You come home from work and as you walk through the front door you turn to the touch screen on the wall and set a relaxing lighting scene throughout the house with the touch of a button. You also turn music on in selected rooms to help you wind down from a hectic day. You are away on a business trip and you want to check on things at home. Easy, just go to a computer and connect to your home system to check your heating / cooling system, security system, or view “live” video images from your home cameras. Best of all you can make changes to any of these systems’ settings through this connection or you can do it through any phone. What if your draperies or awnings would respond to weather conditions such as heat and rain or to an automatic time schedule? The system can be programmed so that when you are away from home and the security system is set, lights will turn on and off randomly to simulate an occupied house. The great thing about a home automation system is that you can start small and expand the system at your own pace. Starting with a few simple controls allows you to get comfortable with the system and gives you a chance to decide what other features could bring added convenience to your lifestyle. Then you can build onto your existing system as your needs change.
	Today’s homes can be equipped to deliver more and more comfort to our everyday lives through technology. In the same way that automobiles have continued to utilize proven technologies to improve safety, convenience and fuel consumption, home automation is all about adding comfort, convenience, security, and energy savings to your life. You can have any combination of local, remote and automatic control over such systems as lighting, heating and air conditioning, security, communications, whole house audio, irrigation system, pool and spa. We can provide added control to any or all of these systems as well as others. It’s really up to you as the homeowner as to how far you take automation. There really is no limit. Here are just a few examples of what you can do with Home Automation today: Home Networking Security Lighting Distributed Audio / Video Home Theater Education

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