Home Automation - The Possibilities Are Endless

It’s difficult to believe that the advent of the Wi-Fi enabled smartphone was a mere 20 years ago, and who could have envisaged the way technology would evolve since IBM created the very first smartphone back in 1992. We have certainly come a long way, but these days, smartphones and technology in general are not considered a luxury toy, but a necessity for most people, be it for work or for pleasure. Home automation is similar, and just like technology in general, the possibilities are endless.

Home automation gives us freedom. The freedom to convert our everyday chores into a series of tasks whether major or minor, conducted by technology, thus freeing up our time, allowing us to concentrate on the more important day to day aspects of our lives.

And like everything, technology advances. While the core technology may remain the same i.e. the software and hardware, innovation is constant in this sphere, meaning the possibilities become more exciting with the passing of time. Here are just a few of them....

Smart Everyday

As we mentioned, home automation exists to give you freedom and make your life easier. Need to know instantly when your post arrives? By installing a contact sensor in your post box, you will be alerted as soon as the postman drops off that ever important package.

Perhaps you are one of those people who always forgets bin day? With home automation, there are no more excuses, you can quickly and easily set up a notification to appear on every touch screen and mobile device at the same time once a week. It won’t take the bins out for you, buy hey, it’s close enough.

Make the early morning rise in winter more bearable with heated towel rails that spring to life at a set time for those early morning showers, or automate your underfloor heating based on outdoor temperature. All this, and a lot more is possible with home automation.

Smart Entertaining

Entertaining should be fun, and stress free. After all, even the host likes to relax and enjoy the party, and why not. When your guests arrive, create instant ambiance with the touch of a button with atmospheric lighting and a customized playlist that starts up automatically. With home automation, you can enable your iPad to communicate with the refrigerator when you’re out of ice, so it can increase production, after all, nobody enjoys lukewarm aperitifs.

Smart Security

One of the most crucial benefits of home automation is the ability to protect our homes and our families. You can program the lights (including the shower) to flash three times when an exterior door opens, and if there is a security breach, you can program every light in the house to illuminate fully. At the same time, the front door will automatically lock, the motorized shades open, and every television within the home will display views from all of the surveillance cameras.

Smart Energy

With an energy management system, you can continually monitor the energy production of your home’s solar panels and monitor your home’s energy consumption, circuit by circuit. In the garden, set sprinklers and lawn systems to adjust automatically to weather conditions, preventing unnecessary water usage and of course, a soggy lawn. After all, this is Ireland....

Smart Families

Maybe you are tired of waiting up for wayward teens or young adults to arrive home? Automated lights can switch on in your bedroom when they (finally) arrive through the front door and you can also choose to set up a phone notification once the door is locked again. The teens might hate it, but it will give you peace of mind. You can even choose to be notified when the liquor cabinet has been opened.

For the smaller ones, enable a “good night” scene, which provides a push notification on your children’s iPad to turn off their television. The lights in the children’s bedroom will flash as a warning, and 10 minutes later, the television will switch off automatically.

To find out more about home automation and all of the endless possibilities it presents, Contact Us and we will be delighted to discuss your needs.