Control4 Hopes to Inspire Design Community With Tiny Smart Home at Builder Show

Control4 took the wraps off a 250-square-foot smart home at the International Builders' Show’s Design & Construction Week Tuesday. The Control4 Tiny Smart Home is designed to give architects, builders and designers an “interactive, design-forward smart technology experience,” said the company. The company cited a Kitchen and Bath Association January report saying 83 percent of homeowners ages 25-65 planning a remodel over the next 24 months want kitchens with technology, including smart appliances, Wi-Fi connectivity and centralized lighting controls. As smart home technology becomes more prevalent in home renovations and new construction projects, the Tiny Smart Home is meant to “inspire creativity” among design professionals, Control4 said. The compact home demonstrates smart lighting and shading, multiroom audio, an intercom system, video distribution, temperature control and security. Brad Hintze, Control4 senior director-product marketing, called the downsized home a "way for design professionals to begin envisioning how technology can be orchestrated to suit their design talents,” saying the whole-home automation system can be “discreet” with no compromise to interior design.