How WeatherHawk works in home automation

Architects, planners, builders and home owners agree - home designs must provide owners maximum control of interior space. The Award Winning WeatherHawk, with its suite of seven sensors support that level of homeowner control by providing external environment information for control features only now being considered by "Smart Home" designers.

Your WeatherHawk will sense wind speed and direction, outdoor air temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation, barometric pressure, and rainfall. This real-time weather data can directly feed to both your home computer and a home automation system that manages your home.

The WeatherHawk linked home automation system can control or monitor:

• storm shutters - for protection against high winds and wind carried debris
• windows and ventilation system fresh air intakes - for air quality and dust control
• curtains and window coverings - for energy conservation and UV management
• outdoor air temperature and relative humidity - for HVAC optimizers and energy conservation
• snowfall or freezing conditions to turn on driveway/walkway heaters to eliminate ice hazards
• sprinkler or irrigation systems - for efficient water use and superior landscape maintenance

With its high-quality industrial-grade sensors, WeatherHawk meets the demand for accurate and reliable performance. WeatherHawk is Intranet/Internet ready with a range of OEM-approved and supported drivers for home automation control systems.

A WeatherHawk weather station on your home can provide your unique microclimate information to Austin, TX based Accuwater, for internet based home landscape irrigation control. This unique service brings a scientific method of water management that can save 30 to 50 percent in residential landscape water use. Read more about this unique partnership between WeatherHawk and AccuWater that can save you money.

The solar-powered Wireless WeatherHawk requires no additional power connections for most installations. When Internet enabled, WeatherHawk will post weather information on a home web site, and it can even include a WebCam interface as an enhanced, internet accessed home security feature. In addition, if your home computers are networked, everyone in the family can know what's happening with your local weather, both "at home" and from anywhere in the world.

If your home isn't Internet connected, then add the WeatherVoice plug-in to WeatherHawk VWS software to obtain a home weather report over the phone, wherever you may be.

If your home has a private dock or airfield, add the WeatherTalk module to your WeatherHawk weather station. With WeatherTalk you can receive a voice weather report of current conditions over your Marine or Aviation band radio, on the water, or in the air.

Help keep your family safe by keeping tabs on the weather yourself. As world weather conditions become increasingly volatile, you can't just rely on local TV and radio broadcasts to assess weather changes where you live. The microclimate surrounding your home may be far different from where government agencies weather collect data. Know what's happening where you live by installing the WeatherHawk. When a major weather event occurs, WeatherHawk data can help you make crucial planning decisions on a moment-by-moment basis.

For the students in your household, study the weather in your own micro-climate with real data. Relate that data to wildlife feeding and migration patterns, plant development study and seasonal change, or use the information to plan outdoor recreation. Monitoring your own micro-climate allows you to really live the study of the weather. WeatherHawk is a GLOBE authorized weather data acquisition system for participating schools.

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