Make Your Window Shades Smart with Home Automation

The modern smart home has gone far beyond keyless locks and 4K Ultra HD TVs. Everything from your home surveillance cameras to your window shades can be automated with technology that adds convenience and comfort to your home. Below, we’ve covered two of the main ways that upgrading to motorized shades can make your Dallas, Texas home smarter.

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Energy Management

It takes a lot of energy to keep a home cool in Dallas, especially during Texas’ stifling summer months. The large windows that add so much beauty and character to your home are actually contributing to your high energy bill. Once the sun comes up, your windows can essentially bake your home in the sunlight, significantly raising interior temperatures.

The regular approach to this problem is to hang shades on all the windows, but with your curtains always closed, you don’t get to enjoy your outdoor views, and you have to rely on artificial lighting all the time (which also requires energy). Motorized shades solve this problem by intelligently monitoring your home’s temperature and lighting. The motorized shades automatically adjust throughout the day to ensure your rooms are adequately lit without the sun blasting heat into your home. Sensors detect the amount of sunlight hitting the window and cause the shades to lower or raise as needed.

Smart Lighting

Different rooms need different amounts of light at different times of the day. Your lighting system should be intelligent enough to know when rooms need more lighting, when there is natural light that can replace the artificial lighting in the room, and when energy is being wasted on brightening rooms that aren’t in use.

By integrating your motorized shades and your lighting control system, your home can manage lighting for every scenario. Want to watch a movie during the day? One touch on your control panel can have the lights dim and the motorized shades lower to provide the perfect theater atmosphere. When you head into the kitchen for breakfast, sensors in the room can identify your presence and raise the shades to greet you.

Smart home automation can transform your Dallas home into an intelligent, energy-saving space that you can enjoy 24x7. To learn about the different options available for motorized shades and lighting control in your Texas residence, contact us today.