Tag: Smart tech
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5 essential electrical product categories for pool season
Pool season is officially here. Whether a new pool is being installed or an existing one requires maintenance, pool electrical products are a critical component in ensuring everything goes swimmingly. Here’s a category-by-category breakdown of what to stock, what’s new, and why it matters for your…
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Smart electrical systems every electrician should understand
Being an electrician is more than installing wire or drilling nuts, screws, and bolts. Although an essential part of day-to-day work, the modern-day electrician must also be in the know of the new and ever-evolving industry of smart electrical systems. Explore the essential smart electrical…
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Product spotlight: Lutron Diva Dimmer with Night Mode & XactSense Humidity Sensor Switch
Level up your next project or renovation Take your work from good to great with two new game-changing products from Lutron®. Now available at City Electric Supply, the Diva Dimmer with Night Mode and the XactSense Humidity Sensor Switch offer easy-to-install upgrades that make everyday spaces more…
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Intermatic: Effortless energy management
As more homes and businesses look for solutions to save money and reduce their carbon footprint, automated energy management grows as a selling point for electricians and contractors. Fortunately, Intermatic has tons of innovative products to meet customers’ needs. “Our primary focus is delivering…
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Smart lighting devices every electrician needs to know
Smart lighting devices are pretty simple. It’s really just a series of smart switches, smart plugs, smart timers, and smart sensors. Whether it’s for a home or business, these devices are focused on one thing: save time, save energy, save money. Trey Humphreys, our District Manager for Colorado…
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6 reasons why smart tech is a smart move for electricians
We have smart devices, smart homes, smart offices, smart cities, smart tech, and soon, even a smarter Wi-Fi network. With such a heavy focus on smarter connectivity, what does it mean for the electrical industry? More opportunities for electricians, for one. We recently covered emerging smart tech…
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Behind the smart tech trends in 2020
The Internet of Things (IoT) is all around us, pretty much like Wi-Fi. To keep it brief, IoT refers to all internet-connected devices that collect and share data. Think of lightbulbs or smart thermostats that can be turned on from an app. If it has a sensor in it, even better — that’s considered…
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What can you control with connected lighting?
Connected lighting is part of a growing trend in smart technology, especially for industrial and commercial businesses. Also known as “smart lighting,” this equipment is connected to a network that allows the lights to send and receive data. They’re incredibly efficient and can save up to 90% on…
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Why connected lighting?
In the past decade, commercial and industrial buildings have utilized smart technology to become more and more efficient. One of the fundamental innovations driving this movement is connected lighting. Connected lighting is a phrase used to describe any kind of lighting equipment that has an…
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The home of the future is here
Home automation is a growing trend in home design that uses smart devices to make your home more comfortable, convenient, and secure. City Electric Supply can help keep your home up to date with devices known as “smart home accessories” — the automatic and electronic control of household features…
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Simply the BAS
Just like smart homes, commercial buildings can utilize devices and connected systems to make the building run as smoothly and as efficiently as possible. Building automation systems (BAS) can be used in commercial buildings of any size, and they are cost-effective, eliminating wasteful energy…
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Home automation trends
What if all your devices could connect to the internet? Not just your phone and computers, but everything: lights, doorbells, windows, appliances — everything. Then what if you could communicate and control those devices from a central hub? While it may sound like something out of a science…
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