Home automation used to be a futuristic look into what a home could be like. One large universal remote which could turn on the TV, adjust your lights, select music and make the bed rotate. Only property tycoons, millionaire business owners and football players would show case the latest miracles of technology…but that was a long time ago.
Automation now is not about how much you can do with your home, but more a centre of how much your home can do for you. It isn’t a demonstration of income and it isn’t a service which comes with constant maintenance at a high cost.
Integration is all about how technology can make your life easier, more comfortable and more efficient.
Lighting is something we tend to take for granted in our homes. Yes, we use light to see what we are doing. But what about when we want to relax and take time for ourselves? When we are retreating into our favourite book, submersing ourselves into the latest movies or surrounding ourselves with friends and family. The correct lighting and scenes are the core structure of creating the atmosphere to bring us closer to the emotions that stir inside of us. With scene control, a simple touch of a button can take you to where your mind and soul want to be.
Gone are the days when you needed to remember to set your complicated programmer for your boiler. Trying to remember if you set the room stat to 16 or 26 degrees, heating up space that isn’t being used when you are late home or meeting a friend after work. Smart heating allows for you to control your radiators both inside and outside your home through an App on your mobile device. Select the temperature you desire either individually, or part of a scene. When you arrive back home from work, your home will know and instantly turn on your heating, ensuring that you are not wasting any energy heating empty spaces.
Mechanical controls can range from simply opening your curtains all the way to controlling windows, doors and even locks. Activate morning scenes to open your curtains and help you naturally wake up or open the Velux windows without the need to find the claw pole to try and hook the window open. Go one step further and have your electric gate integrated into your home. When you tell Niko that you are near home it can open the gates, turn on the outside lights and unlock your front door to allow you easy access without having to drop the hand full of shopping bags from the weekly trip.
Lighting is something we tend to take for granted in our homes. Yes, we use light to see what we are doing. But what about when we want to relax and take time for ourselves? When we are retreating into our favourite book, submersing ourselves into the latest movies or surrounding ourselves with friends and family. The correct lighting and scenes are the core structure of creating the atmosphere to bring us closer to the emotions that stir inside of us. With scene control, a simple touch of a button can take you to where your mind and soul want to be.
Gone are the days when you needed to remember to set your complicated programmer for your boiler. Trying to remember if you set the room stat to 16 or 26 degrees, heating up space that isn’t being used when you are late home or meeting a friend after work. Smart heating allows for you to control your radiators both inside and outside your home through an App on your mobile device. Select the temperature you desire either individually, or part of a scene. When you arrive back home from work, your home will know and instantly turn on your heating, ensuring that you are not wasting any energy heating empty spaces.
Mechanical controls can range from simply opening your curtains all the way to controlling windows, doors and even locks. Activate morning scenes to open your curtains and help you naturally wake up or open the Velux windows without the need to find the claw pole to try and hook the window open. Go one step further and have your electric gate integrated into your home. When you tell Niko that you are near home it can open the gates, turn on the outside lights and unlock your front door to allow you easy access without having to drop the hand full of shopping bags from the weekly trip.
