What Is Home Automation?

People often think of Home Automation as perking coffee while showering or automatically turning off the lights when the last person leaves the room. It is that, but it's a lot more too.

An automated home works for you to make life more comfortable and convenient. You program it once and it never has to be told again that starting the VCR means that at the same time, the drapes should be closed, the lights dimmed and the temperature adjusted to your comfort level. Or that arming the alarm system should set the lighting to go on after dark and shut down appliances that were inadvertently left on. No more wondering whether you turned off the oven.

Besides convenience, Home Automation is a major energy saving device and friendly to the environment. It will control heating, cooling and lighting of the house according to where people are and what they are doing at any time of the day.

Home Automation can save you money in other ways as well. A single VCR can serve television sets in different rooms or a single stereo system can send different programs to each room in the house. This can save you dollars on purchasing and upgrading appliances.

It provides both convenience and energy savings by automatically shutting or opening your drapes or shades and adjusting the tilt of the blinds according to the position of the sun. And it enables you to remotely activate the climate controls in your vacation home while you are still on route, so that you arrive to enjoy a comfortable temperature with the house already well lit.

Security is a major benefit too. With Home Automation, you can see who's at the front door or in the yard or check up on the sleeping baby from the TV in the kitchen or while you are working at your computer.

For a person with a disability, Home Automation is an absolute boon and can improve the quality of life dramatically. Actions which would require help can be done unaided by a disabled person using a remote control or even by voice command.

An automated home permits seniors to continue to live alone and retain their independence. It postpones the time they have to move to a retirement home.

Home Automation integrates all the systems in your house: home theatre, audio, climate control, motorized drapes, telephones, lighting and security. There is no limit to what home automation can do for. For some examples of how Home Automation can work for you, click here.

Smart Homes are convenient, energy and cost efficient, fun to live in, and indispensable for the disabled. And automation adds value to your home!

If you are planning to build a new home or to renovate your existing home, now is the time to install Home Automation. Don’t spend your money on a home that will be obsolete before its time! Read about our many Services and learn of the many ways in which Magen Home Automation can serve you. Call us at 416-658-5757. We’d love to help you plan your Home Automation System.

Magen Home Automation is approved by the major home automation control firms. We are an officially accredited IBM Home Director Systems Integrator, and a Crestron dealer.