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		<title>What&#8217;s the Latest Trends in Home Cooling?</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Heating and cooling systems have made huge advancements in the last decade, but what HVAC trends can we expect going into the future? It’s good for both contractors and homeowners to be aware of where the industry is heading because they can adapt their services and homes to the changes. Smarten Up A growing number [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Heating and cooling systems have made huge advancements in the last decade, but what HVAC trends can we expect going into the future? It’s good for both contractors and homeowners to be aware of where the industry is heading because they can adapt their services and homes to the changes.</p>
<h2>Smarten Up</h2>
<p>A growing number of household goods are WiFi enabled, making the “internet of things” (IoT) a popular taking point amongst homeowners. Over the past few years, we have seen a growing number of people moving towards smart home integration.<br />
So how does all of this help with your cooling needs? Zoning! If done correctly, zoning should give you the power of individual temperature control in every zone/room in your home. Although the concept of zoning has been around for a number of years, how those zones are controlled, has evolved over the years.</p>
<h2>Smart Air-conditioning</h2>
<p>With an integrated Smart Home Solution like <a href="https://myplaceafrica.co.za//my-air/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MyAir</a>, you can enjoy the luxury of having your room, your way. You can control the temperature in your room from one central home hub or the mobile app. What’s awesome about this technology is, because you have access to the system via a mobile app, you can control the temperature in your home from anywhere. So during those blistering hot summer days, you can always come home to a cool house.</p>
<h2>Going Green, But Not Only For The Environment!</h2>
<p>More and more consumers have concerns about the environmental impact of the products they buy. With rising carbon levels, this makes sense, but it also means consumers will pay more for systems that are more environmentally-friendly than other options. They see that a higher upfront cost can not only reduce emissions but also reduce what they pay for heating and cooling over time.</p>
<p>By dividing your home up into zones – one for every room, you heat or cool only the rooms you are using. More zones equals more control over energy usage. Conditioning only the areas you want to, saves you money on your electricity bill, and may also mean the size of your aircon unit for the home can be smaller, which saves upfront capital expense too.</p>
<h2>What makes this the latest trend?</h2>
<p>The ability of this system to think for itself! Yes, you can teach the system to perform tasks based on several events. For example, should the temperature in your suburb increase or decrease, MyAir has the ability to note the change in temperature and adjust your air conditioning unit accordingly. So if you would like to add comfort and control to your life using the lastest tech, MyAir Smart air conditioning is the way to go!</p>
<h2><span style="color: #993300;"><a style="color: #993300;" href="https://myplaceafrica.co.za//my-air/"><span style="color: #fab207;">Why don&#8217;t you check it out!</span></a></span></h2>
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		<title>Smart Home vs Home Automation – How technology has evolved</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2021 08:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>From the voice recognition to the ever-increasing usage of AI, technology continues to become part of our daily lives. At Advantage Air, we get a lot of questions about our smart products and how they work. This article will discuss these technologies and distinguish between key terms. • Click here to learn more about MyPlace [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From the voice recognition to the ever-increasing usage of AI, technology continues to become part of our daily lives.<br />
At Advantage Air, we get a lot of questions about our smart products and how they work.<br />
This article will discuss these technologies and distinguish between key terms.</p>
<p><a href="https://myplaceafrica.co.za//myplace/">• Click here to learn more about MyPlace by Advantage Air.</a></p>
<h2>Smart Home vs Home Automation</h2>
<p>Home Automation was a term used in the mid-80s, when the development of advanced systems that empowered automating specific household features was discovered.<br />
While conceptually brilliant, Home Automation has a reputation for being both expensive and complex.<br />
There is usually a separate room or cupboard which houses a server for the system and all the required cabling in the home runs back to this one central location.<br />
This kind of installation is very expensive and often requires large maintenance fees on an annual or biannual basis.<br />
Fortunately, technology evolves and the concept of Home Automation has been developed further.<br />
Enter the Internet of Things (IoT) and smart products.<br />
Smart products are those that incorporate things such as microprocessors, sensors and software that allows them to run autonomously.</p>
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<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-2400" src="https://myplaceafrica.co.za//wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Picture1.jpg" alt="Smart home" width="400" height="280" />This is different to a Connected Home, where automated devices and appliances are generally set up to be controlled by something the user wields like a remote control.<br />
A great example of how a smart product can provide you complete control is MyPlace by Advantage Air.<br />
MyPlace works off a single easy-to-use integrated system and connects with existing items in your home such as lights, garage door, fans, blinds and most 220V items.<br />
It also has its own app, which means you can control your system at home or remotely.</p>
<h2>How MyPlace fits into the Smart Home</h2>
<p>A Smart Home is a home in which a number of these smart products are present. It’s only when these products talk to each other on a network that you have a Connected Home.<br />
Once again, take our MyPlace touchscreen and app for example.<br />
While it comes with automated components, it offers the homeowner so much more.<br />
MyPlace is a connected device which allows you to control all the functionality remotely from either the included wall mounted touchscreen or from your smartphone.<br />
However, it’s more than just a connected device – it’s a true smart product. This is evident because the MyPlace controller is in fact also an Android tablet.<br />
This allows you to control your air conditioning and lighting from within the same proprietary app and load up the tablet with all the other apps you use to control your other products within the home.</p>
<h2>No add-ons necessary with MyPlace</h2>
<p>Unlike some DIY systems currently available on the market, MyPlace doesn’t require any add-ons.<br />
You can control your home from the single hub, and because it’s also from Advantage Air, our MyAir smart system works off it.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-2087 size-full" src="https://myplaceafrica.co.za//wp-content/uploads/2020/08/MyAir_New-Interface.png" alt="" width="700" height="423" srcset="https://myplaceafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/MyAir_New-Interface.png 700w, https://myplaceafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/MyAir_New-Interface-600x363.png 600w, https://myplaceafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/MyAir_New-Interface-300x181.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" />You can adjust your reverse cycle air con from the same smart home touchscreen and app, and can use the same tablet with your other smart home products and your other apps.<br />
Automated products, in contrast, require these extra add-ons, and while the hub can usually control the connected devices in your home, they’re not included.<br />
If you want to ensure the smooth running of your home from the start, Advantage Air’s MyPlace is designed to be a complete home hub that won’t surprise you with any hidden costs later on.</p>
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		<title>How Smart Air-conditioning can improve your life!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2021 06:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>So you are in the market for a “smart’ air conditioner and you want to improve the quality of air in your home? You most likely have plenty of questions about how to make this happen. Luckily, we have the team at AdvantageAir on hand to tackle all of these. You’ll be amazed what smart [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So you are in the market for a “smart’ air conditioner and you want to improve the quality of air in your home? You most likely have plenty of questions about how to make this happen. Luckily, we have the team at AdvantageAir on hand to tackle all of these. You’ll be amazed what smart air conditioning can do for your household.</p>
<h2>WHAT CAN A SMART AIR CONDITIONER DO?</h2>
<p>Smart air conditioning systems can connect to other smart devices in your home to better control temperature levels. Smart devices are electronic devices that can wirelessly connect to other smart devices.</p>
<h2>WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH A SMART AIR CONDITIONER?</h2>
<p>• Remotely control your air conditioner from anywhere that you have internet access, so you can arrive home to a cool house.<br />
• The system will automatically control the temperature in each room, no more fiddling with the temperature when it gets too hot or cold.<br />
• If one wanted to take things to the next level, the air conditioner could be set to automatically switch on and off, depending on the internal or external temperature and automatically put itself onto heating or cooling mode, depending on the temperature. There would be no need to ever touch the air conditioner remote again, it would just work itself!</p>
<p>All of these features will not only make your home more comfortable, they will also reduce your energy bills because you’ll be air conditioning your home more efficiently, depending on usage, this can improve energy consumption for the air conditioners between 20 and 40%.</p>
<h2>HOW TO MAKE AN AIR CONDITIONER SMART</h2>
<p>On a ducted (or centralised system), a controller is connected to a tablet that connects to the homes WiFi. The app on the tablet that controls the system is where you can program exactly how you want to make the system function in numerous smart ways.</p>
<h2>HOW DOES A SMART ZONING SYSTEM AIR CONDITIONER WORK?</h2>
<p>A normal centralised system can only supply all the connected rooms with the same air temperature, regardless of the actual temperature in the room. This leaves some rooms being hotter or colder than others. A smart zoning system air conditioner can detect different temperatures in different zones or rooms of your home. Each zone or room has its own thermostat and air is allowed into that specific room based on the current temperature and temperature settings. This means that once the temperature in the room reaches the specified climate, it will reduce the amount of air needed to keep the room temperate and thereby use less electricity. Furthermore, rooms that aren’t being used can be switched off, also saving electricity.</p>
<h2>HOW TO CONNECT AN AIR CONDITIONER TO WIFI</h2>
<p>If you have a smart air conditioner, you can connect it to WiFi by using an appropriate app. You can then remotely control your unit by using your phone over WiFi or mobile data. You’re no longer limited to just using the unit’s designated remote control.</p>
<h2>THE ADVANTAGEAIR ADVANTAGE!</h2>
<p>At Advantage Air, we design and install smart air conditioning management systems. Our MyAir premium reverse cycle home air conditioning management system enables you to control temperature and air flow in up to 10 zones. You can do this via a stylish and intuitive touchscreen that doubles as a tablet, or you can use our app on your phone. Our MyAir smart air conditioning management system is compatible with all the major brands. It was designed in-house by our team of research and development engineers for the very best results.</p>
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		<title>How Advantage Air can make your home smarter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2021 06:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>With our homes being our new office, it has made home an even more important place than it already was. Zak Khan, from Advantage Air believes, “An investment in your home is therefore an investment in your happiness” – and the good news is that it doesn’t have to be expensive! • Click here to [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With our homes being our new office, it has made home an even more important place than it already was.<br />
Zak Khan, from Advantage Air believes, “An investment in your home is therefore an investment in your happiness” – and the good news is that it doesn’t have to be expensive!</p>
<p><a href="https://myplaceafrica.co.za//myplace/?utm_source=MyPlaceBlog&amp;utm_medium=Blog_Content&amp;utm_content=February_2021">• Click here to learn more about Advantage Air’s Smart solutions.</a></p>
<p>Advantage Air is a smart home technology provider that is dedicated to making your home as comfortable as possible without breaking your budget.</p>
<h2>Developing the best technologies</h2>
<p>Advantage Air installs 20,000 smart home systems per year, which shows how popular and successful their smart solutions are.</p>
<p>Key to this success is their investment into research and development, as this helps them to provide cutting-edge solutions to the home user at an affordable price.</p>
<p>Additionally, all of Advantage Air’s products are designed in-house by its team of 12 research and development engineers in Australia.</p>
<p>“Our ingenious engineers have developed numerous industry firsts and earned us several patents, registered designs, and design awards in the process,” said Advantage Air.</p>
<p>Advantage Air is not only focused on innovation, however &#8211; they also want their products to be reliable.</p>
<p>To this end, the company aims for an average of just 2% warranty claims per year and has been successful in this endeavour.<br />
This is impressive given the company offers 5-year warranties on all its electronic controls.</p>
<h2>Get started on your Smart Home today</h2>
<p>If you’d like to transform your house into a Smart Home, look no further than Advantage Air’s MyPlace Smart Home Starter Pack.</p>
<p>This solution makes smart technology affordable by working with the items you already have in your home – from lights to pool pumps.</p>
<p>As part of this starter pack, you get a wired-in tablet, a control box, and a connection box for six circuits.</p>
<p>This means you can control up to six elements in your home.</p>
<p>You can add more circuits and products at any time, and the MyPlace App allows you to control and schedule tasks from anywhere in the world using your smartphone.</p>
<p>This makes it quick and easy to control your Smart Home with the tap of a finger.</p>
<p><a href="https://myplaceafrica.co.za//myplace/?utm_source=MyPlaceBlog&amp;utm_medium=Blog_Content&amp;utm_content=February_2021">• Click here to learn more about Advantage Air’s Smart solutions.</a></p>
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		<title>How do smart air conditioners work?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 04:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>If you’re in the market for a ‘smart’ air conditioner, you probably have plenty of questions. This article will answer air conditioning FAQs, including: what smart air conditioning can do, how to make an air conditioner smart, how zoning system air conditioners work, how to connect an air conditioner to WiFi, We’ll provide you with [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you’re in the market for a ‘smart’ air conditioner, you probably have plenty of questions. This article will answer air conditioning FAQs, including:</p>
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">what smart air conditioning can do,</li>
<li aria-level="1">how to make an air conditioner smart,</li>
<li aria-level="1">how zoning system air conditioners work,</li>
<li aria-level="1">how to connect an air conditioner to WiFi,</li>
</ul>
<p>We’ll provide you with all the information you need to make a smart decision when buying an air conditioner for your home.</p>
<h2><b>What can a smart air conditioner do?</b></h2>
<p>Smart air conditioning systems can connect to other smart devices in your home to better control temperature levels. Smart devices are electronic devices that can wirelessly connect to other smart devices.</p>
<p>When you have a smart air conditioner, it can do things like:</p>
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">remotely control the temperature and air flow in your home (or specific rooms or zones in your home) via your phone or a tablet.</li>
<li aria-level="1">automatically adjust the airflow to maintain your selected temperature via temperature control sensors.</li>
<li aria-level="1">automatically adjust the temperature via motion sensors.</li>
</ul>
<p>All of these features will not only make your home more comfortable, they will also reduce your energy bills because you’ll be air conditioning your home more efficiently.</p>
<h2><b>How to make an air conditioner smart</b></h2>
<p>You can make your air conditioner smart by getting suitable WiFi-enabled devices and smart sensors that are compatible with your air conditioning system.</p>
<h2><b>How does a smart zoning system air conditioner work?</b></h2>
<p>A smart <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_conditioning#Split_systems" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">zoning system air conditioner</a> can detect different temperatures in different zones or rooms of your home, whereas a zoning air conditioner is only able to turn on and off air conditioners in separate rooms. Each zone or room has its own thermostat and ducted air is allowed into that zone or room based on the current temperature and temperature settings.</p>
<h2><b>How  to connect an air conditioner to WiFi</b></h2>
<p>If you have a smart air conditioner, you can connect it to WiFi by using an appropriate app. You can then remotely control your unit by using your phone over WiFi or mobile data. You’re not limited to just using the unit’s designated remote control.</p>
<p>Forget about only being able to switch the unit on or off when you’re home. You can do it from anywhere, as long as you have your phone connected to the internet and your unit is connected to WiFi.</p>
<h2><b>How we can help</b></h2>
<p>At<a href="https://www.advantageair.com.au/"> Advantage Air</a>, we design and install smart air conditioning management systems. Our<a href="https://www.advantageair.com.au/myair/"> MyAir</a> premium reverse cycle home air conditioning management system enables you to control temperature and air flow in up to 10 zones. You can do this via a stylish and intuitive touchscreen that doubles as a tablet, or you can use our app on your phone.</p>
<p>Our MyAir smart air conditioning management system is compatible with all the major brands. It was designed in-house by our team of research and development engineers and is principally manufactured right here in Australia.</p>
<p>We also have customer service centres nationwide. Our local staff are fully trained and authorised to provide advice and make on-the-spot decisions to ensure your satisfaction.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.advantageair.com.au/contact-us/">Contact us</a> today to find out more about our smart air conditioning management solution!</p>
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		<title>Six smart home trends that will transform life in the home and far beyond</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Homes will change more over the next twenty years than they did during the past hundred. The next generation home, the Transformational Smart Home, is emerging and will transform life inside homes and reshape the world of consumer services and citizen interactions. In its latest research, ABI Research outlines six major smart home concepts that [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Homes will change more over the next twenty years than they did during the past hundred. The next generation home, the Transformational Smart Home, is emerging and will transform life inside homes and reshape the world of consumer services and citizen interactions. In its latest research, ABI Research outlines six major smart home concepts that will drive Transformational Smart Home investment and adoption.</p>
<p>“Smart home capabilities are already becoming central to residents’ daily lives. A swathe of new and emerging technologies will increasingly extend and strengthen that position through enabling a wide range of interconnected services within the home and beyond,” says Jonathan Collins, smart home research director at ABI Research. Alongside technological development, social, environmental, financial, and even political change will bring critical mass to speed smart home development and value.</p>
<h3>The six key concepts detailed in the report are:</h3>
<ul>
<li>The Sentient Home: Where the smart home automatically adjusts in real time to changes to suit a range of criteria, from individual presence/preferences to efficiency and weather changes.</li>
<li>The Cooperative Home: This embeds the smart home in a network of homes integrated within a city/region/nation to manage, control, use, and share resources efficiently.</li>
<li>The New Lifestyle Home: Has the smart home supporting simple and flexible changes in the use of spaces to support a growing number of activities, even while the home footprint reduces.</li>
<li>The Home as a Business: Where smart home capabilities enable and support new revenue-generating services for residents to leverage.</li>
<li>The Low Impact Home: Automated control over the selection, generation, delivery, consumption, and disposal of goods and services in a push toward zero environmental impact.</li>
<li>The Marketplace Home: This defines how smart home management providers will control a key mediation point for companies, industries and service providers looking to engage with consumers.</li>
</ul>
<p>The push to monetise the rich potential of the Transformative Smart Home will drive the adoption of a wide range of new and emerging technologies. New capabilities across sensing, connectivity, AI, robotics, and more will be leveraged. In addition, an ecosystem of smart home service companies will emerge to assist and manage how new and existing vendors and industries extend the reach of their smart home plays.</p>
<p>“For some, the smart home future seems to be whatever a handful of global consumer technology giants, including Amazon and Google, decide to make it. But that underestimates the wave of change coming to the smart home market and the opportunities that lie beyond the scope of even today’s largest smart home players,” says Collins.</p>
<p>Investment in enabling the Transformational Smart Home is evident among consumers and vendors alike. Even among the unprecedented consumer upheaval of 2020, the smart home market will deliver 4% growth. ABI Research estimates that between 2020 and 2026, global smart home spending will grow at a 24,4% compound annual growth rate to $317,6 billion.</p>
<p>These findings are from ABI Research’s The Transformational Smart Home application analysis report. This report is part of the company’s Smart Home research service, which includes research, data, and ABI Insights.</p>
<p style="font-size: 9px;"><em>SOURCE: https://www.dataweek.co.za/12059r</em></p>
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		<title>Is the wireless home automation system a good investment?</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Nowadays, the wireless home automation system comes with so much developed technology that it’s simply impossible not having where to choose if you want to use to turn your house into a smart home. Thanks to IoT software development, a wireless home automation system can be life-changing. Therefore, using it can make your existence much [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nowadays, the wireless home automation system comes with so much developed technology that it’s simply impossible not having where to choose if you want to use to turn your house into a smart home.</p>
<p>Thanks to IoT software development, a wireless home automation system can be life-changing. Therefore, using it can make your existence much easier because it allows any user to control an electrical device from the computer or smartphone.</p>
<p>Before investing in a home automation system, make sure you find the right one for yourself. Moreover, maybe you would like to consider the technology used by the product and compatibility with your device.</p>
<h3><strong>Which are the most frequently used technologies in the wireless home automation system?</strong></h3>
<h3><strong>Wi-Fi</strong></h3>
<p>Do you have an existing Wi-Fi network in your house? Suddenly everything becomes easy. The smart home appliances are designed to function with the existing Wi-Fi network. However, too many appliances connected to the same network can slow down the response from those devices. Keep in mind that Wi-Fi is a power-hungry technology.</p>
<h3><strong>Li-Fi</strong></h3>
<p>This relatively new technology uses light for device communication. Using the Li-Fi technology comes with some advantages such as a wider bandwidth channel, functions in areas susceptible to electromagnetic interference and has a notably higher speed. Those of you who are energy conscious, you might want to take into consideration this technology. It is also preferred over Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or IR.</p>
<h3>Bluetooth</h3>
<p>The good old Bluetooth is now used by companies that produce smart light bulbs and smart door locks. Using this technology in a wireless home automation system comes with some advantages. It consumes less power than the previous protocols and we can connect multiple products that have the same connectivity features.</p>
<h3>Z-Wave</h3>
<p>Using the same protocol as Wi-Fi, radio frequency, the Z-Wave technology is in many ways different. It is energy-saving, enhances the communication between devices and is compatible with many brands. The protocol applies to thermostats, windows, security systems, locks and even to swimming pools.</p>
<h3>ZigBee</h3>
<p>Initially built for a commercial purpose this advanced protocol is now in residential usage as well. It is a low-power, low-cost based on radio frequency protocol used to create personal area networks. The protocol is highly customizable, can operate on multiple devices at a time, uses less power and can eliminate the battery usage.</p>
<h3>Should we invest in a wireless home automation system?</h3>
<p>The answer is… yes. This kind of system, even if it implies a higher cost at the beginning, to install all this smart technology in your home, you must think about it as a lifetime investment, enhancing the value of your house. It offers:</p>
<ul>
<li>safety by giving you the possibility to install all those security systems,</li>
<li>convenience, making your life easier</li>
<li>savings of energy and money</li>
<li>highly customizable</li>
<li>easy to install</li>
</ul>
<p>Whether you choose to use it or not, the smart home industry is in full development. The companies and professionals are working hard to deliver a better and more cost-efficient technology, affordable for many.</p>
<p style="font-size: 9px;"><em>SOURCE: https://www.arobs.com/blog/2020/01/17/is-the-wireless-home-automation-system-a-good-investment/</em></p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>We live in a world of self-driving cars and miracle medical cures – welcome to the future. With so many technological advancements rolling out on an almost daily basis, it’s easy to get left behind. If you would like to keep moving with the times, then smart home living is your best bet. Click here [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We live in a world of self-driving cars and miracle medical cures – welcome to the future.</p>
<p>With so many technological advancements rolling out on an almost daily basis, it’s easy to get left behind.</p>
<p>If you would like to keep moving with the times, then smart home living is your best bet.</p>
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<li><strong><a href="https://myplaceafrica.co.za//myplace/?utm_source=MyBroadband&amp;utm_campaign=Advantage_Air&amp;utm_term=December_2020">Click here to learn more about MyPlace Smart Home Solutions.</a></strong></li>
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<p>This means upgrading your lifestyle as better systems are released, and staying up to date with the latest news and trends in science and technology.</p>
<p>While it may be impossible to implement or purchase every new piece of tech, you can begin by modernising your home.</p>
<p><strong>Let your home think for itself</strong></p>
<p>With so many smart products floating around, it’s difficult to know which of them to trust, or which of them are the smartest of the lot.</p>
<p>It is important to choose a consolidated system, one that can give you ease of access to different elements in your home from one central hub.</p>
<p>To take it a step further, choose a smart home solution that can perform tasks without you needing to lift a finger.</p>
<p>This could include adjusting the temperature in your home based on the weather conditions in your suburb, or having specific window blinds close at midday to avoid the harsh afternoon sun heating up your rooms to an uncomfortable temperature.</p>
<p><strong>Update your heating and cooling </strong></p>
<p>Fans, air conditioners, and heaters all take up a lot of energy. Higher electricity usage means you spend more money and negatively impact the environment too.</p>
<p>Smart home living means coming up with solutions such as automated heating and cooling, and even window dressings like blinds that will help to regulate the temperature within your home better.</p>
<p>New models of heaters and air conditioners may also consume less energy, so be sure to do your research before a purchase.</p>
<p><strong>Better lighting</strong></p>
<p>Something else that may drive those electricity bills up is the lighting within your house.</p>
<p>Longer-lasting fluorescent and <strong><a href="https://myplaceafrica.co.za//my-lights/?utm_source=MyBroadband&amp;utm_campaign=Advantage_Air&amp;utm_term=December_2020">LED lights</a></strong> are not as heavy on energy usage and work just as efficiently.</p>
<p>Look for systems which allow you to control your house’s entire lighting system from one application, this allows the lights to be switched off when not in use or forgotten.</p>
<p><strong>Improve security </strong></p>
<p>Most South Africans seek to improve the security in and outside their residences.</p>
<p>Smart technology simplifies such systems by allowing homeowners total control and access to their gates, garage doors, security beams, remotely. Allowing people in and de-activing beams is possible even when not at home.</p>
<p>You can also find <strong><a href="https://myplaceafrica.co.za//innovations/?utm_source=MyBroadband&amp;utm_campaign=Advantage_Air&amp;utm_term=December_2020">motion sensors</a></strong> to give you real-time alerts of any unwanted guests in your home.</p>
<p><strong>Smart Home automation</strong></p>
<p>As the ultimate in modern living, smart home solutions allow you to integrate the above systems into one, easy interface.</p>
<p>Through your device of choice, such as a phone or tablet, you can remotely control your temperature, lighting, security beams, garage doors, driveway gates, automated blinds, and a host of other elements.</p>
<p>Automating these networks means that even without controlling them, your household runs on a predetermined routine, which frees your time up for what is really important.</p>
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<p>If you are seeking a smart home solution which seamlessly integrates with existing elements in your household, then why not a look at some of the incredible features <strong><a href="https://myplaceafrica.co.za//myplace/?utm_source=MyBroadband&amp;utm_campaign=Advantage_Air&amp;utm_term=December_2020">MyPlace</a></strong> has to offer?</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Previously we have predicted that integration would be the determining factor in whether a smart product was successful or not. So far this has proven to be true with integration allowing your smart home to be as smart as it can be. Our homes are only as smart as the devices in them – and [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Previously we have predicted that integration would be the determining factor in whether a smart product was successful or not. So far this has proven to be true with integration allowing your smart home to be as smart as it can be.</p>
<p>Our homes are only as smart as the devices in them – and they need to work the way they are meant to. However, not all devices will “talk” to each other the way they should, to give the kind of service you have dreamt about. Here is how MyPlace easily integrates things around your home and helps to make this dream a reality.</p>
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<h2>Home Integration</h2>
<p>The growth of integration has been growing among South Africans in the recent years. There is no denying that we South Africans love our convenience and smart home products that can be controlled from one central hub.</p>
<p>Also known as centralized home automation – where users can control every connected appliance and device in their home from one interface – their aim is to create a smoother environment by seamlessly integrating. This makes them easier to manage and simplifies our lives, which at the end of the day is what smart home technology is all about.</p>
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<h2>Introducing the MyPlace Home Hub</h2>
<p>As a result of the push for further integration, homeowners are investing in home automation hubs. A hub acts as a central location to connect devices for use wirelessly from a remote control panel, tablet or smart phone.</p>
<p>When you install Advantage Air’s <a href="https://myplaceafrica.co.za//myplace/">MyPlace</a> system, you don’t need to worry about figuring out integration for yourself. The MyPlace system allows the flexibility of adding <a href="https://myplaceafrica.co.za//my-air/">MyAir</a> and/or <a href="https://myplaceafrica.co.za//my-lights/">MyLights</a> as well as controlling other devices in the home. MyPlace also provides a hub for third party Apps for ease of access, with everything located in one convenient place.</p>
<p>Use the MyAir tab to control the heating and cooling in your home from your App. The home screen displays all of the essentials: whether the system is on or off, set to heating or cooling, the set temperature and actual temperature and fan speed.</p>
<p>Once you have adjusted the temperature from the home screen, you can tap through to zones to fine tune the airflow in every room. Here you can unlock the full functionality of each system by simply tapping the unit name to display all of your options.</p>
<p>In the MyAir tab you will also find our new MyComfort settings which allow you even more choices around how to best use your Air Conditioning.</p>
<p>Use the MyLights tab to have control over individual lights or set up groups of lights that are able to be used at the touch of a button or integrated into your scenes.</p>
<p>An 8-inch colour Android touchscreen that is permanently powered and wall-mounted, MyPlace is designed to be a complete home hub. Simply tap on what you want to do and follow the prompts. Under the MyPlace Tab our intuitive navigation has six main sections:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Home:</strong> These are the buttons which are most commonly used on your device. The intuitive system will automatically include them for you.</li>
<li><strong>Groups:</strong> A group gives you the ability to control one or multiple “things” with the push of one button.</li>
<li><strong>Scenes:</strong> A scene allows you to auto run any “thing” that is connected to your Advantage Air system in your own configuration either with the touch of a button or set to automatically run.</li>
<li><strong>Monitors:</strong> Allow you to monitor for certain temperature and weather events in your suburbs and lets you make decisions based on this information, or runs a pre-programmed scene based on this information.</li>
<li><strong>Set- up:</strong> Allows you to customize your zone names, light names and groups. You can also check your remote access here.</li>
<li><strong>Help:</strong> Simply tap the help button if assistance is required at any time.</li>
</ol>
<p>Home owners don’t want to be rocket scientists in order to manage or learn about their smart devices. They just want them to operate automatically and give them the benefits for which they were purchased. Like the best tablets, MyPlace is super intuitive and easy to use.</p>
<p>The entire system is designed to be technophobe friendly, so even the most technologically challenged can use it with ease. You can even upgrade from the 8-inch touchscreen to the 10-inch touchscreen making everything larger and easier to use.</p>
<h2>Integration at the Touch of your Fingertips</h2>
<p>As daily life migrates online, it is handy to have a dedicated touchscreen for the home. The MyPlace has a wide range of useful feature outside of Air Conditioning, Lights, Garage Doors, Blinds and other “things” around the home it also doubles as an Android home hub, when connected to the internet you can do things such as:</p>
<ul>
<li>Search for recipes</li>
<li>Play music</li>
<li>Stay in touch with loved ones</li>
</ul>
<p>We have taken this one step further by developing a MyApps tab in MyPlace. In the MyApps tab you will be able to have your home control apps such as Fronius for Solar Monitoring and Ring for your front door all within the MyPlace app for ease of use.</p>
<p>This is all designed to make everyday life a little more comfortable. We think that it is fair to say the connected home is well and truly here thanks to MyPlace.</p>
<p>The real value of smart home products is achieved when they are interconnected. <a href="https://myplaceafrica.co.za//contact/">Have a chat</a> with Advantage Air today about installing a MyPlace home hub to give you control over your home.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Summer is an exciting time for burglars. More daylight hours, the nights are warm and they know that many people are out and about or travelling for summer holidays, making it easy to target and break into homes while occupants are out or away. You might be having a well-deserved break with family and friends, [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Summer is an exciting time for burglars. More daylight hours, the nights are warm and they know that many people are out and about or travelling for summer holidays, making it easy to target and break into homes while occupants are out or away. You might be having a well-deserved break with family and friends, but burglars are still hard at work.</p>
<p>The festive season also provides opportunity for burglars as people are out for Christmas functions, braai&#8217;s and catch ups with family and friends, and this along with the prospect of gifts under the tree as an easy target can make us all a little vulnerable at this time of the year.</p>
<p>While it’s tough to know if your home will be targeted by burglars this summer, there are many things you can do to keep your home safe during this season, even if you’re not planning to travel. Follow these tips to stay on top of home security all summer and keep your home and family safe.</p>
<p>By avoiding some common home security mistakes you can reduce your chances that a burglar will choose your home in favour of an easier target.</p>
<p><strong>1. Lock your doors and windows</strong> – Seems obvious but many home break-ins occur because the homeowner has simply made it too easy for the burglar by forgetting to lock doors or windows. Often burglars are opportunistic and will go from house to house looking for quick and easy access. So investing in tried and tested home security measures like deadbolt locks is always a good decision.</p>
<p><strong>2. Turn lights on and off</strong> – Sometimes thieves will watch homes on a street for a few days to work out the easy targets! If your house is in darkness for a number of days and nights, this is a neon sign to burglars saying “pick me”. Use a light switch timer or home automation to have lights turn on and off automatically on a schedule. Burglars watching your home will notice that lights are flipped on and off and likely assume that someone is home.</p>
<p><strong>3. Don’t tell Social Media</strong> – Avoid announcing your upcoming holiday on “The Socials”, and don’t share travel photos while you are still away. It’s tempting but it broadcasts that you aren’t at home, and there is no way to be sure who has seen the posts. However, if you do have the desire to share your happy snaps while on holiday, keep your social accounts on private so only trusted family and friends can view. This ensures only your close network can see what you’re up to and keeps a close lock on who knows you are away (no pun intended).</p>
<p><strong>4. Arm your Security system</strong> – If you have a working alarm, use it! Don’t get into the bad habit of forgetting (or not bothering) to arm it before you leave the house. Security systems are a major deterrent for home burglars, especially with an audible alarm to scare off intruders.</p>
<p><strong>5. Don’t change anything for a major trip</strong> – If you normally keep your curtains and blinds open, don’t shut them just before you leave as it is a clear message to burglars that you’re not home. It is a good idea however to hide away any valuables that might be spotted from peeking through a window. It’s also a good idea to let some close friends or neighbours know you’re away and to keep an eye on your home while you are gone. A second pair of eyes on your home is always a good idea.</p>
<p><strong>6. Use outdoor lighting</strong> – Good exterior lighting especially at your doors and windows can illuminate burglars and encourage them to move on. Or, good lighting will help neighbours spot them at your door. Consider motion sensors, timer lights or a lighting system that allows you to schedule your lights to turn on and off.</p>
<p><strong>7. Keep your valuables hidden</strong> – Keep your valuables away from windows as this provides a quick and easy target for burglars. If they are able to gain access to your home, they will look for easy to pocket valuables. Hide jewellery, money and other valuables in inconspicuous spots. Keep in mind that burglars are likely to hit your master bedroom and living area first rather than secondary bedrooms, bathrooms or even the garage.</p>
<p><strong>8. Think about hiding spots in your garden</strong> – Large plants and bushes, although they may look nice, offer a home burglar a place to hide on your property, buying them time and possibly giving them the privacy to break into a door or window. Don’t keep your garden unruly as this is the perfect opportunity for burglars to sneak up and hide. Maintaining your garden ensures clear lines of sight.</p>
<p><strong>9. Invest in good quality locks and security features</strong> – As much as a fake alarm box or cameras might be effective at a first glance an experienced thief after closer inspection will very likely be able to tell the difference. Low quality locks and security screens on doors and windows can often be easily broken or forced open, providing little resistance to an experienced burglar.</p>
<p><strong>10. Invest in Smart Home features</strong> – Even if you don’t have a home security system, a <a href="https://myplaceafrica.co.za//myplace/">Smart Home</a> can keep your house safer. You can control lights, TV’s, radios, detect motion and more, to make it look like you are home. You may even be able to view live videos (CCTV), get alerts and answer your doorbell with a video chat.</p>
<p>If you would like some more information about how MyPlace can help to keep your family and home safe and secure, <a href="https://myplaceafrica.co.za//contact/">contact our passionate team</a>, they are here to help.</p>
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