Famed for its lofty living, Clerkenwell is a favourite amongst effortlessly trendy urbanites. Now there’s a new addition to Clerkenwell’s loft spaces and it’s packed full of life-enriching, Crestron-controlled, smart home technology. With the skills of leading systems integration specialist and CEDIA member, James & Giles, this lofty apartment is in fact a technological heavy-weight which takes the concept of home automation to new and impressive heights and boasts one of the first Crestron Windows Media Centre interfaces this side of the Atlantic.
At the heart of this pad’s hi-tech gadgetry is an all encompassing, Total Home Technology Solution from market leaders, Crestron, which integrates and controls all the individual systems and technologies that keep this lucky homeowner comfortable, entertained and secure. In fact, thanks to the expertise of James & Giles, anything in this apartment that could be Crestron-controlled, has been.
“Crestron was a natural choice for us.” Explains the man who puts the Giles in James & Giles; Giles Sutton. “As system integrators we want to provide our clients with innovative, cutting edge solutions and the Crestron system allowed us to seamlessly integrate all of the technology within the property. No other manufacturer has the breadth of interfaces to allow us to control virtually any system in the home whether it be door entry, heating, audio visual, security and CCTV.”
The Crestron Windows Media Centre interfaces links the apartment’s high-end media server with the Crestron control system, this interface enables full 2-way touchpanel control of the media centre PC. Touchpanel capabilities include browsing and searching the library of digital media content including cover art, watching live or recorded TV, and controlling audio volume and mute. In short, the homeowner is able to access his entire music and film collection across the property, directly from touchpanels in each room.
Crestron’s TPMC8X touchpanel is the control centrepiece of this impressive install, giving the homeowner the ability to edit lighting scenes, view CCTV cameras on his flat screen televisions, set the internal temperature (using the Crestron TSAT thermostats), as well as accessing his film and music collection. The apartment’s 48 circuit lighting system is controllable from Crestron’s advanced CNX designer keypads.