Home automation brings you peace of mind with powerful, easy-to-use security and surveillance devices

Do you leave your home unprotected while you head to work each day? Are you heading to the beach for spring break in the near future? Any summer vacations planned?

All these situations are reasons to re-evaluate your home security needs. According to statistics from the Baton Rouge Police Department, there were 3,229 burglaries and 8,504 larceny cases in 2017, the most recent year available.

You want to make sure your home and your loved ones are protected, and that’s where smart home technology can be a great ally. Let’s look at how automation improves the home security system of your Baton Rouge residence.

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SMART LOCKS AND DOORBELLS

It’s high time for you to ditch your keys in favor of digital smart locks. Typically, smart locks are unlocked using a numeric code or from an app; no more hiding a key for either yourself or guests when you give them a one-time-use code. This makes smart locks a significantly stronger security tool than analog locks.

Everything you need to get the most from your Baton Rouge home’s new whole home audio installation

It’s hard to think of some aspect of your life that isn’t made better with music. Chores, work, parties, holidays, birthdays and other family celebrations all get a little easier and more fun if you have some tunes playing in the background. So why not make it as easy as possible to enjoy your favorite audio content?

The best way to expand and simplify your listening experience is to install a whole home audio system. That way you can enjoy almost any type of audio in any room of your house, no matter the source.

These systems may seem complicated at first glance, but with a few tips up your sleeve you will have no problem navigating the world of whole home audio. That’s why we put together this guide for Baton Rouge homeowners so you can make better decisions for your home. Read on to learn more.

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THE FUNDAMENTALS

If you want to make it easier to listen to music in your home, the baseline components of a whole-home audio system are easy to acquire. You can link several wireless speakers together and create a DIY audio system that stretches across your home.

Commercial Audio Video Technology Enriches Your Lafayette, LA Office

Your conference room is a critical space in your office for client relations. It's where you take meetings, give presentations, and finalize contracts, so you want it to be a welcoming environment that stimulates productivity for all parties. Commercial audio video technology plays an important role, by making it easy to share information and communicate with people who are operating remotely. Keep reading to learn how you can upgrade your Lafayette, LA office with commercial smart technology.

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Enhance Communication With HD Video Conferencing

A significant amount of your client interactions are done via video conferencing, which is why it's vital for your company to have HD video conferencing technology that allows you to communicate clearly with people who aren’t in the office. If you’re having a meeting with two partners of a company and one comes to your office and the other is conferenced in, you want your conferencing technology to make it feel like everyone is in the same room. If the video feed skips, lags, or cuts off, that inclusive atmosphere is broken.

With an upgraded commercial audio video system, you'll be able to have crystal clear conversations with clients from all over the world. Having a smooth, error-free conferencing experience helps make your company look more professional. To accomplish that, you'll need an office network that won't buckle under the weight of HD audio and video in addition to other smart technology. You need a system that meets the data requirements of your employees' computers, smartphones, and tablets. Our commercial installations evaluate the strength of your bandwidth and provide network solutions to guarantee that all of your technology functions properly.

Take Control with a Commercial Automation System

One of the best ways to create an inviting conference room space for clients is to install a commercial automation system from our brand partner, Crestron.  Their enterprise-grade automation solutions will wow your clients by bringing all of your office’s smart technology together in a streamlined central interface, giving you one-touch control of your commercial audio video components, lighting, motorized shades, thermostats, and any other smart devices.

Elevate The Smart Technology In Your Mandeville, LA Home

This year more than ever smart home automation systems gained new features and upgrades that increased their functionality. Homeowners and their families are able to live even more comfortable lives by entrusting technology to keep them safe and boost their personal wellness. In this blog, we look at three 2019 trends that help you get the most out of your home automation system. Keep reading to learn about how these trends will boost the performance of your Mandeville, LA smart home.

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Focus On Energy Efficiency

Climate change is the biggest global emergency of our lifetime, and everyone should be doing their part to cut down on energy consumption and reduce their carbon footprint. Smart lighting, motorized shades, and automated climate control systems all work together to lower how much electricity you’re using to illuminate and cool down your home. Having a multi-faceted home automation system makes energy management simple. Occupancy sensors are increasingly popular, shutting off or dimming lights in vacant rooms so that you’re not wasting power.

Wellness Technology

Smart technology manufacturers have noticed how much consumers value devices that help improve their personal wellness, so there has been a considerable push for products that make users feel more invigorated. We've written quite a bit about circadian rhythm lighting in past blogs, and it’s a feature being pushed by manufacturers because it can help residents be more productive at the start of their day and relaxed at the end of it.

But that’s not the only wellness devices available right now. Smart sleep lights feature motion-sensing sleep tracking technology that gives you data on different aspects of your time sleeping like turning, breaks, and duration, and wake-up lights lull users to sleep and gently wake them up. Smart air purifiers assess air quality in real time with sensors that search for volatile organic compounds, which activates purification technology that eliminates airborne particles.

Discover How A Control4 Dealer Can Enhance Your Baton Rouge Home In 2019

Whether you already have a Control4 system in your smart home or you are looking to work with a dealer to give your Baton Rouge property a smart technology upgrade, Acadian Home Theater & Technology is here to help you understand how you can get the most from your home automation system. Acadian is the only Diamond Control4 dealer in Louisiana, gaining recognition for our commitment to high-performance custom installations. We’re dedicated to keeping our clients informed about the most exciting smart technology. In this blog, we look at the latest Control4 updates that will increase the functionality of your Baton Rouge home in the new year.

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Stay Connected With Intercom Anywhere

Intercom Anywhere is Control4’s new product for helping homeowners monitor their property and communicate with different rooms. Your mobile device becomes part of your intercom system, so if someone arrives at your front door, you get an alert directly to your smartphone. From there, you’ll be able to see who is at the entrance through your video doorbell and communicate with them directly. If it’s a delivery person with a package, you can unlock the door remotely so they can make a secure drop-off. Intercom Anywhere also allows you to interact with people inside your home. If your kids leave their phones in their bedrooms while they’re in the living room, you can call them through your Intercom Anywhere system to get in touch quickly.

Expand Your Music Services

With a Control4-enabled multi-room music system, you’re able to access a wide variety of streaming music services and play them anywhere in your home. The latest Control4 OS 2.10.4 features an Add Music driver that allows you to add supported native streaming services to your Control4 system from your touchscreen remote or app without needing to schedule an appointment. These native streaming services now include Amazon Music, which is compatible with both Amazing Music Prime and Amazon Music Unlimited subscriptions, and Deezer HiFi, which delivers high-fidelity music in a lossless FLAC format.

Upgrade Your Home Network

Your smart home automation system needs a robust network to function properly. Every connected device adds more strain to your network, and consumer-grade networks aren’t designed to meet the needs of a comprehensive Control4 system. That’s why Control4 dealers are trained and tested on essential networking standards with the Pakedge Certified Network Administrator curriculum, which is designed to give professionals the tools and knowledge to provide you with the strongest, most secure network. You don't want to have a support team coming to your home for every small networking issue you might have, and Pakedge's BakPak Remote Management allows Control4 professionals to monitor your network and fix common problems without having to send a truck out.

Want to learn more about what a Control4 dealer like Acadian can do for Baton Rouge home? Reach out to one of our experts by calling 225-650-7840, filling out our online form, or by sending a message in the live chat window at the bottom of your screen.