I saw the press release of Lagotek's products and got excited by what the company president calls Active Room Control for HVAC. I have been looking into it for a while.
I have a house built in 1988 without dampers for AC so no zones. Thermostat is in the central living area with bedrooms on either side (master and baby's room). The Lagotek system claims to be able to adjust temp based on room people are in with temperature averaging done at night for the master and baby room. You can even refine the control further by zoning and putting in dampers. We do have a significant temp difference between bedrooms and central living area.
I don't plan to spend the money on dampers right now.
I like their system but at $1700 for each wall display (it is cool that it can replace a double wall switch) of which I would likely need 3 plus their $1500 wireless controller and $350 software, is there a cheaper solution than $7K?
I am happiest if I can do wireless (z-wave) but haven't been able to find a wireless temperature sensor (they all seemed to be wired). I would like to avoid running temp sensors in the walls if I could.
Also would like to have the media streaming capability as well.
Suggestions appreciated. I would be happy to invest in HomeSeer, Elk, etc.
-TJ
I have a house built in 1988 without dampers for AC so no zones. Thermostat is in the central living area with bedrooms on either side (master and baby's room). The Lagotek system claims to be able to adjust temp based on room people are in with temperature averaging done at night for the master and baby room. You can even refine the control further by zoning and putting in dampers. We do have a significant temp difference between bedrooms and central living area.
I don't plan to spend the money on dampers right now.
I like their system but at $1700 for each wall display (it is cool that it can replace a double wall switch) of which I would likely need 3 plus their $1500 wireless controller and $350 software, is there a cheaper solution than $7K?
I am happiest if I can do wireless (z-wave) but haven't been able to find a wireless temperature sensor (they all seemed to be wired). I would like to avoid running temp sensors in the walls if I could.
Also would like to have the media streaming capability as well.
Suggestions appreciated. I would be happy to invest in HomeSeer, Elk, etc.
-TJ