Climate control
Zoned cooling driven by indoor and outdoor temperature deltas, occupancy, and time of day — pre-cooling before the afternoon peak instead of chasing it.
ThermostatZone sensorsSchedules
33.8042° N · 118.1678° W · Elev. 365 ft
Signal Hill, California
A hilltop lot above Long Beach with harbor views, hard afternoon sun, and a cooling problem worth solving in software rather than with a bigger condenser.
This page is being built out. Live sensor readings, local weather, and a public status board for this location are next. The structure and navigation below are final.
What's automated here
Heat, sun, and the outside of the house drive almost every automation here.
Solar & energy
Production, consumption, and net export tracked per circuit so high-draw loads can shift into the generation window automatically.
Energy monitorLoad shiftingGrafana
Exterior cameras
Perimeter coverage on the driveway, gate, and hillside approach, with local recording and event snapshots retained on-site.
Local NVRMotion eventsSnapshots
Access & presence
Smart locks and presence detection handle arrival and departure routines — lights, climate setpoints, and away-mode all follow from one trigger.
Smart locksPresenceAway mode
The property
Built for sun exposure and a view worth keeping open.
Signal Hill sits on an oil-field ridge with long sightlines toward the Port of Long Beach. West-facing glass makes the view — and makes late-afternoon heat the single biggest variable in the house.
So the automation here is mostly thermal and electrical: get ahead of the heat, shift load into the solar window, and keep the outside of the property observed without shipping video to someone else's cloud.
- LocationSignal Hill, CA
- ClimateWarm-summer Mediterranean
- Primary focusCooling & energy
- CamerasExterior perimeter
- HubHome Assistant
- AccessTailscale (private)
Next
Head north to the other house.
Seattle runs an almost inverted set of problems — humidity, darkness, and keeping the network core alive.