Carmen Dominguez
Homes By Carmen Dominguez, Orlando, Fla.
With
all the components integrated into home automation and home
entertainment systems, just finding the correct remote control to turn
on the television can be a challenge. That’s why custom builder Carmen
Dominguez started using the Crestron ST-1700C touchpanel control for the
entertainment and automation systems in the homes she builds. After
installing it in her own home first, she found it completely changed her
life by simplifying the operation of her home entertainment system.
Crestron
The
ST-1700C’s 5.7-inch screen is a high-resolution, wireless active matrix
display panel that can be programmed to control nearly any system in
the home from security cameras and lighting to whole-house audio and
HVAC systems. Five programmable, engravable buttons operate without
waking the touchpanel display, helping to further extend the life of the
long-lasting NiMH batteries. The touchpanels are ergonomically shaped
and lightweight, providing fingertip control of any device. A variety of
custom-programmed icons and graphics are available.
Dominguez says the controller empowers her to be able to do what she needs to do with her home entertainment system without having to ask other people for help. And her clients love it in their homes because it’s so different. “The screen and icons are colorful, graphics are cool, and it gives a modern look and feel to the home entertainment system,” Dominguez says.
Crestron. 888.273.7876.
www.crestron.com.
Tedd Benson
Bensonwood Homes, Walpole, N.H.
Custom
timber-frame builder Tedd Benson’s firm developed a flexible building
concept utilizing a unique flooring system, manufactured in its
facility, that creates a wide-open space beneath it to allow easy
installation, reconfiguration, and addition to mechanical systems. An
integral part of the flooring system is Huber Engineered Woods’1
1/8-inch-thick AdvanTech flooring and sheathing panel.
Courtesy Huber Engineered Woods
Huber Engineered Woods
“It’s
a very strong, weather-resistant product, and allows us to span the
distance between the steel struts in our system so that the floor is
very stiff,” Benson says. Each 4-foot-by-8-foot panel weighs about 120
pounds and has to be lifted by hoist. “The AdvanTech panels, with their
greater span capacity, really help to make the whole system possible.”
The AdvanTech panel’s thickness eliminates the need for intermediate framing to support ducting and piping, Benson says. “It ends up saving us materials costs, and it makes it easier for local mechanical tradespeople to install their products.”
Huber Engineered Woods. 800.933.9220.
www.huberwood.com.
