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‘Driftwood Cottage’ | a residential refurbishment

24 April 2026
‘Driftwood Cottage’ | a residential refurbishment
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Music

Switched off from Goodnight switch.

Bathroom & Toilet

Fans operate on high humidity (when shower used).

Heated towel rail timed each morning and manual override.

Wall heater timed for morning start when cold outside.

Environment

Weather station above roofline measures temperature, wind speed, brightness, sun-angle, and rain and can be seen on Z41

Energy monitoring – instantaneous and kWh meter shows how much energy is being used, shown on Z41 and Homeserver interface

Visualisation

Gira Homeserver – visualization, graphing, trending, sequencing of blinds. 


 


Security

House put in Standby mode when alarm set.

Equipment

Qty Item Manufacturer Description

1 108600 Gira KNX PSU 320mA

3 DMG2T Theben 2 x 300W dimmer actuator

6 DME2T Theben 2 x 300W dimmer actuator

2 RMG8T Theben 8 x 10A relay actuator

1 JMG4 Theben 4ch blind actuator

1 RC/A 4.2 ABB Room control actuator

1 216700 Gira IP Router – connection between KNX and Ethernet

1 Sonos Bridge ISE KNX Sonos interface – control of Sonos from KNX

1 Meteodata Theben Weather station – mounted on roof

6 513300 Gira E22 white 6 button switches

4 513100 Gira E22 white 2 button switches

1 Sentido Baslate 4 button switch white – touchswitch

1 Deseo Basalte Room controller white – touchswitch with screen

1 Z41 Zennio Touchscreen – remote access

1 HS4 Gira Homeserver4

1 IRSC Zennio Heatpump controller – IR controller

2 180-02 Basalte Motion/ temp sensor - Light dependent presence detection in bathroom/ toilet

1 Sphinx105 Theben External motion sensor

Costs

Installation                           $10,000 local electrician incl. other wiring accessories

Commissioning                    2 days