Chicago/Palm Beach Co. wins Home Of The Year Award again & Technology Award too.NAPERVILLE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 1996--For the second year in a row, the Home Automation Assocation's Home of the Year Award goes to home automation expert ISR (Interrupt Service Routine) Software routine that is executed in response to an interrupt. , Inc. Additionally, TronArch -- ISR's whole-house automation system -- received the 1996 Technology Award. ISR's 17,000-square-foot entry was chosen in this national competition by a panel of industry experts for its unique, state-of-the-art integration. Recognized as the most advanced system in the industry, TronArch was chosen for its flexibility, total reliability, and unparalled intelligent control capabilities. Sitting on the owner's 700-acre estate located west of Chicago, this electronically integrated dream house features a Japanese garden Japanese gardens (Kanji 日本庭園, nihon teien), that is, gardens in traditional Japanese style, can be found at private homes, in neighborhood or city parks, at Buddhist temples or Shinto shrines, and at historical landmarks such as old castles. with 800 tons of stones and decorative boulders, integrated waterfalls, fountains and ponds, elaborate multi-colored lighting, two sets of 3-foot-by-3-foot speakers installed in the great room (but fit for a Janet Jackson Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, record producer, dancer, activist, and pop icon. Jackson is ranked as the ninth most successful act in the history of rock and roll. concert), a recording studio, an art gallery featuring the homeowner's creative work, and more. In this home, TronArch integrates and controls all its various subsystems, including: -- estate security -- interior and exterior lighting -- indoor, outdoor and underwater audio/video distribution -- two THX A design system that provides realistic sound playback for movie and home theater from THX, Ltd., San Rafael, CA (www.thx.com), an independent spin-off from Lucasfilm, Ltd. The THX Sound System was developed during the production of the Return of the Jedi in 1982 and named after George home theater An audio/video entertainment center that has a large-screen TV and hi-fi system with three speakers in the front (left, right and center) and left and right speakers in the rear. Starting in the early 1990s, video inputs were added to stereo receivers and preamplifiers. systems -- heating and cooling -- garage doors -- telephone system -- fountains, ponds, waterfalls, pool, Jacuzzi, etc. One color touchscreen See touch screen. , five local user interfaces, and an interactive phone system gives the homeowner access to TronArch 24 hours a day if needed. For the most part, however, TronArch manages the home nearly 100 percent of the time through lifestyle modes such as Wake Up, Daytime, Sleep and Dining -- without user interaction. Modes automatically enact themselves and adapt to variables such as time of day, available sunlight, outside temperature, etc. Activities occurring in Daytime mode, for example, differ day-to-day even though the homeowner's original setting might never change. Events such as Arrival, Exercise and Guest represent a percentage of change -- initiated by touching an icon or calling TronArch from any telephone in the world. To better serve its nationwide clientele, ISR recently opened its second regional office in West Palm Beach, Fla. The company opened in Huntington Beach Huntington Beach, city (1990 pop. 181,519), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an oil-producing area; inc. 1909. It manufactures aerospace vehicles, aircraft parts, optical instruments, and heat transfer equipment. , Calif., in February and plans to open additional offices in Austin, N.Y., and other areas in the next three months. NOTE: Photographs available upon request, please call. CONTACT: ISR Inc., Naperville Melanie Abramowski, Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Coordinator 708/416-6600 |
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