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Build Your European Smart Home: A Beginner’s Guide to Z-Wave, Zigbee & MQTT in Home Assistant

Welcome to your smart home journey! If you’re in Europe and have chosen Home Assistant as your brain, you’ve made a fantastic, privacy-focused decision. But where do you start? The…

Lars 21/03/2026

Automation Home Automation Smart home

Tips and tricks in Home Assistant

Mastering Your Smart Home: Essential Tips and Tricks for Home Assistant Home Assistant (HA) is the open-source powerhouse at the heart of countless smart homes. Its flexibility is its greatest…

Lars 12/03/2026

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Energy saving automations in Home Assistant

Powering Down Smart: A Practical Guide to Energy-Saving Automations in Home Assistant Our smart homes can be more than just convenient. In an era of rising energy costs and growing…

Lars 11/03/2026

Automation

Home Assistant automation ideas

Illustration of Home Assistant smart home automations connecting lights, sensors, climate control, and notifications.

Lars 08/03/2026

Home Automation Smart home

Track Norway’s Fixed Electricity Price in Home Assistant with the “Norgespris Universal” Sensor

Managing electricity usage efficiently is becoming increasingly important, especially for households with electric vehicles or smart home setups. Dynamic spot prices like Nord Pool are great. However, some users prefer…

Lars 14/02/2026

Smart home

Visualizing Hourly Electricity Prices in Home Assistant Using AMS Reader and ApexCharts

If you have ever tried to visualize future electricity prices in Home Assistant, you already know the pain. There are spinning cards, unknown states, and charts that simply refuse to…

Lars 07/01/2026

Integration

Monitoring Home Assistant with the Glances Add-on and Integration

Tracking system performance is crucial when running Home Assistant. This is especially true if you rely on it for automation, security, dashboards, and daily routines. A simple method to monitor…

Lars 13/12/2025

Zigbee

Upgrading My Home Assistant Zigbee Network to the New ZBT-2 Controller

A reliable Zigbee coordinator is the foundation of every stable smart home. After running my network for a long time using the Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus, I recently…

Lars 09/12/2025