Lowe's let's you get control of home automation.

Another winner of a CES Innovations 2013 Design and Engineering Award is Lowe’s for their Iris Smart Kit. Lowe’s entered the Smart Home market in July with the launch of its new, award- winning Smart Kit. It’s a way to simplify safety and efficiently for people who want home automation, but don’t want to have to learn a dozen different systems. Since Lowe’s is a huge retail chain, they asked many of their major suppliers to create an easier way for customers to manage home automation via their new Iris platform. Kevin Meagher, Lowe’s vice president of smart home puts it this way: “Current home monitoring solutions are expensive and inflexible to the extent that 80 percent of homes have no protection. Iris makes home security and management simple and affordable with free, entry-level services, no long-term contracts and a wide variety of products that are easy to install and manage from your smart phone.” At CES 2013, Lowe’s plans to unveil the next generation of Iris products and services that will allow consumers to do everything from managing home energy consumption to monitoring pet doors to check on the family dog throughout the day. Lowe’s currently offers a variety of connected products that are compatible with Iris from  partners like Schlage, First Alert, GE Jasco and Radio Thermostat of America. If you want to start right away, here’s a quick look at what’s available. Want to start with home monitoring? Check out the Safe & Secure Kit. Looking to start saving on your energy bill? The Comfort & Control Kit is your answer. Can't decide? TheSmart Kit has everything plus a Range Extender. Each kit is $179, but you can save money with the kit that is a combination of the two. It retails for $299.00.

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