The Elevated Control Options of Smart Home Automation  

You’re likely already using smartphone apps to interact with the technology in your home. From playing music from your favorite streaming playlist to adjusting lights when you’re reading, all it takes is a few taps to manage your smart devices. But what if you could take this convenience a step further? That’s what smart home automation systems do.  

Enjoy a centralized smart home app for all your devices, available to you even when you’re at work or on vacation. Below, we outline the benefits of creating a one-app ecosystem in your Baton Rouge, LA, with the help of Control4. 

EXPLORE THE FEATURES THAT DELIVER ENHANCED WELLNESS AND COMFORT

Smart home solutions are not just about control and convenience; they're a means to enhance your well-being. Imagine breathing cleaner air, enjoying better sleep, and experiencing lower stress levels, all thanks to your technology. We'll design your smart home automation to not only respond to your commands but also proactively cater to your health. This blog will explore the path to a better lifestyle in your Tampa, FL, home. 

Seamlessly Control Your Home Via Natural Voice Commands 

Since Amazon’s Alexa first hit the market in 2014, voice control has been all the talk in smart home circles. However, Alexa’s limitations in whole-home applications became apparent immediately, along with many justified concerns about privacy. 

Alex Capecelatro and Tim Gill founded Josh.ai to address these issues and craft a solution for luxury homes. Its AI-based interface allows for natural speech, more complex demands, and a more private experience. 

This blog highlights why they’re our go-to voice control partners for our smart home automation installations in Tampa, FL, and beyond. Keep reading below. 

Let Your Home Prepare Itself for You in Advance

Have you noticed the many routine tasks we do in a day? Our alarms wake us at a set time each morning. We turn on the lights and then head to the bathroom, where we turn on more lights and the water, waiting for it to warm. Next, we walk to the kitchen and grab some coffee before adjusting the thermostat and turning on the TV to check out the latest weather forecast for the Tampa, FL area.  

We open the shades to enjoy the beautiful view and head to the patio for a moment of peace before going back upstairs to dress for the day. Before we head out for work, we turn off all the lights, lower the shades, and set the temperature. Only after we lock the door and arm the alarm do we realize we forgot to lock the back door. And so it goes. 

Fortunately, there is a better way. It’s called smart home automation, and it performs many of our daily tasks while creating the perfect environment for our everyday activities and special occasions. Let’s look at life in a smart home. 

Smart Home Automation Offers Greater Reliability and Flexibility

Finding the right technology for your home in Tampa, FL, can be daunting. Each day new products come out offering the best in lighting, entertainment, security and more. But, are you sure you’re choosing the products you need? Do the ones you chose work well together? Do you know which professionals to hire for help? 

The best way to approach this challenge is to hire a tech professional to design a smart home automation system that incorporates all the latest technology. This will help you avoid too many chefs in the kitchen in two ways. First, just one person is installing your technology instead of multiple contractors. Secondly, you can control everything from one place instead of relying on various apps or control devices. 

Below are the two primary benefits of working with Acadian Home Theater & Automation to install your smart home infrastructure.

Have the Perfect Technology Solution for All Your Spring Activities

Nestled between the frigid winter months and the muggy summer weather, we’re not surprised spring is so popular among our Louisiana clients. Couple that with long school breaks, and it's the perfect time to spend more time with family and friends. As you prepare to make the most of this season, we wanted to offer some vital technology tips. Below are just some of the ways our clients in New Orleans and the surrounding areas use their smart home automation systems to enjoy greater comfort and fun during the spring months.

Let Smart Home Automation Be Your Ultimate Stylistic Tool

Interior designers are often wary of adding more technology to their clients’ homes. Usually, it means adding bulky, unsightly components that clash completely with their vision. But that doesn’t always have to be the case. Not only does smart home automation eliminate those concerns, but it also brings a plethora of benefits for style-minded homeowners. This blog highlights some of the ways smart technology helps, from reducing the equipment needed in each room to making it easier to stage your Tampa, FL home. 

Why Your Should Make Your Covington Home Smart

A study done by Lowe's smart home automation found that while Rosie the Robot is the futuristic feature consumers would want most from "The Jetsons," more than 70 percent of smartphone users in America just wish they could control something in their home from their mobile device. Above all, families want to make their homes safer, more energy efficient, and easier to manage.

Read this blog to learn more about it: The Best Benefits of Lighting Control In this blog, we’ll show you how Acadian Home Theater & Automation partnered with Control4 to meet all of your smart home needs in Covington, Louisiana. Here are the top three reasons why investing in smart home automation is worth it.

1. Add Convenience

Whether it’s summer and you have big plans to take a vacation, or it’s the middle of the year and work and school is quite demanding, a smart home system will help you manage your household and daily schedule. Managing a home and a family requires a lot of attention. Your Control4 system can act as a personal assistant, monitoring your property for security, keeping the house at the best temperature to save energy, and planning parties for entertaining guests. The truth is that being able to control your home with a mobile device – like your iPhone – is super convenient. And the magic of automation even allows you to take a hands-free approach since your system can think and act on its own. Simply tell it what to do using your smartphone, tablet, or in-wall touch screen with the Control4 app, and then go about the rest of your day without a second thought. Control4’s interface is also easy enough for anyone to use, from your 10-year-old to your grandmother, so you don’t have to be the only one in control.

Upgrading to home security that includes smart features will give you greater peace of mind and control no matter where you are

If you’re feeling a lot of uncertainty about the state of the world right now, you’re not alone. One way to gain greater peace of mind is to ensure your Mandeville, LA, home is as safe and secure as possible with a home security system. Home security is probably top of mind for you right now if you and your family are working and spending increased time at home.

Protect yourself, your family and your property even further by installing a system with smart technology. Smart security can offer you features and benefits that traditional security systems can’t provide. Keep reading to learn more about the advantages of upgrading to a smart system today.  

How to Experience Effortless Living by Making Your New Orleans Home Smarter

As you spend more time indoors in the coming months, wouldn’t it be great if you had a home that can anticipate your needs? Wouldn’t it be great to have control of all your technology in the palm of your hands? Imagine the convenience of seamlessly controlling your lights, AC, security system, and everything else with a simple button press or voice command.  

Experience effortless living by upgrading your home with cutting-edge smart technology solutions. Whether you want to automate a few devices in your rooms or your entire home, your choices are virtually endless. Learn about smart home automation options in New Orleans, LA, by reading more below.

How to Use Your Smart Home to Create a Family Environment

There are many reasons you may want to invest in smart home automation, such as saving time and energy. Or perhaps you have a proclivity for technology and enjoy using the latest smart home gadgets. However, did you know that a smart home can help you raise a family and manage a hectic schedule? Whether you have a house full of teens or are nursing a newborn, our automation services can create the right environment for your family in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Continue reading to learn more.

SEE ALSO: Reasons Why You Should Hire a Professional Smart Home Installer 

Create the Right Environment for Newborns

You’ve finally put the baby to sleep and want to remember exactly what calmed them down. Use your smart home system to save the settings for the next evening. Pick the lighting levels, shade selection, music, and temperature using the touch interface on an iPad or in-wall touch screen. You can even label the scene, like “Goodnight Sweetheart,” so you can easily recall it at a moment’s notice. Hit one button and the nursery will instantly transform into a cozy and comforting environment – perfect for putting your baby to sleep and allowing you to get some much-needed sleep.

Wake up the Whole Family Automatically

Keep an Eye on Every Family Member

Smart home automation can make your daily life simple, and we know for parents there’s nothing more important than keeping your kids safe and having family fun too. Contact us and we’ll customize your smart home to meet the needs of your growing family.

How to Enjoy Smart Home Automation in Your Covington, LA Home

Discover All the Incredible Features of Control4 Smart Home AutomationWhen you hear the phrase “smart home” you may think of refrigerators that tell you you’re out of milk, computers that announce your arrival when you come home, or other smart gadgets that make you feel like you’re living in luxury. However, smart home automation goes beyond just “connected living”. The Internet of Things simply means that your dishwasher can connect to the internet, but that doesn’t exactly equate to living in a smart home – at least by our definition.

Acadian Home Theater and Automation would love to explain and show you what it means to live in a smart home in your hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana. Keep reading to find out for those of you who are new to living an electronic lifestyle.

SEE ALSO: Reasons Why You Should Hire a Professional Smart Home InstallerExactly what is a smart home?Predictions over what a smart home would look like have ranged greatly. Take a look at The Jetsons or Back to the Future Part 2 and you’ll get an idea of it. But smart home automation is simply about connecting all of your electronics together so that you can start and turn off multiple things at once. It also means that your shades, lighting, security system and more can automatically turn on and off at varying time throughout the day based upon your specifications. Tell your smart home to turn off all the lights at 10 p.m. every night and it will do it for you. All you have to do is hit a button on your phone, tablet, or wall switch (some electronics allow you to use voice activation as well). Living in a smart home also means that you’ll have wireless access to every function. You can connect all of your electronics to your phone so you can control them from anywhere. So even though your smart home may have a fancy refrigerator that can tell you the weather or if you need to buy more milk, smart home automation encapsulates much more.Customizable ControlsControl4 is one of our top smart home partners. They have developed an easy-to-use system that anyone in the family can access – from 9 year olds to your 99-year-old grandmother. With Control4 smart home installation, you can automate your lighting, shading, security and surveillance system, smart locks, home theater, speakers, and the thermostat. Every room can come to life by creating “scenes”. Scenes are saved settings that create specific environments based on your personal needs and desires. For example, create a “Wake-up scene” by using the Control4 app and choosing the motorized drapes to draw and your favorite music playlist to turn on at 7 a.m. The sunlight and music will help you wake up and start the day. Have a pool party coming up? Create a music playlist and save it for the special day, choose a lighting level for your backyard, and a temperature for the pool and hot tub. Every space can be customized to your everyday life.

We hope this blog has been informative and started you on your journey towards smart living. We have much more to share! Send us your questions, comments or orders through the contact form on the website or just give us a call at 225-906-2589.

17 Questions to determine if you are ready for a smart home.Managing a house, no matter how big or small it is, can be challenging for any family. Busy schedules and hectic routines can make it difficult to keep your household running efficiently, and to have time to relax and unwind.

Necessary mundane tasks, such as setting back the thermostat and shutting off the lights before you leave the house or go to bed, are easily forgotten or simply ignored due to lack of time or energy. Even activities that are seemingly so simple, like closing the drapes to block out the harsh afternoon sun or choosing a song to enjoy on the stereo system, can become tedious when you're tired or pressed for time.

Here's where a smart home system can help. Programmed by a professional home systems integrator, a smart home system can control the lights, thermostats, motorized shading, audio system, security system, home theater equipment - basically anything else that uses electrical or battery power - so you don't have to.

Answer the following 17 questions to determine if you and your family could benefit from a smart home system. The questions are similar to those that would be posed to you by a professional home systems integrator about your lifestyle and family dynamic to determine the practicality of having a smart home system installed.