Smart Home has never been so simple
Issue 02-2018:
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Eco-Touch by OGGA is a smart home system that automatically adapts itself to the users’ behavior. The heating system is automatically programmed depending on the residents’ habits, lighting and standby are switched off when rooms are unoccupied, a mobile app allows users to monitor energy consumption and operate their homes remotely.
The wireless EnOcean technology permits the solution to be installed and upgraded effortlessly and to add other options such as roller shutter operation. There is no need for programming or configuration, ensuring easy handling. This was the major factor that led the French housing association Immobilière Rhône-Alpes to integrate Eco-Touch in their projects.
Your home, not you, changes its habits
Eco-Touch learns habits and regulates heating systems with the greatest possible energy efficiency. “The reason for our cooperation with OGGA is easily explained. We make energy-efficient buildings but we have realized that their energy performance can be reduced and the bills grow depending on the occupants’ habits,” says Flavien Dauphin, Project Manager of the Property Development Direction at Immobilière Rhône-Alpes.
Simplicity is the key
To make the system as simple as possible, Eco-Touch has a switch that is installed near the entrance. It allows users to set the periods of absence and presence when leaving home or upon their return. Once it is done, Eco-Touch will do the rest.
Flavien Dauphin: “Smart home has to be available to everyone. This system replaces thermostats that are often very complicated to configure. Eco-Touch offers all the advantages of a smart home but is very easy to use. Our tenants say that even a six-year-old child can use it.”
Smart building: energy savings with greater comfort
With the constantly increasing electricity prices and quality of live, comfort and energy efficiency have become a must have. Property developers are looking for solutions to monitor a building’s consumption and detect potential energy leaks to reduce its maintenance costs. This is another option Eco-Touch offers.
Flavien Dauphin: “One thing is for sure: the property development sector lags behind other industries in terms of assimilating new technologies. Solutions such as Eco-Touch are the future. They will allow us to provide our tenants with more comfort and give them control over their electricity bills.”
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