CONNECTED HOUSE

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A Smart Home An automated home that works for homebuyers, using technology not to distance them from each other but as a way to interact with each other and with the interior and exterior environment around them. The intelligent home gives homebuyers an easily understandable way to command and control the environment that provides an extra sense of serenity and security in all areas, while allowing the flexibility to upgrade as technology advances and new interests emerge. Homebuyers will have seamless integration of an immense variety of possibilities, as their home is connected, not only room to room, but to the world outside.

In the NextGen Demonstration home, you can use a touch screen with real-time access or remote wireless accessibility via cell phone or PDA to control all of your home's management functions.

• In the NextGen home, this leading edge connectivity encompasses the home office, the Internet, phone lines and modems, and even electronic shopping and banking.
• In the NextGen home, you can regulate residential and environmental systems, such as lighting, heating and cooling. For instance, independent lighting in each room can be tailored to time of day, while window blinds can be closed to reduce energy costs at peak times.
• In the NextGen home, you can monitor appliances and remotely control them to enhance their performance, while also controlling the irrigation system, spa and pool.
• In the NextGen home, any room becomes an entertainment room, with broadband home entertainment such a video or music distributed on demand to any room in the house.
• In the NextGen home, you can monitor interior and exterior security and assure your family's safety from anywhere in the world.