Home Automation - Creating Smart Homes

1 Oct 2011

Ten years ago they were called "the homes of the future" but today they are a reality all over the world. Home automation incorporates different technologies in a home or building, improving security, comfort, communications and energy savings. The combination of electricity, electronics, computing and telecommunications allows engineers, architects and interior designers to offer value added services to smart home and building residents.

Every automated construction has its own installations and systems and there is no set standard. In an automated home, you can control all the settings of the different rooms through a panel, including light, temperature and room climate as well as program appliances, start security systems, activate audio and video equipment and manage risks. What's more, you can access the control panel when thousands of miles away through a mobile phone. The differential value is the configuration of different settings according to taste and needs. For example, when you leave home, with just one command you can activate the alarm, close the windows and shutters and activate movement sensors. Another example would be setting the home for a specific time so the climate control would activate, shutters would be lowered or raised to a specific height, the curtains placed in perfect position based on the position of the sun, the awning would be set in place and the preselected outdoor lights and audio would activate.

Advancing in this field has a been a huge challenge for architects, capable of combining design and the luxury of comfort with energy savings, including values of accessibility for all kinds of users and incorporating personal and home security systems. Manufactures of automated elements offer products that combine functionality with the most cutting edge designs according to today's tendencies.

Iberostate Playa Paraíso in the Mayan Riviera will deliver its first 15 luxury villas with this system ready for use. 

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