Green - Dirk-Jan's log

Wireless home automation with EnOcean

A year ago I installed a wireless switch in the kitchen to switch on the kitchen spots. I chose the Easyclick system by PEHA which works without batteries and it performs very well. This Easyclick system uses the EnOcean energy harvesting wireless technology. Based on this experience and my recent

Asterisk

Green phones in the house

A long time ago I did a post about the new home phone setup. Since that time I really liked the combination of Asterisk with the Siemens Gigaset VOIP handset. Now that I’ve moved to a bigger place with more than one floor I decided it was time to

Debian

Server upgrade

This week I decided it was time to upgrade my home server. The main reasons, lack of 64-bit support and virtualization technology (VT-x) in my existing setup. The performance gain was also a nice side effect. I have come up with the following new components: Intel DQ67EPB3, S1155, Q67, 2xDDR3,

Green

A green home server

This website was served by an old timer PC running on an Intel N440BX Server Board codename Nightshade. Despite being a rock solid system, it housed a dual Intel Pentium III 600Mhz processor configuration which did not meet today’s performance demands and energy consumption. So I decided to build