California’s Title 24 presents implications for those engaged in new and retrofit home construction. While there are many different ways to look at power conservation and consumption, Paul Nagel, Control4’s VP of engineering, talks about how home automation systems create a “greener” home. Not only does a ...

For most of us, connecting technology systems is a bit outside our normal capacity. That’s why there are home automation dealers and integrators who can connect separate technologies in the home into a single automated system. Like other tech specialists, the home automation dealer can also share a vision ...

Recently I was in Salt Lake City, Utah, and met with John Yoon, vice president of marketing at Control4, a firm that builds home automation systems. These systems do things like dim the lights when you turn on your home theater. Or control your home’s temperature.

When these homeowners wanted to add smart home functionality to an existing home, they turned to an integrator. The integrator presented Control4 as both a feature rich and affordable solution. Now this family has a single-remote experience to manage all the different systems in their home, including integrated ...

Adding a home automation system to an existing home used to require tearing out drywall, installing thousands of feet of wire and surviving the battle of the mess and endless dust. John Yoon, VP of marketing, and Wally Barnum, a technical lead at Control4, educate Brad Baldwin ...

It’s more common than ever to use purpose-built hardware and software solutions, ( Xbox, firewalls and VPN appliances, Google Search appliance, etc.). John Yoon, VP of marketing, and Bill Harper, director of development at Control4, discuss the advantages to a home automation controller and

Smart lighting makes that “old” light switch cool again. It also saves you money as you conserve power.

Ed Ryan and Scott Moulton at Control4 talk about how little, everyday tasks can become conveniences with Smart Lighting. With Control4 “scenes,” you can wake up to lights that come up ...

Convenience. That’s the big benefit of having all your music and video entertainment at your fingertips. Control4’s Ed Ryan and Jeff Thomas discuss the benefits of every-room entertainment with Brad Baldwin. Using something called “scenes,” Control4 allows you to integrate audio and video with your lighting and more to create moods and sound in different rooms in your home. And with all your music available with a quick tap on your visual remote that shows album art, allows for playlists, and offers searching, finding the right song is more fun than ever.

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Platforms are validated as partners develop solutions. Control4 invited a number of their key partners to display and show their solutions at CES. The solutions enhance and extend the lighting, climate, audio/visual, and security benefits. From Somfy’s solutions to manage window coverings and lighting, to iPort’s ...

Control4 Co-Founder and CTO Eric Smith speaks with Dennis Wood about how Control4 is bringing home automation to the masses. Smith is a member of vSpring’s v100 - a peer-nominated group of the top 100 venture entrepreneurs in the Rocky Mountain region.

Control4 manufactures a complete line ...

For a highly reliable and secure automated home, networking devices and systems is a core requirement. Eric Smith, a co-founder and CTO at Control4, talks with 3Com Founder Bob Metcalfe. Metcalfe has a well-established reputation as a gifted technologist, as “Mr. Ethernet” (here’s why), as a ...

Ed Ryan and Fred Geiger from Control4 talk about their 4Sight service. 4Sight enables remote access to your home via the Web so it’s easier to interact with the automated features of your home. They talked to us about how you can lock down your Wii to ...

Recognized for outstanding contributions as a ‘master entrepreneur’ at Ernst & Young Utah Entrepreneur of the Year 2006 Awards, Control4 CEO Will West discusses raising $250M in venture funds across four successful ventures in Utah, and his insights on keys to successful entrepreneurship.

Glen Mella, Chief Marketing Officer for Salt Lake City-based Control4 talks about delivering consumer home automation technology and how Control4 will disrupt established players and make the digital home and lifestyle available to the masses.