RISE OF THE SMART HOME HAS BROUGHT WITH IT A RAFT OF HEATING TECHNOLOGIES THAT IMPROVE EFFICIENCY, COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE, ALL BECAUSE OF AN INTERNET CONNECTION
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