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Getting Your Home Assistant Ready for Autumn
Autumn is when a smart home starts earning its name. During summer, the house can mostly look after itself. The sun is up early, the evenings are bright, heating is…
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When Your Mother-in-Law Comes to Visit: Calendar-Driven Guest Mode in Home Assistant
One of the most underrated integrations in Home Assistant is the humble calendar. Most people use calendars for reminders, birthdays, or garbage collection schedules. Useful? Absolutely. Exciting? Not exactly. But…
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Smart Heating with Mill and Home Assistant: Control Your Panel Heaters Based on Electricity Prices
Electric heating is common across Europe, especially in countries where panel heaters are widely used for both homes and cabins. While modern smart heaters already provide app-based scheduling, integrating them…
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Create a Google Calendar-Based Thermostat Automation to Reduce Energy Waste
Smart heating and cooling is one of the easiest ways to reduce household energy consumption without sacrificing comfort. Many homes spend unnecessary energy heating or cooling empty rooms simply because…
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Track Real Energy Savings in Home Assistant with Powercalc
If you’re serious about understanding your energy usage—and more importantly, reducing it—then measuring consumption is only half the story. What you really want is insight: Where can I save? How…
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5 Home Assistant Automations That Actually Reduce Power Usage
Every year on June 5th, World Environment Day reminds us that small changes can have a real impact on energy consumption and sustainability. Smart homes are often associated with convenience,…
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Dreame Vacuum + Home Assistant: Smart Cleaning When Nobody’s Home
Robot vacuums are one of those devices that quietly save you hours every month. But on their own, they are still fairly simple. They follow a schedule, clean predefined rooms,…
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Smarter Off-Grid Connectivity: Home Assistant, Starlink, and Victron Battery Monitoring
Reliable internet is a game changer, especially in off-grid or remote setups. With Starlink, you can get high-speed connectivity almost anywhere. But it comes at a cost: energy consumption. A…