Client Requirement

The Waratah Mills residential project in Dulwich Hill, NSW was awarded the UDIA (Urban Development Institute of Australia) Award for urban renewal in 2003. The project consists of eighty-four luxury apartments created in a heritage listed grain silo and flourmill building.

Property developer, CPG Australia, was presented with the award for services providing heritage assessment, advice, recording, interpretation and design of public art. The original Waratah Mills buildings date back to 1923 and the seamless blending of the old and the new is a credit to the developer’s ability to creatively meet the needs of an inner-city development, without negatively impacting the area’s history.

Dynalite became involved in the Waratah Mills development through local AV Integrator, Intelligent Control Systems, who supplied and commissioned the systems. The two penthouses feature a Dynalite home automation system giving control of lighting, home theatre equipment, blinds and the window-washing system.

above: Lighting, home cinema, blinds and window washing facilities are controlled via the Dynalite home automation system.

above: Inaccessible windows are automatically cleaned via time controlled water jets

The Dynalite Solution

The job comprised DDMC801 multi-purpose controllers, which are designed to control a combination of user-defined dimmed and switched loads, as well as DDRC810DT relay controllers, which incorporate voltage free change over SPDT output relays, making the device perfect for controlling bi-directional motors. Energy conservation was a consideration in this project and achieved by automatic closure of blinds during the day to minimise burden on the air conditioning, as well as limiting the illuminance of halogen downlights to 90%, which also increases the lamp life.

Custom settings on user control panels provide complex integration and control over a number of services. For instance the "Movie" button lowers blinds, dims lights in the lounge to 20%, and drops the concealed screen and projector from the ceiling. Lights in the lounge continue down to 0% and those in adjoining areas dim down to 20%, to provide an easy access path to the bathroom and kitchen if required during screening. Other scenes such as ‘Welcome’ and ‘Goodbye’ trigger desired settings.

Inaccessible windows are automatically cleaned periodically via time-controlled directional water jets.

Dynalite’s remarkable versatility saw lighting, home cinema equipment, blinds and window washing controlled via DDMC810 and DDRC801DT controllers, providing a complete home automation solution to the end user. Awards won by CPG Australia are testament to Local distributor, Intelligent Control Systems and Dynalite’s outstanding work in the Waratah Mills project, making Dynalite the intelligent choice in Home Automation.

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