Multi-unit safety is moving into everyday smart-home planning
One building problem can become a neighbour-to-neighbour safety problem when alarms, notification, and shared exits do not line up.
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News & Trends · 🛡️ Safety First · Mar 12
News & Trends · 💡 Smart Living · Feb 12
Your next thermostat, speaker, and lock might finally speak the same language
Device compatibility is getting easier to explain, but interoperability still does not settle the household rules around guests, renters, backups, or who can open the door.
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New Deals · 🌱 Energy & Eco · Feb 19
Watch utility-connected thermostat offers
A zero-dollar or subsidized thermostat is still only useful if it fits the heating system and the household routine.
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New Deals · 🏡 Feel-Good Home · Feb 26
Blackout curtains are a better deal when measured twice
Deal filter only. A cheap curtain is not useful if it leaves side gaps or drags on the floor.
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🛡️ Safety First
Mar 12 · 📰 News & Trends
Multi-unit safety is moving into everyday smart-home planning (3 mins read)
Mar 12 · 📰 News & Trends
Shared exits make notification speed more important (3 mins read)
Mar 12 · 📰 News & Trends
Certification marks are now required for smoke and CO alarms (3 mins read)
Mar 12 · 💡 Opinions & How-Tos
Run a door-to-door alarm audit (4 mins read)
💡 Smart Living
Feb 12 · 📰 News & Trends
More Canadian homes are adding smart devices — and the front door is on the list (3 mins read)
Feb 12 · 📰 News & Trends
Your next thermostat, speaker, and lock might finally speak the same language (3 mins read)
Feb 12 · 📰 News & Trends
In Quebec, your landlord can't just walk in — 24 hours' notice is the rule (3 mins read)
Feb 12 · 💡 Opinions & How-Tos
Changing your lock in a Quebec rental? The lease has rules about that (4 mins read)
🌱 Energy & Eco
Feb 19 · 📰 News & Trends
Peak management is entering the normal home toolkit (3 mins read)
Feb 19 · 📰 News & Trends
Demand-response programs are changing thermostat decisions (3 mins read)
Feb 19 · 📰 News & Trends
Comfort is becoming part of energy planning (3 mins read)
Feb 19 · 💡 Opinions & How-Tos
Comfort rules beat aggressive schedules (4 mins read)
🏡 Feel-Good Home
Feb 26 · 📰 News & Trends
Sleep design is moving beyond mattress shopping (3 mins read)
Feb 26 · 📰 News & Trends
Noise, light, and air are becoming bedroom performance basics (3 mins read)
Feb 26 · 📰 News & Trends
City living is making acoustic comfort more visible (3 mins read)
Feb 26 · 💡 Opinions & How-Tos