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Long live the light switch! While control is
                                                                   becoming more  automated, that doesn’t mean
                                                                   that the humble light switch will disappear
                                                                   tomorrow.
                                                                   “We have some very, very expensive samples
                                                                   that we take along whenever we’ve got a meeting
                                                                   with an architect,” said Peter Aylett, an integrator
                                                                   with the firm Archimedia.
                                                                   “We don’t sell it as a light switch, we sell it as just
                                                                   a beautiful thing that sits on the wall, and we can
                                                                   match, say, a stone finish with the light switch.
                                                                   This allows us to engage with designers, and talk
                                                                   their language,” he said.
                                                                   “On the residential side, when we’re talking to
            FEDE offers a high-end                                 folks about lighting control, by far the largest part
                 variety of unique                                 of the conversation is about the look and feel,”
            electrical switches that                               said Woodward. “It’s got to be a conversation that
          integrate seamlessly into                                has a very comfortable outcome with the clients.”
                your environment
                                                                   This NAHBNow guest post is from Ed Wenck, content marketing
                                                                   manager for CEDIA, the industry association representing those
                                                                   professionals who manufacture, design and integrate goods
                                                                   and services for the connected home.
                                                                                                      NAHB APR 2018






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