Whether you're interested in motorised products for the look, the convenience or the energy savings, they're still a great option for the home and growing in popularity, too. As more and more people convert to using home automation, the variety of products broadens. There is a whole number of ways you can import this great feature into your home. Here are just a couple of ideas.
Blinds & Interior Window Covers
This is the original and most commonly-known use — but it remains that way for a reason. Automatic window coverings can save you time and effort in a whole variety of ways. Of course, you won't have to open and close your blinds throughout the day, nor will you need to lean over to access the controls for them. However, have you also considered the energy benefits? Ensuring your windows are covered over automatically in the hottest parts of the day will reduce your air conditioning bill, and closing them in cold weather will lower your heating bill, too. It's cost-effective as well as convenient.
Check out a products made by Somfy to learn more about motorised blinds and the like.
Exterior Window Covers
Perhaps it follows logically, but exterior window covers can also improve your home. Not only can they serve the same purpose as interior covers, shielding your room from the sun, but exterior-fitted covers can also increase your home's security. They can also open up space inside your room: no more blinds knocking the photographs on your window ledge.
Awnings
Using similar technology to the exterior window covers, automated awnings can be used to shield you and your family from the sun in hot weather, allowing you to stay outside and enjoy the fresh air without absorbing all the harmful sun. Automating your awning means that you can have it folded away and stored when not in use, and with automation there are no difficult winding handles or heavy support bars to move about. You only need to lift a finger to put it out and fold it back in.
Full Smartphone Control
Having a cohesive home management system installed and connected to your phone just adds another level of convenience. Now you needn't stand from your chair to turn off the lights that someone left on upstairs or head outside to put the awning away before it's about to storm. Instead, you can control it all with one tap of your smartphone or tablet. You can control your energy usage with ease.
In short, there are a good many processes that can be automated in your home and systems that perform these functions to suit many different budgets. Whatever appeals to you, there'll surely be a system out there to suit your home, your needs and your bank balance.
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