SMART AUTOMATION
What can smart automation do for you?
Simply put, smart automation gives you a remote control for your entire home or business. You can control multiple functions of your environment, from lights to music to irrigation systems, using one simple interface. If you’re out of town, you have access to all the mechanical systems in your house. Using any Internet enabled device, such as your tablet, smartphone or your laptop, you can view and control what’s happening while your away. Contemporary automation systems allow you to orchestrate all of the elements in your home, streamline daily living activities, improve moods and ambiance, boost security levels and can even save money and energy.
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Integrated Systems In our current world of technology, many manufacturers provide apps for their products. The problem is that you can end up with multiple apps on your phone to control multiple different elements in your home or business. An integrated system brings all of those smart devices together under one, simple, easy to use interface. Or as we like to say, you have one app to rule them all! The benefit is you can then have multiple systems work in cohort. For example, when you arm your security system to leave, this can cause all the lights to turn off, lower the thermostat, adjust the shades and lock the doors--all with the touch of one button. Integrated solutions create ease and sophistication into your lifestyle.
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Automation Controller The controller is a single piece of equipment that functions as the “central brain” in an integrated system. Whether you are building a new property or renovating an existing one, there are a few things you need to have no matter what: light switches and thermostats, for example. When integrating an automation system, the only changes to these basic building blocks is that the type of hardware needs to have a “smart” capacity, meaning it must be able to communicate over IP/network connections. The automation controller then functions as the hub for all these devices to communicate. Louisa’s offers a variety of brands and controller options, with products from Elan Home Systems starting at $800 or even lower upfront cost solutions from Alarm.com. 
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Intelligent Lighting Illuminating your property with intelligent lighting systems has never been more important or manageable. Specially tailored systems can help you adjust the atmosphere of any room in your home whether it’s time to entertain or even the end of a hard work week, smoothing out all the wrinkles of your everyday life. Your business can also benefit from lighting control to ensure the environment is correctly lit at all times. Avoid unsightly and confusing banks of switches with one simplified scene control keypad, for a clean modern design. Intelligent lighting ensures a safe and secure property by allowing you to manage lighting schedules for when you are away. Energy efficient automated lighting control systems can also conserve valuable energy and save you money. Explore
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Window Treatments Motorized window coverings can effectively capture the personal essence of any room in your home. They help take charge of natural lighting, changing bright light into pleasantly muted light or even darkening rooms or areas for television watching or deep overnight snoozing. Motorized window shading and coverings also help to maintain privacy, highlight the beauty of your outdoor vistas, keep the house cool from unwanted solar gain, and protect furniture and artwork from UV fading. Integrated window treatments can be synced with an atomic clock to follow certain scheduled commands in relation to the movement of the sun, even as event times shift through the seasons. Explore 
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Climate Comfort Smart thermostats are one of the most requested elements for an integrated system. Using a smartphone or tablet, you can remotely change and monitor temperature settings in your home or business. Historical data is also available to show you how your HVAC system is functioning, ensuring maximum efficiency. Energy management translates to money savings. You can also set up to receive alerts to let you know if the thermostat is reporting temperatures out of acceptable ranges, either too high or too low, so that you or a caretaker can respond to situations which have a potential to cause damage.
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Security & Surveillance With an integrated security system, you can control multiple mechanical systems of your home or business simply by arming and disarming the security. For example, when you arm the security system you place the property in “away” mode, which will then dictate thermostat settings, lighting control and shading schedules, irrigation schedules and more. If you have a service person coming to your home you can remote view your surveillance cameras, lock or unlock doors, arm and disarm the security without having to give away security codes or hide a key under the flower pot. Explore -
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Audio & Video Having your audio and video systems connected into an integrated control system is like having a universal remote control in your pocket. With your smartphone, you can turn on jazz in the kitchen while you cook or classic rock while you grill, manage your Pandora or Spotify stations throughout your house, or monitor what your employees are listening to. Television and video streaming can be controlled just as simply from a tablet or an intelligent remote control, leaving all the many extra remote controls put away in a drawer. Elan Home Systems has won the Interface of the Year award and with its simple and intuitive controls, even visiting relatives will be able to watch shows and listen to music with ease. Explore
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Irrigation Control A smart automation control system can be further expanded to monitor and control irrigation zones and schedules. Using your interface to see surveillance cameras, you can have a lens on your property to check on the weather and then make necessary adjustments to your watering schedules, thus saving money on unnecessary irrigation costs or ensuring that your landscaping investment is thriving. 
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Pool/Hot Tub Control Hot tub and pool thermostats can be integrated into an automation controller to ensure maximum efficiency and maintenance. Caretakers can be given restricted access to the integration interface to make certain that pool and hot tub systems are functioning correctly. And as you are driving home from the ski area, you can boost the hot tub a few degrees so it’s ready to warm you up as soon as you get home.