Best Light CASE STUDY I RESIDENTIAL WESTCHESTER, NY Challenge Modernize the control and lighting technology in a beautiful home to enhance the design and complement an extensive art collection. Crestron lighting, shading, and home automation systems. The home is spectacular through and through. Its beauty is now more than skin deep, as its automated systems simplify the use of the house and help the homeowners thoroughly enjoy their bright rooms and spectacular artwork.” — Dave Raines Osbee Industries President Crestron Solutions Show Off Light-Filled Contemporary Home Crestron motorized shades and lighting controls enhance the calm, modern aesthetics of the home and allow homeowners to fully enjoy beautifully landscaped grounds There’s a life-giving energy in sunlight. It’s an energy that’s tangible, something we can feel, and something the designers of this beautiful contemporary home in Westchester, New York wanted to capture. Walls of windows welcomed the power of the sun into the home’s spacious interiors, providing an ideal setting for the owners’ extensive art collection while affording a view of the home’s gorgeously landscaped grounds. Only one detail stood in the way of a picture-perfect dream house. “The opulence of this stunning home was dimmed by its old-school lighting control, its clutter of switches, thermostats and video gear, and its lack of cohesive controls,” says Dave Raines, President of Harrison, NY-based Osbee Industries. “It was time for a complete transformation to make the home systems as exceptional as the art collection and designer spaces.”

Pieces to the puzzle According to Raines, the problem with the home was not a lack of technology, but rather a lack of vision on the original integrator’s part. He and the Osbee team met with the homeowners then focused their efforts in three areas. The infiNET EX technology offers a number of benefits to installers and homeowners alike. The wireless dimmers saved Raines’ team from having to run additional wires, except where new lighting fixtures were added. This saved the team time, as well as labor and material costs for the homeowners. With 50 Crestron Cameo® lighting keypads, 1. Replace...

2. Remove all the local audio and video components and replace them with a centralized network based on Crestron DigitalMedia™ technology. Raines says the homeowners were also unhappy with their AV systems. First, they felt the audio and video gear and its remote controls cluttered the house. They said it was hard to find the right audio or video media when they wanted it, and it was difficult or impossible to play the music or video they wanted in more than one room at a time. To address these problems, the Osbee team installed a Crestron DigitalMedia network that allows any family member to...

DM® distributes HD video to the dedicated home theater, a projection-based golf simulator, a 65” mirror TV in the living room, and flat-panel televisions throughout the house. The security system includes 10 CCTV cameras connected to DigitalMedia. With the touch of a button, family members can view images from the cameras on any video display or Crestron touch screen. In an additional effort to remove clutter and improve the comfort and convenience of living in the home, the Osbee team also replaced 14 ugly wall-mounted thermostats with nine invisible Crestron temperature/ humidity sensors. As...