Touring a Napa Valley Smart House | Future House | Ask This Old House

Ask This Old House home technology expert Ross Trethewey travels to Napa to tour a house that’s testing out a variety of interconnected smart home devices. SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse Resources: Jason Johnson is the CEO of August Smart Lock (www.august.com), which manufactures the doorbell video cameras and smart lock system that integrates with a traditional deadbolt. The exterior camera system was manufactured by Arlo (https://www.arlo.com), which is a division of NETGEAR. The smart thermostats that also serve as digital assistants are manufactured by Ecobee (https://www.ecobee.com). Jason was able to integrate several smart home devices using the IFTTT platform (https://ifttt.com). The “smart windows” used a combination of technologies to work. The motorized windows were manufactured by Loewen (https://www.loewen.com) and were connected to IFTTT using a Z wave controller. IFTTT was connected to the local weather station and the Ecobee thermostats to determine indoor and outdoor temperatures and open and close the windows according to programmed parameters. Expert assistance with this project was provided by TE2 Engineering (http://te2engineering.com). About Future House: Ask This Old House home technology expert Ross Trethewey shows you the newest smart-home innovations. From automated home construction to energy monitors to robotic solar panels, and more, find out what’s happening now and what’s coming in applied home science. About Ask This Old House TV: Homeowners have a virtual truckload of questions for us on smaller projects, and we're ready to answer. Ask This Old House solves the steady stream of home improvement problems faced by our viewers—and we make house calls! Ask This Old House features some familiar faces from This Old House, including Kevin O'Connor, general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, and landscape contractor Roger Cook. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG http://bit.ly/AskTOHIG Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr For more on This Old House and Ask This Old House, visit us at: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseWebsite Touring a Napa Valley Smart House | Future House | Ask This Old House https://www.youtube.com/user/thisoldhouse/