Smart home,Smart choice

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Smart Home, Smart Choice
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• Innovative home technology offers incredible ways
  to improve security, manage your utilities
  remotely, and make life more comfortable. These
  intelligent systems rely on inter-connectivity,
  so you can monitor and control devices wherever
  you happen to be.
• Home automation means the same thing its all
  about energy efficiency, convenience, and
  ensuring your property runs smoothly. Here well
  explain more about what a smart home is, why its
  worth having, and how you can make your
  propertywork a little harder!
• What is a Smart Home?
• A smart house often uses a central hub, such as
  Amazon Echo, Samsung Smart Things, or Google
  Home, to operate many appliances, settings, and
  functions.
• Need to ramp up the heating before you wake up
  each morning, set the alarm to let you know when
  someone rings your doorbell, or make sure the
  cooker is preheating as soon as you leave the
  office? Smart homes can make all those things
  happen and much more.

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• One of the joys of a smart home is that it
  mitigates tonnes of manual actions, such as
  switching on lights when it gets dim, locking or
  unlocking doors, or turning on the radio to keep
  your pets company. These applications are
  brilliant for busy families and those who want to
  improve their energy efficiency or have mobility
  restrictions that make everyday chores a
  challenge.
• Typical Assets Youll Find in a Modern Smart Home
• Lets run through some of the appliances you
  might choose to include in your clever home
  design. Home Media Centres
• Entertainment is a big part of family life, and a
  home media centre with home automation can make
  it easy to
• Watch, pause, record and rewind live TV.
• Check your emails or messages from any device.
• Control your home systems from your remote.
• Use your phone app rather than a physical remote.
• Instruct your TV to record your favourite show
  through your app.
• Apps command everything, so you dont need to
  flick on a light, use a wall touchpad, or move
  from your spot. Many systems also incorporate a
  range of voice activations

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• Smart Heating and Lighting
• Intelligent heating systems work by operating
  your thermostats, lights and boiler through your
  smart device. You can turn the heat up or down,
  activate air conditioning, ask the lights to be
  switched on according to weather conditions, or
  pre-set instructions.
• Smart home systems can be automated to turn off
  the heating and lights when you leave the house,
  so youll immediately start to conserve energy
  when theres nobody home.
• Smart Home Security
• Alarm systems have come a long way from a simple
  motion detector and include brands such as Ring
  alarms and doorbells.
• Options include
• Arming or disarming alarms through an app on your
  mobile.
• Receiving instant notifications if an alarm or
  doorbell is triggered.
• Automatic surveillance recording when motion is
  detected.
• If you opt for a smart home security package with
  dual communication channels, itll keep working
  even if the Wi-Fi is down.

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• Smart Home Efficiency
• The average smart home is a whopping 30-40 more
  efficient than a regular house. Even though
  always-on speakers or connected cameras tend to
  use a little energy, the outflow is usually much
  less with better utility management. Your smart
  home metres will ensure you know how much youve
  spent, where your energy is going and allow you
  to keep firm control of your utility budgets.
• Monitoring water leaks, closing and locking gates
  and doors, automating sprinklers or checking
  whether or not you locked the garage door is all
  possible through a smart home hub.
• Popular Smart Home Entertainment Apps or
  Services
• The best smart home system for you depends on how
  you want to use it, but well take a brief look
  at some of the most popular options
• Logitech Harmony Home Hub controls up to eight
  home entertainment or automation devices through
  a smartphone app, interacting with lights,
  thermostats and other home essentials.

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• Amazon Echo is designed to respond to your voice
  with total hands-free operation. It can play
  music and control devices from lighting to
  heaters, and anything electrical plugged in
  (whether it is an intelligent appliance or not).
• Samsung SmartThings is a hub that connects
  wirelessly with various devices, controlled via
  an app on a smartphone or tablet.
• iRule is an app rather than hardware and turns a
  mobile into a universal control, directly
  managing TV streaming apps or electronics.
• Google Home is another app to handle Google Nest
  or Google Home speakers and compatible lights,
  cameras and calendars.

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• Benefits of Having a Smart Home
• Of the many benefits of intelligent home
  automation, the most significant is that you can
  manage all devices from one place. It is usually
  straightforward to add new appliances or update
  your app as new versions are released. You can
  integrate with existing systems rather than
  needing to update every switch and socket in your
  home.
• Smart homes have maximised security, with options
  such as automated locking, motion detection and
  instant video surveillance, all streamed to your
  app to keep an eye on things from anywhere in the
  world.
• Remote control functions ensure you dont use
  unnecessary electricity or gas and can tap into
  insights into how your home works, how you
  consume energy, and ways to cut down on your
  utility bills.
• Options to Make Your Property Smarter
• Making your home smarter can save you a massively
  on costs in the long run! Here are some simple
  steps to optimise your home intelligence systems

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• Invest in a smart home assistant you can choose
  from some of the options and brands weve
  mentioned above, or get in touch for more
  recommendations.
• Choose smart lighting that can include
  rewiring, bulb replacements or plugging in a
  relay box.
• Replacing wall sockets smart plugs convert a
  standard socket into a smart one, whereby you can
  turn on the TV, lamps or the kettle on your app
  or activate electric heaters from your phone.
• Upgrade to intelligent security indoor security
  cameras usually come with pedestals with no wall
  mounting, including environmental sensors and
  linking with smart doorbell cams for added
  safety.
• Adding smart central heating a connected boiler
  system will allow you to either instruct your
  temperature to adjust automatically to the
  weather or respond to manual controls in your
  app.
• Homes of the future will be more efficient,
  easier to operate, streamlined, and connected so
  that every homeowner can control their property
  from entertainment to security, lighting to water
  temperature, all with a couple of clicks in an
  app.

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• If youre interested in making your home a smart
  home, please contact the Pinnacle Works team for
  more information about any of the options
  discussed here.
• Thanks