SEE ALSO: Live A Brighter, Better Life with Lutron Home Automation   Geofencing Are you the type of person who always forgets to turn the entryway light off when you leave for work? Lutron smart lighting offers a solution with its geofencing feature. Your Lutron system will control your lights based on your location. It will automatically turn you

SEE ALSO: 3 Powerful Benefits of Smart Home Lighting Control WIRED: PROS AND CONS The primary reasons to go with a wired system are reliability and centralized control. In these systems, every fixture is directly linked to a central lighting switch, which is usually housed in an out-of-the-way spot like a utility closet. A direct, hardwired connec

SEE ALSO: Why Invest in Landscape Lighting? A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE It may be hard to believe, but lighting control can make a sizeable impact on your health. Don’t believe us? A lighting control system offers much more fine control over the brightness and color of your fixtures. With the right programming, your fixtures can mimic the way sunlight c

SEE ALSO: 3 Powerful Benefits of Smart Home Lighting Control SEEING THE LIGHT A quick refresher on the benefits of smart lighting, in general, is in order. With warm-dimming LEDs and tunable white lights, Lutron lighting control gives you nearly infinite colors to choose from for any space in your home. Lutron lighting control harnesses light to h

SEE ALSO: How You Can Benefit from Control4 Smart Home Automation THE KITCHEN There are a couple of gimmes for any kitchen when it comes to automation, and chances are you may have installed these systems in the home already: lighting control, whole-home audio, etc. These systems serve the same purpose everywhere in a home. One way to make them wo

SEE ALSO: 3 Powerful Benefits of Smart Home Lighting Control LIVING ROOM In most homes, the living room is one of the busiest spots in the house. The heavy foot traffic makes your living room an ideal place to install Lutron lighting. You can use subtle spotlights and recessed fixtures to highlight pieces of art or other notable elements in the ro

More Energy Efficient Compared to other types of light bulbs, LEDs are up to 90% more efficient, with an average lifespan of 60,000 hours (compared to the typical 1,500 hours of incandescent bulbs). LEDs can usually last ten times longer than small fluorescent bulbs and 133 times longer than incandescent. LEDs require less power, which is excellen

SEE ALSO: 4 Spaces in Your Home Perfect for Lutron Smart Lighting MORNING It all begins at sunrise. When it’s time to wake up, your lights will kick in automatically. Gradually, they’ll brighten and mimic the warm, amber colors of the dawn. The intensity of the lights will increase slowly to bring you awake at a more measured, leisurely pace. Does

SEE ALSO: Up the Fun Factor in Your Backyard with Outdoor Audio BEYOND AUTOMATION: A TRULY ‘SMART’ HOME Most of us have an idea what “smart home” means, but the term itself can sometimes be inaccurate. Many smart systems can be automated to increase convenience, but they’re not really “learning” so they can improve their functionality. With more a

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SEE ALSO: How Integrators Help Builders Create Better Smart Homes MORE CUSTOMIZATION With OS 3, Control4 has made it easier than ever to customize the system to suit any customer’s needs. Families can now select distinct backgrounds in the Control4 app for every room in their house. They can upload their own photos, or they can choose from among C

SEE ALSO: How You Can Benefit from Control4 Smart Home Automation HOME THEATER NECESSITIES A 4K UHD-resolution TV or projector offers the best image quality for your home theater. We also recommend choosing a display that incorporates High-Dynamic Range imaging, or HDR. Displays with HDR technology offer greater color contrast and create a more vi

SEE ALSO: What is Home Automation? MOTORIZED SHADES Adjusting your window shades is a simple enough task, but there’s no reason not to make it as easy as possible. With motorized shades and a Control4 system, all your shades can be controlled remotely from your phone or a touchpad, eliminating the need for manual adjustments. If you want even more

In conjunction with Control4’s #C4Yourself day and the launch of the new NEEO remote control, we chose to open the doors to our brand new experience space. FPA worked tirelessly to promote and create an exceptional experience for everyone who attended. Those who made it to the event were able to experience Control4 OS3 and everything it has to off

 During this critical period, we are committed to helping our clients stay connected, support remote learning for the nation’s children, and protect our clients’ properties and families.  Though networking and communications infrastructure are the primary reasons for our essential business designation, we will also be available for any service, su

SEE ALSO: How You Can Benefit from Control4 Smart Home Automation   Integrators are Experts on Tech Placement and Wiring You know your way around a home design plan, but what about the hardware, wiring, and technology needed for a home automation system? What if your client desires a feature like lighting control or whole-home audio that requires

SEE ALSO: 5 Ways To Install A Hidden Speaker System   Location Location is the most important thing you should consider when installing your outdoor video system. Outdoor TVs by Séura are built in two models: The Shade Series and Ultra Bright. With the Shade Series screen, ideally it should go under a deck or a gazebo and facing away from the Flor

SEE ALSO: 4 Spaces in Your Home Perfect for Lutron Smart Lighting   Safety Did you know motorized blinds can make your home safer? Cords pose a danger to pets and children who might become tangled in them. In the worst-case scenario, they could even pose a choking hazard. Motorized shades do not need a cord, so you don’t have to worry about your c

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