Behind the Scenes: Building a Miami Beach Dream Home
By Jason Knott
Follow the construction of a 5,500-square-foot LEED-certified home, its owners, and a building team as they research, evaluate and tie together various residential technologies

Designing and installing a state-of-the-art integrated system in a custom home is a complex and often misunderstood journey, for the homeowner, builder, architect, subcontractors, other trades and even the custom installer. Bridging this gap of understanding is the first step along the path towards the new era of integration.

CE Pro is inviting you to join us on a long journey as we chronicle a modern home project in a series of articles entitled "Behind the Scenes: Building a Miami Beach Dream Home." The project will include the ultimate in blending of lifestyle-enhancing electronics with the cutting edge in energy efficiency, entertainment and security systems.



This two-year odyssey will profile a 5,500-square-foot LEED-certified home, its owners, and a building team as they research, evaluate and tie together various residential technologies and bring the client’s vision to a successful reality.

This project is not bound by budget alone but by the value the installed technology will provide the homeowner and his family. The decisions to include technology and at what level will be made based on fulfilling the homeowner’s vision and meeting the goal of a high-tech LEED-certified home. The house itself is in the design phase, with construction set to begin in January, kicked off by tearing down of an existing home on the project site.

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